Higher temperatures makes Zika mosquito spread disease more
Scientists say you can’t just blame one thing for an outbreak and caution that it is too early to link this one to climate change or any single weather event
Cantor campaigns with Jeb Bush in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is being joined on the campaign trail by Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Cantor introduced Bush Wednesday to a large crowd on the campus of Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H. Cantor praised Bush for his record as Florida’s governor, commending his education reforms and…
President Obama makes first visit of his presidency to a US mosque
CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) – President Barack Obama is meeting with Muslim-American leaders from around the country as he pays his first visit to a mosque in the United States. The White House says Obama plans to argue during the visit that the U.S. will more successfully confront extremism if it works with the Muslim community…
Rand Paul Drops Out Of Presidential Race
WASHINGTON (AP) – Rand Paul is dropping out of the 2016 race for president. Paul said in a statement that he will turn his full attention to his Senate re-election campaign in Kentucky. The 52-year-old ophthalmologist is favored to win that race. The first-term senator from Kentucky exits the race having never caught on with…
U.S. Senate Passes Bill To Transfer Clean Up Of West Lake Landfill To Army Corp Of Engineers
A measure to transfer the clean up of the West Lake Landfill to the Army Corp of Engineers is moving forward. On Monday the U.S. Senate passed Senate Bill 2306. The EPA has overseen the landfill since the 1990’s, but has yet to act on the clean up. Senator Roy Blunt, who co-sponsored the legislation…
