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Thursday, October 26, 2017

News headlines for the morning of October 26, 2017Students from one Moline school, damaged by fire last month, should count on going to their temporary…

Iskashitaa participant Rogita Darji, a refugee from Bhutan, gathers purslane, an edible plant to some, but considered a weed on a farm in Tucson, Ariz.

'Healing Through Harvesting': Gleaning Unwanted Fruit Helps Refugees In Need

A volunteer network not only gathers wasted, oft-ignored foods and turns them into healthy meals, but also provides community and opportunities for those whose lives have been radically disrupted.

Solo Airline Passenger Given VIP Treatment On The Way To Crete

The Jet2 plane that was flying from Glasgow, Scotland, to the Greek island of Crete, normally carries 189 passengers. Karon Grieve said the experience of being the only passenger was "surreal."

A man checks out an anti-overdose kit he was given at a clinic. With America confronting an opioid epidemic, Walgreens says it will stock naloxone spray at all of its pharmacies.

Narcan Opioid Overdose Spray Is Now Stocked By All Walgreens Pharmacies

Letting people get the medicine "without an individual prescription in 45 states is critical in combating this crisis," says the CEO of Narcan maker Adapt Pharma.

The Sissano Lagoon was part of Papua New Guinea devastated by a tsunami in 1998. Researchers used evidence from after that tsunami to compare to a tsunami thousands of years ago.

Skull Is Potentially From The Oldest Known Victim Of A Tsunami

Researchers say they've determined that a skull discovered in 1929 likely belonged to an individual who was killed in a tsunami 6,000 years ago.

Police officers examine the crime scene where a Ukrainian lawmaker was wounded and his bodyguard killed in Kiev late Wednesday night.

Apparent Assassination Attempt Injures Ukrainian Lawmaker, Kills 2 People

The blast outside a TV studio in Kiev on Wednesday night also wounded two other people. Ihor Mosiychuk, a member of the country's nationalist party, is already laying the blame with Moscow.

Twitter ended its advertising relationship with Russia Today and Sputnik on Thursday based on "the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government."

Twitter Bans Ads From Russian State Media, Citing Election Interference Efforts

The microblog service announced the move "effective immediately" ahead of a congressional hearing about Russia's use of social media in its influence campaign.

Second Annual No Show Gala

The public is welcome to not attend a party this fall. Friendship Manor in Rock Island is hosting its second annual "No Show Gala." The non-profit is…

Happy Joe's Expanding

A Quad Cities-based restaurant chain wants to spread "happiness" around the country. Happy Joe's is joining with Dynamic Restaurant Holdings to help it…

A picture taken on Oct. 20, 2017, shows writing about the so-called Islamic State group on a wall in the recaptured Syrian town of Mayadeen. The Red Cross is urging lawful treatment of foreign fighters who traveled to Syria to join the extremists.

Red Cross Urges Fair And Lawful Treatment Of Captured ISIS Fighters

The remarks come days after a top U.S. envoy was quoted saying, "Our mission is to make sure that any foreign fighter who is here, who joined ISIS from a foreign country ... they will die here."

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