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US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight pest. Here is how it will work
The US government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the government's plans for...
Local golfers Shipley, Goetz, Jackson moving up ranks on respective pro tours
It has been a productive summer for golfers Palmer Jackson, Neal Shipley and Mark Goetz. The trio are playing one level below the PGA Tour and the DP World (European) Tour. Jackson, the Murrysville native and Franklin Regional and Notre Dame grad,...

Britt Baker Sparks AEW Exit Rumors With Aquatic Instagram Post
Posted in: AEW, Sports, TV | Tagged: britt baker, wrestling Comrades! Dr. Britt Baker's cryptic water bottle Instagram post has El Presidente's sources buzzing about a potential AEW exit! Is WWE her NeXT destination? Britt Baker posts cryptic...

USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: June 30, 2025
USNI News Graphic These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of June 30, 2025, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is...

Top Ten Costa Rican Locations to Die For
Renowned for its natural beauty and pioneering ecological conservation, Costa Rica is ramping up efforts to become a strong contender in global film production. A compact nation with a growing cash rebate scheme, skilled bilingual crews, close...

Food Imports Are As American As Apple Pie
Chloe Sorvino with Brooklyn Delhi founder and CEO Chitra Agrawal, Ori Zohar, CEO and cofounder of Burlap and Barrel, and tariff lawyer Leah Scarpelli Burlap and Barrel Even after walking thousands of steps these past few days in and out of aisles...

Experts concerned about New World screwworm outbreak as threat gets closer to Texas
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - In Central Texas and across the state, officials are preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite currently plaguing cattle in Mexico and South America. While the screwworm, which looks like a fly, may seem...

US plans to breed billions of flies to fight pest. Here is how it will work
To combat the flesh-eating New World screwworm fly, the U.S. plans to breed and release billions of sterilized male flies over Mexico and Texas. This environmentally friendly method aims to protect livestock, wildlife, and pets from devastating...

The first Democrat to declare for a House seat from Virginia's fifth congressional district
A small crowd gathered in the shade of a picnic shelter at Crozet Park near Charlottesville to hear from a man who’d like to represent them in Congress – but from the moment he spoke it seemed people were not quite ready for that election....

World News | US Plans to Begin Breeding Billions of Flies to Fight Pest. Here is How It Will Work
Topeka (US), Jul 2 (AP) The US government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the...

At weekly protests, citizens speak out
by ALEXANDRA RETTER About 100 community members came together to protest Trump administration policies recently, raising concerns about issues from Social Security to health care. This was one event in a series of weekly protests that have taken...
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the...
The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, but it is part of the...

A Purple Heart vet who self-deported to Korea says he feels his PTSD is now worse
A Purple Heart veteran who self-deported to South Korea last week after being targeted with detention and deportation says that he believes his diagnosed PTSD has worsened since arriving in a country he hasn’t been to in decades. Sae Joon Park,...

What to know about going, er, growing bananas in your garden
Until the 1950s. the most popular commercial banana variety in the world was the Gros Michel, which was affectionately known as “Big Mike.” Due to Panama wilt, a fungus disease, it was virtually wiped out along with the entire banana industry....

Tucson Speaks Out: June 30
This is a new Arizona data center in Mesa (by Meta) with five buildings. A separate data center complex planned near the Pima County Fairgrounds in the Tucson area, to be developed by an undisclosed company, will have up to 10 buildings. Star...

Hiram "El Pavo" Remón, vocal master of the Latin American Songbook, dies at 93
Hiram Remón, renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge of the vocal traditions of Latin America, passed at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, NY Saturday June 14 of natural causes. His death was confirmed by his daughter Malena Remón, he was 93 years old....

Marshalltown Area United Way’s annual golf event raises record $28,000+
The Marshalltown Area United Way (MAUW) is proud to announce the success of its 2025 Annual Charity Golf Event, which raised a record-breaking $28,000+ to support programs that focus on health, youth opportunity, financial security, and resiliency...

The cost of conservation without consent: Astrid Puentes on rights-based environmentalism
Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution and exclusion disproportionately affected...

FBI-DOD Program Enlists, Equips International Partners to Help Crush Cartel Violence
Members of the Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Guatemala police forces attend an FBI-led tactical combat casualty care training session in Barbados in May 2024. The instruction was part of a larger U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise. (U.S....