USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the discovery of unapproved, genetically modified (GM) wheat plants growing in an un-planted agricultural field in Washington state.
Attorney calls California charges against Mexican church leader ‘high-tech hit job’
The head of a Mexico-based church charged in Los Angeles with multiple sex crimes, including rape of a minor and a woman, is the victim of false accusations in a “high-tech hit job”, his attorney said on Friday.
Trump criticizes NASA moon mission after promoting it earlier
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024 and urged the space agency to focus instead on “much bigger” initiatives like going to Mars, undercutting his previous support for the lunar ini…
Co-owner, ex-employee of pharmacy in U.S. meningitis outbreak acquitted
A federal judge on Friday tossed the convictions of a co-owner and former employee of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy accused of conspiring to help it evade regulatory oversight before its drugs caused a deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.
Under pressure, Biden drifts leftward on abortion, climate change
The Joe Biden Express to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination went a bit off track this week.
House panel weighs holding Trump Cabinet members in contempt over census
The U.S. House Oversight Committee plans to vote next week on holding Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for stonewalling a probe into an alleged scheme to politicize the 2020 U.S. Census.
New York man plotted killing police, attacking Times Square: prosecutors
A New York man who prosecutors say plotted an attack on Times Square, spoke about killing police officers and praised Islamic militants appeared in court on firearms charges on Friday and was denied bail.
Suspect in killing of three North Carolina Muslims expected to plead guilty
A man charged with killing three North Carolina Muslims in a 2015 case that drew the condemnation of then-President Barack Obama is expected to plead guilty to murder charges next week, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office said on Friday.
Remains of former ‘Mickey Mouse Club’ actor found in Oregon
The body of former actor Dennis Day, who was a member of popular 1950s television show “The Mickey Mouse Club,” has been identified in Oregon almost a year after he was reported missing, his family said.
Minnesota ex-officer gets 12-1/2 years in prison for Australian woman’s shooting death
A former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to 12-1/2 years in prison on Friday for the fatal shooting of an Australian woman nearly two years ago after she had called police to report a possible sexual assault.
