Newscasts
PNS Daily Newscast - June 20, 2018
The Trump administration pulls the U.S. out of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Also on the Wednesday rundown: state AG's push back on the Trump border policy; and we look at the link between zine and fertility.
Daily Newscasts
Environment
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Farm-labor advocacy groups are furious after a District Court judge in Bellingham slashed the fine to $35,000 on Tuesday for a blueberry farm accused of unsafe working conditions, after a worker there collapsed and died last August ...Read More
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
BEND, Ore. - Often neglected in the national imagination of Oregon is the fact that there are 28 million acres of high desert in the state. To help Oregon's deserts stay healthy and resilient, an organization is leading volunteer groups in restoration trips throughout the summer ...Read More
Health and Wellness
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Infertility affects 20 percent of the population, and finding ways to overcome the conditions that prompt it can cost thousands of dollars and hours of heartache. Researchers at the University of Missouri have confirmed that zinc plays a large role in supporting fertility in men.
Karl Kerns, a Ph.D ...Read More
Monday, June 18, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The future of the Affordable Care Act rests in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court in a case brought to the court by the state of Texas.
While both are hundreds of miles away from Tennessee, the outcome is expected to have an impact on the coverage and protections Tennesseans may receive when it comes to their health ...Read More
Social Issues
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
DECATUR, Ill. - A spokesman for Illinois elections officials has referred to the state as a "poster child for how to handle cybersecurity" since the state election system was targeted by Russian-connected hackers in 2016.
Illinois is expected to receive more than $13 million to prevent hackers from tampering with future elections ...Read More
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Congressional Republicans met with President Donald Trump on Tuesday to hammer out a solution to the backlash over the controversial separation of undocumented immigrants and their young children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Children's advocates say the "zero tolerance" policy has resulted in "cruel abandonment," and worry that it ...Read More
