K2 Radio News: Flash Briefing For June 20th, 2017 – Morning

CINCINNATI (AP) - THE FAMILY OF AN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT WHO DIED DAYS AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM NORTH KOREA IN A COMA SAYS THE 22-YEAR-OLD "HAS COMPLETED HIS JOURNEY HOME." RELATIVES SAY OTTO WARMBIER DIED MONDAY. HE WAS SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF TRYING TO STEAL A PROPAGANDA BANNER. HE ARRIVED IN OHIO ON JUNE 13 AFTER BEING HELD FOR MORE THAN 17 MONTHS. HIS FAMILY SAID IT WAS TOLD HE HAD BEEN IN A COMA SINCE SOON AFTER HIS SENTENCING.

LONDON (AP) - BRITISH HEALTH AUTHORITIES SAY SEVEN PEOPLE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED AFTER A DRIVER PLOWED INTO A CROWD SPILLING OUT OF NORTH LONDON MOSQUES AFTER RAMADAN SERVICES. NHS ENGLAND SAYS THREE OF THE INJURED REMAIN IN CRITICAL CARE. BRITISH LEADERS, INCLUDING PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY, HAVE MOVED SWIFTLY TO EASE CONCERNS IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY FOLLOWING THE ATTACK IN LONDON'S FINSBURY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS HOME TO A LARGE MUSLIM POPULATION.

FAIRFAX, VA. (AP) - AUTHORITIES SAY A MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE DEATH OF A MUSLIM TEEN WHO WAS ATTACKED NEAR HER MOSQUE BECAME ENRAGED AFTER GETTING IN A FIGHT WITH ONE OF THE GIRL'S FRIENDS. POLICE SAY 17-YEAR-OLD NABRA HASSANEN DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE UPPER BODY AFTER 22-YEAR-OLD DARWIN MARTINEZ TORRES ATTACKED HER WITH A BASEBALL BAT IN A WASHINGTON D.C. SUBURB.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A NEW POLL FINDS THAT AMERICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO OPPOSE THAN SUPPORT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD, WITH JUST 18 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS AGREEING WITH HIS CLAIM THAT PULLING OUT OF THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS WILL HELP THE U.S. ECONOMY. THE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS-NORC CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS RESEARCH FOUND THAT A SLIM MAJORITY _ 52 PERCENT _ WORRY THE WITHDRAWAL WILL HURT THE NATION'S ECONOMY.

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UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING OFFICIALS WILL EXAMINE WHETHER TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO EARN THEIR EDUCATION DEGREES AND LICENSES THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING.

POTENTIAL TEACHERS NOW HAVE FEW OPTIONS TO COMPLETE EDUCATION PROGRAMS WITHOUT BEING PRESENT ON THE UNIVERSITY'S LARAMIE CAMPUS.

TRUSTEES EDUCATION INITIATIVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REBECCA WATTS SAYS OFFICIALS PLAN TO LOOK AT WHETHER THE WYOMING COLLEGE OF EDUCATION'S PROGRAM OR PARTS OF IT COULD BE DELIVERED THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING.

SHE SAYS THAT COULD INCLUDE COURSES OFFERED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OTHER METHODS.

WATTS SAYS UW PRESIDENT LAURIE NICHOLS IS PROMOTING AN EFFORT TO INCREASE DISTANCE EDUCATION OFFERINGS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
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THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE WILL HOST THE NATIONAL DEBUT OF THEIR FIRST-EVER HEAT-ACTIVATED STAMP TOMORROW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING ART MUSEUM 1:30 P.M. IN HONOR OF THE UPCOMING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.
AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, THE ‘THERMOCHROMIC’ TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN FOREVER STAMP DEPICTS A SOLAR ECLIPSE, BUT BECOMES AN IMAGE OF THE MOON FROM THE HEAT OF A FINGER. THE IMAGE REVERTS BACK TO THE ECLIPSE ONCE IT COOLS.
DAVID RUPERT, U.S. POSTAL SERVICE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, SAID THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS EVER USED THE TECHNOLOGY ON A STAMP.
RUPERT SAID THE ECLIPSE STAMP ITSELF AS WELL AS THE EVENT IT COMMEMORATES ARE WHAT MAKES THE STAMP SO SPECIAL.
THE UNVEILING TOMORROW WILL COINCIDE WITH A UW SUMMER SOLSTICE EVENT. VISITORS WHO ARRIVE AT 11:30 A.M. WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH A UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE, IN WHICH A SINGLE BEAM OF SUNLIGHT SHINES ON A SILVER DOLLAR EMBEDDED IN THE FLOOR OF THE ART MUSEUM’S ROTUNDA GALLERY. THIS EVENT OCCURS ONLY AT NOON ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE SAYS LAST MONDAY'S STORM WAS THE WORST TO HIT SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IN 30 YEARS.
METEOROLOGIST CHAD HAHN (HAWN) SAYS 15 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS AND 23 TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY.

"AS FAR AS NUMBER OF TORNADOES, WE HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT CONFIRMED ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE THAT WE'LL LIKELY ADD THAT WE'VE SEEN VIDEOS OF OF OCCURRENCE, SO WE'RE LOOKING PROBABLY AT RIGHT AROUND A DOZEN TOUCHDOWNS AT LEAST ACROSS OUR AREA."

HAHN SAYS THREE OF THE TORNADOES WERE RATED EF-2, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF CARPENTER. HE SAYS MOST OF THE TORNADOES PRODUCED DAMAGE, BUT LUCKILY ONLY TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED.