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What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US

By JOHN HANNA and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than half a century, as officials race to eradicate a deadly flesh-eating parasite not seen in Texas since 1966. The U.S. Department of ...

Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing ...