CLAY CENTER, Nebraska, May 11 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release: Scientists have collaborated to produce the first gene-edited calf with resistance to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), a virus that costs the U.S. cattle sector billions of dollars annually. The recent study published in PNAS Nexus results from a collaboration between the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Commonwealth of Kentucky to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides Feb. 15-20, 2023. Public Assistance federal funding is available to the commonwealth, eligible local governments and certain privat  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, May 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Michael A. Bennett, issued the following news release: A former Louisville Metro Police Department officer pleaded guilty to violating an individual's rights by using excessive force while acting as a police officer. During the plea hearing, Richard Ross Wiedo, 37, admitted that on or about May 30, 2020, while working as a police officer with the Louisville Metro Police Department, he deployed a foam round   more