
Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US
The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U. S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae has threatened the nation's cattle industry and only the third time it's appeared in the U. S. in that time. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the case was in a 3-week-old calf in LaPryor, Texas, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Mexico border. Texas State Veterinarian Bud Dinges said he has established...
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- Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US
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US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 2 in the eastern Pacific Ocean
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing two men, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U. S. military to at least 207 since the administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September. As with most of the military’s on...
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- US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 2 in the eastern Pacific Ocean
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- Homeland Security secretary says ICE will increase new officer training next month
SpaceXs IPO is set to be the biggest ever and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire
NEW YORK (AP) — SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world's first trillionaire. The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp. , said Wednesday it will sell 555. 6 million shares at $135 a piece in an initial public offering. The estimated proceeds would easily top the $26 billion raised by oil giant Saudi Aramco in 2019. a...
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- Canadian government endorses a plan to move whales from shuttered Marineland park to US and Spain
- Radio scans find no alien tech from the latest interstellar comet
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