Groberg Receives Medal of Honor for Safer Ground Action
Army captain Florent Groberg was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama for pushing a suicide bomber away from his security detail during a 2012 attack in Afghanistan. Four people died and Groberg was wounded requiring a lengthy recovery. He dedicated the honor to the victims and their families.
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Kurds Launch Major Offensive to Retake Sinjar City
Kurdish peshmerga with makeshift armored vehicles opened a dawn offensive to retake Sinjar northern Iraq. By day’s end they controlled a key highway junction and nearby villages while advancing toward Tal Afar. IS militants faced heavy airstrikes and fierce ground fire.
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Colorado officials deny they approved EPA mine waste report
Colorado officials dispute an EPA plan to push a drainage pipe into the Gold King Mine debris leading to a 3 million gallon toxic spill. A Sept 2 letter from Mike King says state experts did not endorse or reject the operation, challenging federal claims of state approval. The disclosure questions the Bureau of Reclamation's spill investigation and its independence. The incident polluted rivers in Colorado New Mexico and Utah.
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CDC reports rising obesity levels in U S adults
CDC data show 37.7 percent of U S adults were obese in 2014 up from 34.9 percent in 2012. Among ages 20 plus the 30 BMI threshold affected 36.5 percent from 2011 to 2014 with higher rates in women 38.3 percent than men 34.3 percent. Racial disparities range from 11.7 percent Asian Americans to 48.1 percent African Americans.
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Smoking ban expansion faces mixed reaction in public housing
The federal proposal to ban smoking inside and outside federally subsidized housing draws support from some exposed to second hand smoke and concern from others who fear harassment or eviction for a legal activity in private residences. The plan would extend the current 20 percent ban to about 940,000 units nationwide including New York Los Angeles Atlanta and Miami.
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