News Anchor for April 14, 2015

President Barack Obama announces “historic” Iran nuclear agreement

Last week, President Obama said the historic agreement will subject Iran to stricter nuclear inspections than any other country in the world in return for lifting nuclear-related sanctions.

World’s Most Dangerous Trail reopens after 15 years

One of the world’s scariest hikes, El Caminito del Rey, a 5-mile-long path in Spain that takes four to five hours to complete, reopened last week after 15 years and almost $2.5 million worth of renovations. The trek was as beautiful as it was dangerous until officials closed it in 2000 after too many travelers began falling to their deaths. The walkway goes through the steep El Chorro gorge on thin boardwalks. The trail is almost 100 years old; it was originally opened by King Alfonso XIII in 1921.

California governor defends farms’ water use

After taking the unprecedented step of ordering water-use reductions throughout his state, California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his treatment of the state’s agriculture industry and its use of water in an interview with ABC’s “This Week.” Brown said California’s farms are “providing most of the fruits and vegetables of America,” as well as jobs for the state’s most vulnerable residents. Though agriculture accounts for only 2 percent of California’s economy, it consumes 80 percent of the state’s water, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.

Rolling Stone retracts rape article

Rolling Stone issued an apology for a November 2014 article that detailed allegations about a gang rape at the University of Virginia for being incorrect. It retracted the article and posted a critique of the magazine’s editorial process on the story. The Columbia University Journalism School review, published last week on the Rolling Stone website, said it found the journalistic failure was avoidable and encompassed problems with reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking.

Kenya bombs Somalia Al-Shabab bases after Garissa attack

Kenyan fighter jets bombed the known positions of militant Islamist group Al-Shabab in neighboring Somalia. The warplanes targeted two camps in the Gedo region, used by Al-Shabab to cross into Kenya. This is Kenya’s first response to the Al-Shabab assault that left 148 people dead at Garissa University last week. President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to respond to the attack “in the severest way possible.”

 

Listeria in hummus prompts national recall by Sabra

As of April 9, the presence of potentially listeria in several samples of hummus has prompted a national recall by Virginia-based Sabra Dipping Co. of 30,000 cases of Classic Hummus. Inspectors with the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development learned of the possible contamination by Listeria monocytogenes after routine inspections. Michigan officials alerted inspectors in Virginia and officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who, in turn, are working with Sabra.

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