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Chipotle shuts down Virginia restaurant after illness reports

Ed Adamczyk, United Press International Writer STERLING, Va. (UPI) -- Chipotle Mexican Grill has shut down one of its Virginia locations Tuesday after customers reported getting sick after eating there, the company said. Eight customers reported symptoms of stomach pain, dehydration, and nausea to a poisoning website. They indicate that at least 13 customers were sickened and two were hospitalized after eating at the Sterling, Va., location over the weekend. "We are working with health authorities to understand what the cause […]

todayJuly 18, 2017 27

Decision 2018

Missouri House rep drops bid to unseat McCaskill in Senate

Andrew V. Pestano United Press International JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (UPI) -- Republican Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler said she will not run for the Senate to challenge Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill. Hartzler's decision follows the same call by Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo., to seek reelection in the House rather than mount a campaign for a Senate seat in the 2018 midterm election. "After much prayer and discussion with my family I have decided to seek re-election to the United States […]

todayJuly 17, 2017 40

National

9 family members dead, 1 missing in Arizona flash flooding

Allen Cone United Press International PHOENIX (UPI) -- Nine extended family members from Phoenix died and another one is missing after being swept away in flash flooding in central Arizona, authorities said Sunday. Four other family members were rescued from the Cold Springs Swimming Hole inside Tonto National Forest north of Payson, the Gila County Sheriff's Office said. Payson is 88 miles north of Phoenix. Deputies said they received a 911 call at 3:19 p.m. Saturday about people missing. Four bodies were initially […]

todayJuly 17, 2017 43

Business & Lifestyle

Allegiant Air flight without air conditioning causes passengers to faint

CLEARWATER, Fla. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Reports about a June 22 incident involving an air conditioning unit malfunction on an Allegiant Air flight surfaced Friday, following two weeks since the incident took place, where several people were treated after showing signs of overheating and dehydration. The plane leaving from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport enroute to Indiana had to return to Clearwater following passenger complaints about the uncomfortable air cabin temperature, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times. "I don’t sweat and […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 72

Business & Lifestyle

Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win top mathematics prize, dies

Allen Cone United Press International STANFORD, Calif. (UPI) -- Stanford professor Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal prize for mathematics, died Saturday after four years with breast cancer, the university announced. She was 40. Mirzakhani, who was born in Iran, won the quadrennial Fields Medal in 2014, the most esteemed award in mathematics that some say is equivalent to the Nobel Prize and was first awarded in 1936. The prize was for "her outstanding contributions to the […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 42

Business & Lifestyle

OP-ED: We Are The Economy They Want To Regulate

Critics of the libertarian philosophy think they can score points by calling libertarians “market fundamentalists.” It’s supposed to conjure images of dogmatic religious fundamentalists, just like the term global warming denier is supposed to conjure images of Holocaust deniers. It’s a smear, of course, and if you think the tactic discredits those who employ it, I agree. The fact is that libertarians cannot be market fundamentalists. Why not? Because in the libertarian worldview, the market is not fundamental. What’s fundamental is every person’s right […]

todayJuly 16, 2017 68

Business & Lifestyle

Lochte cleared of charges stemming from Rio gas station incident

Eric DuVall United Press International RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (UPI) -- A Brazilian appellate court cleared U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte of criminal charges after police alleged Lochte exaggerated claims of an armed robbery at a Rio gas station during the 2016 Games. The incident began when Lochte, 32, and three U.S. swimming teammates, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen, were returning from a party celebrating the end of the swimming competition at the Rio Games. Lochte told NBC News in an interview […]

todayJuly 15, 2017 76

National

Hurricane Fernanda not a threat for landfall in Pacific

Eric DuVall United Press International ACAPULCO, Mexico/MIAMI (UPI) -- Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Fernanda, a powerful Category 4 storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean, is not a threat for landfall. The storm, which has sustained winds of 140 mph, is located a couple hundred miles off the coast of Acapulco, Mexico and is moving west. The storm's general track is headed toward the Hawaiian Islands, though forecasters said they expect it to weaken in the coming days. The storm […]

todayJuly 15, 2017 28

Business & Lifestyle

Pence urges governors to support GOP healthcare overhaul

Eric DuVall United Press International WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Vice President Mike Pence, in a speech to the National Governors Association, implored the governors in attendance to support reforms to the nation's healthcare system. Pence told governors the Republican effort in Congress to overhaul the Affordable Care Act would "rescue the American people from the collapsing promises of Obamacare." Resistance to the effort has been particularly strong among Republican governors in states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA. Governors have pressed lawmakers from those […]

todayJuly 14, 2017 37

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