 |
|
|
FOX 66 News at Ten
Viral disease has killed 4,217 deer in 24 counties
Authorities in Michigan say an insect-spread deer disease has spread to at least 24 counties.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University announced new figures Monday on confirmed cases of the illness.
It's called epizootic hemorrhagic disease and is untreatable. The virus causes extensive internal bleeding and is transmitted by a type of biting fly called a midge.
The disease is on the rise nationwide because of hot, dry weather.
The DNR and Michigan State say they've confirmed 4,217 deer deaths in 24 counties. They say they expect that farmers harvesting crops and hunters taking to the field will find more dead deer.
------
Online:
Deer disease cases in Michigan: http://1.usa.gov/Qu4SJQ
Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Thursday, October 4 2012, 09:13 AM EDT
National News Headlines
| NY judge refuses to dismiss Kerry Kennedy case |
| Kerry Kennedy, the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is likely to go on trial in the fall after a town judge refused to dismiss a drugged-driving case against her Tuesday. |
| Pentagon requests $450 million to maintain and upgrade Guantanamo Bay |
The Pentagon wants more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. |
| Scientists: Don't drop federal wolf protections |
| Groups of scientists are urging federal officials not to remove protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states. |
| 2 more reports of anti-gay attacks in NYC |
| New York City police say there have been two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks, following the killing of a gay man taunted with homophobic slurs. |
| Impact of Okla. tornado beyond mere cleanup |
| Lives were forever changed in a few short minutes as a large tornado battered the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens. |
| Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse |
| Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy. |
| Iowa abduction suspect commits suicide |
Authorities say a man suspected of abducting two girls near an Iowa bus stop had committed suicide. |
| Feds still investigating missing Mom case |
The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that there's an ongoing federal investigation into her disappearance, but the FBI declined to comment on that and police in Utah said they didn't know anything about it. |
| Feds halt data cull for State Dept terror report |
| The federal government has given the job of compiling statistics used by the State Department to analyze trends in global terrorism to an academic group, a move that may complicate accurate unclassified assessments of patterns of terrorist activity for years to come. |
| Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case |
| A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in an act that was caught on cellphone video has pleaded guilty in exchange for a two-year prison sentence. |
News at Ten Stories
 |
|
|
News Videos
IE6 Float Fix
