Domestic Glance
The Supreme Court agreed with Monsanto on Monday that an Indiana farmer’s unorthodox planting of the company’s genetically modified soybeans violated the agricultural giant’s patent.
The court unanimously rejected farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman’s argument that he was not violating Monsanto’s patent because the company’s pesticide-resistent “Roundup Ready” soybeans replicate themselves. Justice Elena Kagan said there is no such “seeds-are-special” exception to the law.
Supreme Court rules for Monsanto in genetically modified soybean case
19 hurt at New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting
Shots fired during an informal Mother's Day afternoon parade in New Orleans injured 19 people, two of them children, police said Sunday. The wounded included 10 men and seven women as well as a boy and a girl, both 10.
Remi Braden, director of public affairs for the New Orleans Police Department, said there were no fatalities and "most of the wounds are not life-threatening.''
West Texas blast victims may not get property tax relief
Some West residents may end up paying taxes this year on homes that no longer exist. Residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the April 17 West Fertilizer Co. explosion have until the end of May to protest the appraisals on which property taxes are based.
But under state law, appraisal values are supposed to reflect the value of the property on Jan. 1 of the tax year. That means the McLennan County Appraisal District isn’t authorized to take into account damage to the property since then, Chief Appraiser Drew Hahn said.
Moms Working At Walmart Earn Less Than They Need To Feed Their Kids
As Mother’s Day approached, Charlene Fletcher, mother of two, found herself occupied with the needs of other families, attending to the crush of shoppers last week at the Walmart in Pasadena, Calif., where she works.
On Mother’s Day itself, she would be in the store, making sure shoppers had one last chance to pick up a heart pendant or a personalized mug for mom. For the past four years, Fletcher has had to work every Mother's Day, along with every New Year's Eve, and nearly every weekend.
Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit
Hundreds of Detroit fast food workers plan to walk off the job beginning at 6 am today, making the motor city the fourth in five weeks to see such strikes.
Organizers expect participants from at least sixty stores, including McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Subway, Little Caesar’s, and Popeye’s locations. Like this week’s strike in St. Louis, and last month’s in New York and Chicago, today’s work stoppage is backed by a local coalition including the Service Employees International Union, and the participants are demanding a raise to $15 an hour and the chance to form a union without intimidation.
Some Pa. colleges allow students to carry guns
Students on some of Pennsylvania's college campuses might be carrying more than books.
At least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities are now allowing guns on campus after the state's lawyers concluded that an outright ban on weapons was likely unconstitutional.
Florida citrus industry plagued by disease with no known cure
Officials in Florida's citrus industry say a bacterial disease with no known cure has infected all 32 of the state's citrus-growing counties.
The disease known as citrus greening, which causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees when still unripe, was first detected in Florida in 2005 but this year's losses from the disease are the most extensive yet, they said.
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