K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For July 19th, 2017 – Morning

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS A BILL TO OVERHAUL THE OBAMA HEALTH CARE LAW WILL "GET EVEN BETTER" DURING A WHITE HOUSE LUNCH WITH REPUBLICAN SENATORS. TRUMP IS HOSTING REPUBLICAN SENATORS WEDNESDAY AFTER A BILL TO REPEAL PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S LAW COLLAPSED IN THE SENATE THIS WEEK.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A SENIOR RUSSIAN LAWMAKER IS DISMISSING MEDIA REPORTS OF AN UNDISCLOSED CONVERSATION BETWEEN RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AS SENSATIONALIST. THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN SEAN SPICER CONFIRMED ON WEDNESDAY THAT TRUMP AND PUTIN SPOKE AT A DINNER FOR WORLD LEADERS AND THEIR SPOUSES AT THE GROUP OF 20 SUMMIT IN HAMBURG, GERMANY.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - THE PARTNER OF A POLICE OFFICER WHO SHOT AND KILLED AN AUSTRALIAN WOMAN WHO HAD CALLED 911 TOLD INVESTIGATORS HE WAS STARTLED BY A LOUD SOUND NEAR THEIR SQUAD CAR SECONDS BEFORE HIS PARTNER FIRED HIS WEAPON. OFFICER MATTHEW HARRITY'S ACCOUNT IS THE FIRST TO EMERGE OF THE MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE DEATH OF JUSTINE DAMOND, A 40-YEAR-OLD MEDITATION TEACHER DUE TO BE MARRIED IN AUGUST. OFFICER MOHAMED NOOR _ WHO FIRED THE SHOT THAT KILLED DAMOND _ HAS SO FAR REFUSED TO BE INTERVIEWED.

WASHINGTON (AP) - REPUBLICANS ARE PRESSING AHEAD WITH A BUDGET PLAN DESIGNED TO HELP THE PARTY TO DELIVER ON A GOP-ONLY EFFORT TO OVERHAUL THE TAX CODE. THE PLAN BEFORE THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY ALSO FEATURES NONBINDING PROMISES TO CUT MORE THAN $5 TRILLION FROM THE BUDGET OVER THE COMING DECADE, THOUGH REPUBLICANS ONLY APPEAR SERIOUS ABOUT ACTUALLY ENACTING A RELATIVELY MODEST $203 BILLION DEFICIT CUT OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
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LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES IN NORTHWEST WYOMING WANT THE PUBLIC'S HELP IN FINDING A SUSPECT IN A TRIPLE HOMICIDE IN IDAHO LAST MONTH.

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES BRANCH SAID TUESDAY THE AGENCIES LOOKING FOR GERALD "MIKE" BULLLINGER IN THE BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST HAVE CLOSED THE PACIFIC CREEK CAMPGROUND AND PACIFIC CREEK ROAD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEY ALSO CLOSED THE LAVA CREEK, BOX CREEK, AND CLEAR CREEK TRAILS, PILGRIM CREEK ROAD, AND THE AREA SURROUNDING ENOS LAKE IN THE TETON WILDERNESS AREA.

BULLINGER IS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HIS WIFE -- CHERYL BAKER OF OGDEN, UTAH -- A TEENAGER AND ANOTHER ADULT, WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED IN A SHED IN CALDWELL, IDAHO, ON JUNE 19.

THE 60-YEAR-OLD BULLINGER IS DESCRIBED AS A WHITE MALE 6-FEET 1-INCH TALL, WEIGHING 240 POUNDS, WITH GRAY HAIR AND BROWN EYES. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A BALL CAP.

HE IS POSSIBLY ARMED AND CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

HIS WIFE'S CAR RECENTLY WAS FOUND IN A REMOTE CAMPGROUND NORTH OF MORAN.

AGENCIES WANT TO TALK TO PEOPLE WHO CAMPED AT THE PACIFIC CREEK CAMPGROUND FROM JUNE 1ST TO MONDAY TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THEM ENCOUNTERED BULLINGER.

WHETHER YOU SAW HIM OR NOT, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HELP BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WANTS TO INTERVIEW ANYONE WHO WAS AT THE CAMPGROUND ABOUT THE TIME THE CAR WAS ABANDONED.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO THE TETON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE OR A PARK EMPLOYEE.
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GILLETTE, WYO. (AP) - A HORSE IN NORTHEAST WYOMING HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS.

DR. MARSHALL KOHR OF THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER IN GILLETTE SAID A HORSE UNDER THEIR TREATMENT WAS WOBBLY AND UNSTEADY AND A LAB TEST CONFIRMED IT HAD WEST NILE.

KOHR SAYS THE HORSE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. HE NOTED THAT ONLY A THIRD OF HORSES TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE DISEASE SUCCUMB TO IT.

HORSES, HUMANS AND CERTAIN SPECIES OF BIRDS ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO WEST NILE.

HORSE OWNERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE THEIR HORSES VACCINATED FOR WEST NILE ONCE A YEAR.