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Truck carrying bees tips over on freeway LYNNWOOD, Wash. â A tractor-trailer carrying millions of honeybees overturned on a highway north of Seattle early Friday, scattering hives and sending white-suited beekeepers scrambling to save as many insects as they could. The truck had just merged onto Interstate 5 around 3:30 a.m. when it tipped on its side, dumping its load of 448 hives, or about 13.7 million bees, Washington State Patrol Trooper Travis Shearer said. The driver, a 36-year-old man from Idaho, was not hurt. The company that owns the insects, Belleville Honey and Beekeeping Supply of Burlington, sent beekeepers to recover as many as possible, and bees covered their protective suits as they worked. The bees became more active as the sun rose and the weather warmed, and firefighters had to spray a layer of foam on some of the boxes, killing the insects for safety. Many of the hives were still along the highway more than seven hours after the accident, when a front-end loader began scooping them up and dumping them into a dump truck, Shearer said. The majority of the hives had been crushed.
Last two Raiders donating medals CINCINNATI â And then there were two. Although most of the âDoolittle Tokyo Raidersâ beat long odds 73 years ago, surviving anti-aircraft fire, crashed planes and vengeful Japanese soldiers, time has been taking its own toll. Since their 70th anniversary reunion at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force near Dayton, three more Raiders
have died, two of them this year. Retired Lt. Col. Richard âDickâ Cole, 99, and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, 93, are the last of the original 80 crew men from the 16 B-25 bombers that attacked Japan, boosting American morale and stunning Japan less than five months after its attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. They returned to the museum in Ohio for a Saturday event ceremony to present the Raidersâ Congressional Gold Medal for display. âIt just happens that way, I guess,â Thatcher, of Missoula, Montana, said of being one of the last survivors. âSomethingâs just got to give,â said Cole, a Dayton native who lives in Comfort, Texas. The museumâs director, retired Lt. Gen. Jack Hudson, accepted the medal, the highest honor Congress can give a civilian, for them in Washington on Wednesday.
Student âopt-outâ movement grows ATLANTA â Thousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance. This âopt-outâ movement remains scattered but is growing fast in some parts of the country. Some superintendents in New York are reporting that 60 percent or even 70 percent of their students are refusing to sit for the exams. Some lawmakers, sensing a tipping point, are backing the parents and teachers who complain about standardized testing. Resistance could be costly: If fewer than 95 percent of a districtâs students participate in tests aligned with Common Core standards,
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federal money could be withheld, although the U.S. Department of Education said that hasnât happened. âIt is a theoretical club administrators have used to coerce participation, but a club that is increasingly seen as a hollow threat,â said Bob Schaeffer with the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, which seeks to limit standardized testing.
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2 accused of threats at school in Oxford OXFORD â Two juveniles are facing a Tuesday youth court hearing on charges arising from alleged threats made several days ago at Oxford Middle School. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that Oxford police began investigating last Tuesday after a school resource officer learned of threats against the school, students and staff. A Youth Court Judge on Friday signed an order of detention for conspiracy to commit murder. Oxford Police Maj. Jeff McCutchen said two juveniles were picked up at their homes and were transported to the Alcorn County Juvenile Detention Facility in Corinth. They will be held there until their Youth Court hearing in Oxford on Tuesday.
Obama gets tough on GOP opponents WASHINGTON â Diplomacy is out, blunt talk is in as President Barack Obama and his White House team single out Republican lawmakers by name for criticism over their words and actions on Iran, Cabinet nominations and climate change. Even amid glimmers of bipartisanship in Washington, the White House approach amounts to this: when you canât join âem, beat âem. In the past week, the president and his spokesman have targeted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and GOP Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Charles Grassley of Iowa for their words and actions on the Iran nuclear deal and the delayed confirmation of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch. âEnough. Enough!â Obama declared Friday, delivering a testy lecture to Senate Republicans over the long wait Lynch has faced since he nominated her in early November. âThis is embarrassing, a process like this.â This is a White House unleashed, dispensing with niceties for the kind of blunt talk some of Obamaâs allies have been demanding for some time. A president who once ran on the promise of changing the tone in the capital now seems to have fully embraced its political combat.
Reservoir boaters user fee approved JACKSON â A plan to collect a user fee from boaters who use Ross Barnett Reservoir has been approved. The Pear River Valley Water Supply District Board of Directors approved the plan Thursday night. Board officials told The Clarion-Ledger that the fee could generate about $250,000 to $300,000 each year. The funds would go toward ramp improvements, navigation aid improvements, shore maintenance and similar projects. When possible, district officials said projects would be coordinated with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Parks and Fisheries to receive matching federal funds. Boaters will have the option of a three-year, one-year or 10-day permit. Decals will be required on the bow of the vessel. Fees will vary based on the size of the
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BILOXI â Harrison County authorities say a felon who was already on house arrest after a drug conviction is facing more charges after he allegedly left his house in a car and tried to dispose of two grams of crack cocaine. The Sun-Herald reports that the suspect had been the subject of an undercover operation before he was arrested Wednesday at a traffic stop. He allegedly tossed something out of his car prior to the arrest. But it blew back into the car. Harrison Country Sheriffâs Lt. Ryan Hearn said it was crack cocaine. Police said 38-yearold Willie Eugene Russell was booked with of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and sale of crack cocaine. Justice Court Judge Albert Fountain set bonds totaling $20,000.
JACKSON â Attorneys have until next week to submit arguments in a legal dispute about school funding initiatives on the November ballot. The Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday set an April 24 deadline for attorneys to file briefs about whether justices should hear an appeal from legislative leaders. The citizen-led Initiative 42 would require lawmakers to fund âan adequate and efficient system of free public schools,â and it provides that people could appeal to court if funding falls short. The Republican-led Legislature put an alternative, Initiative 42-A, on the ballot. It originally said lawmakers must fund âan effective system of free public schools.â On April 2, Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd rewrote the title of 42-A to say the Legislature should fund âeffective public schoolsâ but to specify there would be no court appeal if lawmakers donât fulfill the financial obligation. A ballot title is the short description of an initiative that people will see when they vote. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and House Speaker Philip Gunn on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject Kiddâs decision. They said Kidd overstepped his constitutional authority by rewriting the attorney generalâs work.
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