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Military leaders struggle to navigate 2016’s political swirl
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior military leaders take their political neutrality seriously. But this year’s presidential election — with forays into national security issues that have included proposals for carpet-bombing Syrian cities or waterboarding extremists — has the top brass navigating a political minefield. Senior officers, from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on…
Experts tell NHTSA to slow down on self-driving cars
WASHINGTON (AP) — Engineers, safety advocates and even automakers have a message for federal regulators eager to get self-driving cars on the road: slow down. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is being told that fully self-driving cars may be the future of the industry, but that such vehicles aren’t yet up to the demands…
Mammogram van to give breast cancer screenings in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A new mammogram van is scheduled to visit various Missouri counties this year to give breast cancer screenings. The Columbia Missourian reports that the goal of the University of Missouri’s Ellis Fischel Cancer Center’s van is to bring quality screenings to women throughout the state. A nurse, a mammography technologist and…
Mizzou graduate student workers to vote on unionization
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri graduate student workers are planning a vote on whether to unionize. The Forum on Graduate Rights on Friday announced a vote will take place over two days beginning April 18 at the Columbia campus. Graduate student workers with photo identification can vote. Students rallied after university officials in…
Cardinals get MLB-record 3 pinch-hit HRs, beat Braves 7-4
ATLANTA (AP) – The St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record with three pinch-hit home runs while rallying from a four-run deficit to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 Friday night. Rookie Aledmys Diaz got his first career homer to break a tie as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, and Greg Garcia and rookie Jeremy…