K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For June 30th, 2017 – Evening

NEW YORK (AP) - A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL SAYS THE GUNMAN WHO OPENED FIRE AT A NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL WAS A DOCTOR WHO FORMERLY WORKED THERE. THE OFFICIAL TELLS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THAT DR. HENRY BELLO WALKED INTO BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL AT ABOUT 2:50 P.M. FRIDAY WITH A RIFLE CONCEALED IN HIS LAB COAT AND OPENED FIRE, KILLING AT LEAST ONE PERSON AND INJURING SIX OTHERS. HE THEN APPARENTLY KILLED HIMSELF.

WASHINGTON (AP) - THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT REMAINS "FULLY COMMITTED" TO PUSHING THROUGH A HEALTH CARE PLAN IN THE SENATE BUT IS "LOOKING AT EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION" TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE OBAMACARE LAW. WHITE HOUSE SPOKESWOMAN SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS SAYS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP "HASN'T CHANGED HIS THINKING AT ALL" ABOUT THE STRUGGLING HEALTH CARE BILL. TRUMP TWEETED EARLIER FRIDAY THAT IF REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE UNABLE TO PASS THE SENATE BILL, "THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY REPEAL, AND THEN REPLACE AT A LATER DATE!"

MOSUL, IRAQ (AP) - HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS CONTINUED TO FLEE MOSUL'S OLD CITY AS IRAQI FORCES SLOWLY SQUEEZED THE LAST POCKETS OF ISLAMIC STATE RESISTANCE. THE UNITED NATIONS WARNED THAT "INTENSE AND CONCENTRATED" WERE PUTTING INNOCENT LIVES IN EVEN GREATER DANGER.

NEW YORK (AP) - 'MORNING JOE' HOSTS SAY THE WHITE HOUSE TOLD THEM A 'NATIONAL ENQUIRER' INVESTIGATION WOULD 'GO AWAY' IF THEY APOLOGIZED TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR THEIR COVERAGE. TRUMP SAID JOE SCARBOROUGH ASKED HIM TO INTERCEDE WITH THE ENQUIRER; SCARBOROUGH SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS LYING

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT HAS ORDERED TEXAS FLAGS TO BE LOWERED TO HALF-STAFF IN SAN ANTONIO THROUGH MONDAY TO HONOR OFFICER MIGUEL MORENO. THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER DIED FRIDAY MORNING, ONE DAY AFTER HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AS HE AND HIS PARTNER APPROACHED TWO MEN JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO. HIS PARTNER, OFFICER JULIO CAVAZOS, ALSO WAS SHOT, UNDERWENT SURGERY AND IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

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WYOMING WILL REAP MANY BENEFITS OF A $3.5 BILLION INVESTMENT IN WIND POWER GENERATION BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

COMPANY SPOKESMAN DAVE ESKELSEN SAID THURSDAY THE SALT LAKE CITY-BASED COMPANY WILL FILE REGULATORY PAPERWORK IN WYOMING, UTAH AND IDAHO TODAY FOR A PLAN TO EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF POWER FROM WIND BY 2020.

ESKELSEN SAID THE BENEFITS FOR CUSTOMERS WILL BE LONG TERM.

THE PROJECT, CALLED ENERGY VISION 2020 HAS THREE PHASES TO CONTROL COSTS.
THE TRANSMISSION PROJECT WOULD EXTEND FROM A SUBSTATION IN THE SHIRLEY BASIN TO A SUBSTATION NEAR THE JIM BRIDGER POWER PLANT EAST OF ROCK SPRINGS

THE TIMING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE FEDERAL PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS FOR WIND ENERGY WILL EXPIRE IN 2020.

THE PROJECTS ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BETWEEN 1,100 AND 1,600 CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN WYOMING, AND ADD ABOUT $120 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE FROM CONSTRUCTION.
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EVERYONE LOVES A FOURTH OF JULY COOKOUT, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS SO FOOD POISONING DOESN'T RUIN YOUR PICNIC.

CHEYENNE-LARAMIE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR GARY HICKMAN SAYS THE BEST THING PEOPLE CAN DO IS KEEP HOT FOODS HOT AND COLD FOODS COLD.

"BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS ANYTHING THAT'S FROZEN, THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT FROZEN IS ZERO DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT COLD IS 41 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT."

HICKMAN SAYS WHOLE MUSCLE MEATS, SUCH AS STEAKS, HAVE A TENDENCY TO CONTAMINATE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AND REALLY ONLY NEED A GOOD SEAR, WHILE CHICKEN AND GROUND BEEF SHOULD BE COOKED TO 165 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

"EVERYBODY LIKES THAT PINK-IN-THE-MIDDLE HAMBURGER, BUT IT'S PROBABLY BETTER IF IT'S NOT PINK IN THE MIDDLE. THEY CAN STILL BE JUICY, BUT RAW HAMBURGER, LET'S FACE IT, IT'S ALL MIXED UP TOGETHER, IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT AT HOME, YOU KNOW YOU LEAVE IT OUT TO LONG, IT STARTS TO GROW THINGS."

HICKMAN SAYS THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE FOOD IS COOKED TO THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE OR STAYING COLD ENOUGH IS TO USE A FOOD THERMOMETER.