Tag: environmental
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Report: VA health care still has ‘profound deficiencies’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two years after a scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking health care, the Department of Veterans Affairs still has “profound deficiencies” in delivering health care to millions of veterans, a congressional commission says in a new report.
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U.S. to fund Zika virus study of U.S. Olympic team
The U.S. National Institutes of Health said it will fund a study to monitor U.S. athletes, coaches and members of the Olympic Committee staff for exposure to Zika virus while in Brazil, with the hope of gaining better understanding of how it persists in the body and the potential risks it poses. The study, announced…
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Pistorius to be sentenced on Wednesday for 2013 murder of girlfriend
By James Macharia JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced to jail on Wednesday for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, but for how long depends largely on how the judge will weigh the role of his disability in the killing. Pistorius, 29, was found guilty…
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Criminal charges filed in Flint, Michigan water crisis: media
Three Michigan state and local officials were criminally charged on Wednesday in connection with the state attorney general's investigation into dangerous lead levels in Flint's drinking water, a crisis that has fueled widespread public outrage, according to local media reports. Genesee District Judge Tracy Collier-Nix authorized charges against Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department…
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Criminal charges filed in Flint, Michigan water crisis: media
Three Michigan state and local officials were criminally charged on Wednesday in connection with the state attorney general's investigation into dangerous lead levels in Flint's drinking water, a crisis that has fueled widespread public outrage, according to local media reports. Genesee District Judge Tracy Collier-Nix authorized charges against Flint employee Michael Glasgow and Michigan Department…
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Norway violated mass killer Breivik’s human rights, court rules
By Gwladys Fouche and Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Norway violated mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's human rights by keeping him in isolation in prison after being sentenced for killing 77 people in twin attacks in 2011, a Norwegian court ruled on Wednesday. Breivik took Norwegian authorities to court in March, accusing them of exposing…
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Roaring population growth outpaces Nigerian investment spree
Such dreams, shared by millions, mean Nigeria's bus queues are likely to get even longer in decades to come. The country's big oil revenues have enriched only an elite, but account for 70 percent of state revenue.
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Denmark environment minister to step down, bringing coalition crisis to a head
Danish Environment and Food Minister Eva Kjer Hansen said on Saturday she will step down having lost support in parliament, potentially bringing to a head a crisis threatening the minority government after only eight months in office. The Conservatives, one of the ruling Liberal party’s coalition partners, said they could no longer support Hansen, who…
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Denmark environment minister to step down, bringing coalition crisis to a head
Danish Environment and Food Minister Eva Kjer Hansen said on Saturday she will step down having lost support in parliament, potentially bringing to a head a crisis threatening the minority government after only eight months in office. The Conservatives, one of the ruling Liberal party’s coalition partners, said they could no longer support Hansen, who…
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House passes bill requiring EPA actions on lead-laced water
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed a bill requiring federal environmental regulators to act faster when lead contamination is found in drinking water. It was crafted by Michigan Representatives Dan Kildee, a Democrat, and Fred Upton, a Republican, in the wake of Flint's drinking water crisis. The measure requires the Environmental Protection…