Kenyanthropus platyops reshapes early human family tree
Kenyan researchers announce a 3.5 million year old skull from Kenya as a new genus and species Kenyanthropus platyops. The flat faced, small brained specimen challenges the view that Australopithecus afarensis was humanity’s direct ancestor, signaling greater early human diversity and an evolutionary maze in Africa.
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Kenya
Meave Leakey
National Museums of
Nairobi
Leakey
Humanity
Donald Johanson
Institute of Human Origins
Arizona State University
Johanson
Afarensis
New Kenyan skull sparks debate over human origins
A 3.5 million year old Kenyan skull named Kenyathropus platyops prompts scientists to question if early humans stem from Australopithecus afarensis or from a separate genus. While some see it as a potential ancestor, others warn it might be another branch that did not lead to modern humans.
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Kenya
Secondhand Smoke Decline Signals Cleaner Indoor Air
Federal health officials report a more than 79 percent drop in environmental tobacco smoke exposure among non smokers over the past decade, indicating successful indoor air policies. The CDC notes persistently high cotinine in youths under 19, and warns that lead exposure remains a concern in homes with lead-based paint, while mercury and certain pesticides and phthalates remain elevated in some populations.
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Washington
Richard Jackson
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Terry Pechacek
Office On
Court blocks SC secret drug tests in pregnancy case
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a South Carolina public hospital violated the Fourth Amendment by sharing drug test results of pregnant patients with police without explicit consent. The decision held the hospital aimed at enforcement rather than patient consent, preserving privacy rights and requiring informed rights disclosure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Priscilla Smith
Center For Reproductive Law and Policy
Kevin Zeese
Common Sense For Drug Policy
Charleston
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Sandra Day O’connor
David Souter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer
Anthony Kennedy
William Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
Former Kansas Gov Finney Receives Support Call Amid Cancer Fight
Former Kansas Governor Joan Finney, age 76, battling liver cancer, spoke by phone for 10 to 15 minutes with President Clinton to discuss health and family topics. Holladay, her daughter, said the call perked Finney up and that she remains strong in mind and spirit while undergoing chemotherapy.
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Kansas
Joan Finney
Clinton
Holladay
Terror suspect Ressam linked to bomb plot via fingerprints
FBI expert testified that fingerprints of Algerian Anmed Essam Ressam were found on most key evidence in the millennium bomb plot case. He said prints were on four timing device covers and tied to the suspect, arrested December 14, 1999, as he arrived from British Columbia. defense argues he did not know explosives were present.
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FBI
James Rettberg
Anmed Essam
U.S
British Columbia
Ressam
Main Street reopening to vehicles at White House in doubt
Secret Service Director Brian Stafford told a congressional hearing that any plan to reopen Pennsylvania Avenue to cars within the security perimeter would not protect the president and the White House complex. The eight-block area was closed after the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995 by a concrete wall barrier.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Congress
Focal
America
Secret Service
Brian Stafford
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Oklahoma City
Miami Parks Closed Over Arsenic in Soil
Three Miami area parks were shut after tests showed arsenic leaching from pressure treated wood into soil. A UM and UF study found average statewide soil arsenic at 28 parts per million, well above the 0.8 ppm safety level set by the state DEP.
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Miami-area
University of Miami
University of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
Florida
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