Archives: 2018

EPA documents detail threats to Scott Pruitt

While drinking and watching MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show on April 8, 2017, a viewer in Arkansas posted on Twitter what he or she would later describe to federal investigators as a “flippant comment” about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. Within four days, special agents from the EPA tracked the angry tweeter down with the help…

Summer Weather Sticks Around

WED/THU: Isolated showers and storms possible in the afternoon Wednesday and Thursday. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with highs in the upper 80s. Overnight lows in the low to mid 60s. FRI/SAT: Sunny and hot, with highs in the low 90s. The silver lining here is that dewpoints look to remain low, in the low to mid 60s, so heat index does not appear…

Does posting calorie counts change what we order?

Starting this week, calorie counts are required to be posted at restaurants and fast-food outlets with more than 20 locations. It’s all part of a labeling requirement included in the Affordable Care Act that was passed in 2010, with the goal of encouraging people to make healthier food choices. Some large chains started putting calorie information on their menus at that…

Trump announces decision to “withdraw” from Iran nuclear deal

President Trump announced Tuesday his much-anticipated decision to “withdraw” from the Iran nuclear deal, in keeping with a longtime campaign promise. The president claimed there is Israeli intelligence proving Iran is not in compliance with the agreement, and said he fears the 2015 deal will allow the Iranian regime to amass nuclear weapons. “In just a short period of time,…

Iran slams Trump decision to exit nuclear deal as world reacts

Last Updated May 8, 2018 3:41 PM EDT Despite lobbying from European allies, President Trump moved forward Tuesday with his campaign promise to pull out of the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran. He made the announcement from the White House, where he denounced the deal as “defective at its core.” Mr. Trump said the 2015 agreement that included Germany, France…

Baby hit by softball treated for fractured skull

ROCHESTER, Minn. — A 7-week-old baby is being treated for skull fractures and brain bleeds after she was hit in the head by a softball while watching her father play in northeastern Iowa. Authorities say the overthrown softball struck McKenna Hovenga and her mom, Kassy, as they watched the game Wednesday in Shell Rock, some 95 miles northeast of Des…

Video shows lava swallowing car as volcano leaves path of destruction

Lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano has consumed telephone poles, trees and homes and destroyed at least 35 buildings since it started erupting late last week. A cameraman captured video of the destruction over the weekend, showing how it even swallowed a car.  In the video, lava creeps slowly across a roadway toward a white Ford Mustang. The flow eventually reaches…

Mom and 2 children die after car hits alligator on I-95

Amber Stanley and her two children, Autumn and Jack WJAX-TV BOWMAN, S.C. — A mother and her two young children have died after their car hit an alligator on Interstate 95 in South Carolina, authorities said. Orangeburg County Chief Deputy Coroner Sean Fogle said 24-year-old Amber Stanley, her 4-year-old son Jack and 2-year-old daughter Autumn all died from burns after…

Schools ditch analog clocks as teens “cannot tell time”

Some schools in the U.K. are replacing analog clocks because teens don’t know how to read them. Getty What has two hands and a face but no arms and legs? A clock, of course! Some kids won’t understand that joke because the only clocks they know how to use have digital numbers. A teachers union in the U.K. says not…