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NATION Friday, February 26, 2016 East Oregonian Page 7A BRIEFLY Utah bills would allow law enforcement to shoot down drones AP Photo/David J. Phillip Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, reacts as Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston on Thursday in Houston. Anxious to slow Trump, Rubio and Cruz attack HOUSTON (AP) — Brawling from the get-go, D ¿HU\ 0DUFR 5XELR ZHQW hard after Donald Trump in Thursday night’s Repub- lican debate, lacerating the front-runner’s position on immigration, his privileged background, his speaking style and more. Ted Cruz piled on, too, questioning the front-runner’s conservative credentials, as the two senators tag-teamed Trump in a debate that UHÀHFWHG WKH LQFUHDVLQJ urgency of their effort to take down the billionaire busi- nessman before he becomes unstoppable. It was a rare night where the bombastic Trump found himself on the defensive. The debate played out as a raucous night of tit-for-tat insults, with candidates shouting over one another so much that it was hard to follow at times. The show- down came just days before the Super Tuesday 11-state round of mega-voting that could all but lock up the nomination. When Trump faulted Rubio on a deal to buy a $179,000 house, the Florida senator shot back that if Trump “hadn’t inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now? Selling watches in Manhattan.” In another rough exchange, Rubio accused Trump of shifting his position on depor- tation, hiring people from other countries to take jobs from Americans and being “This guy’s a choke artist and this guy is a liar.” — Donald Trump, Attacking Rubio and Cruz ¿QHG IRU ZRUNHU YLRODWLRQV border, Rubio declared: “If he Joining in, Cruz criticized builds a wall the way he built Trump for suggesting he Trump Tower he’ll be using alone had “discovered the illegal immigration to do it.” issue of illegal immigration.” Trump, for his part, Trump shot back at Rubio: LQVLVWHGWKDWHYHQWKRXJKRI¿- “I hired tens of thousands of cials in Mexico have said they people. You’ve hired nobody.” won’t pay for his planned As for Cruz, Trump took wall, “Mexico will pay for a more personal tack, touting the wall.” And he said that his own ability to get along because Mexico’s current and with others and adding: “You former presidents had criti- get along with nobody. ... cized him on the issue, “the You should be ashamed of wall just got 10 feet taller.” yourself.” Trump, known for his Both Rubio and Cruz said frequent use of coarse and that Trump had had to pay profane language on the D PLOOLRQ ¿QH IRU LOOHJDO campaign trail, scolded immigration hiring. former Mexican President The candidates were Vicente Fox for using a pressed on why they haven’t profanity in talking about released their tax returns as Trump’s plan for the wall. promised. The GOP’s 2012 “He should be ashamed of nominee, Mitt Romney, himself and he should apolo- suggested this week that gize,” declared Trump. Trump was holding back After Trump mocked because there was a “bomb- Rubio for his “meltdown” in shell” that would be revealed. a previous debate when the Thursday night, Trump Florida senator repeated rote offered a new excuse, saying talking points, Rubio swatted that he’s been audited by the right back, scolding Trump IRS every year and can’t for spouting the same things release his returns while that’s over and over Thursday night: going on. “Everyone’s dumb. He’s Rubio and Cruz both going to make America great promised to release more of again. We’re going to win, theirs in the next two days. win, win. He’s winning in the Rubio was the principal polls.” aggressor of the night, and he When Trump repeated held nothing back. Taking on his positions on health care, Trump’s declaration that he’d Rubio pounced again. build a wall on the Mexican “Now he’s repeating himself,” Rubio said with a grin. Trump was hardly silent, responding to both Rubio and Cruz: “This guys a choke artist and this guy’s a liar. ... Other than that I rest my case.” While Rubio was loaded for bear from the start, Cruz ramped up his criticism as the night word on. The Texas senator said Trump wasn’t releasing his tax returns “because he’s afraid,” and he argued that Trump wouldn’t be an effective opponent against Hillary Clinton in the general election. Making light of Cruz’s attempts to diminish him, 7UXPS VDLG ³.HHS ¿JKWLQJ keep swinging, man, swing for the fences.” In the past, Rubio and Cruz had shown little will- ingness to take on the former reality television star when the national spotlight was the brightest. That all changed in the ninth GOP debate of the campaign, clearly showing the growing sense that Trump is on track for the nomination. The debate’s location in Houston gave a nod to the primacy of Texas in the Super Tuesday voting: There are 595 delegates at stake, 155 in Texas. The other two remaining candidates, Ben Carson and John Kasich, were largely left WRZDWFKWKH¿UHZRUNVÀ\LQJ overhead. At one point, as the top three candidates mixed it up, Carson spoke up: “Can somebody attack me please?” Gunman, 3 others dead after Kansas shootings HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A sheriff in south-central Kansas said Thursday that four people, including a gunman, are dead after a series of shootings at a busi- ness, its parking lot and two streets nearby. Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said at a news conference that all the dead were shot inside Excel Industries, a plant in Hesston that makes lawn mower products. He said 14 were injured in the shootings. /DZHQIRUFHPHQWRI¿FHUV killed the gunman, who worked at the plant, after he began shooting at them, Walton said. Before driving to the SODQWWKHPDQ¿UHGIURPKLV vehicle, the sheriff said. The shooting comes less than a week after authorities VD\ D PDQ RSHQHG ¿UH DW several locations in Kalam- azoo, Michigan, leaving six people dead and two severely wounded. Martin Espinoza, who Fernando Salazar/The Wichita Eagle via AP Police look for a possible second shooterat Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan., Thursday. works at Excel, was in the plant during the shooting. He heard people yelling to others to get out of the building, then heard popping, then saw the shooter, a co-worker he described as typically pretty calm. Espinoza told The Asso- ciated Press the shooter pointed a gun at him and Live Music 9:00 PM pulled the trigger, but the gun was empty. At that point, the shooter got a different gun and Martin took off running. “I looked right at him and he looked right at me,” Espinoza said. KSN-TV footage showed a large law enforcement presence at Excel Industries and at least one person being loaded into an ambulance. A FROOHJH QHDUE\ ZDV EULHÀ\ locked down. Hesston is a community of about 3,700 residents about 35 miles north of Wichita. Excel Industries was awarded the Governor’s Exporter of the Year award in 2013 from the Kansas Department of Commerce. The company manufac- tures Hustler and Big Dog mowing equipment and was founded in Hesston in 1960. Walton said the FBI and the Kansas Bureau of Inves- tigation had been called in to assist. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers’ proposed solution to getting recreational drones out of the way of emergency response units? Shoot them out of the sky. Legislators throughout the U.S. are working to ¿JXUHRXWWKHEHVWZD\WR regulate drones as they become increasingly prevalent, particularly when it comes to interfering with emergency response work. Other states have proposed shooting down drones, but it hasn’t become law, according to the National Center for State Legislatures. Law enforcement already has some tools to control airspace. In cases such as ZLOG¿UHVODZHQIRUFHPHQW can ask the Federal Aviation Administration to restrict air travel. That could apply to planes and unmanned aircraft, more popularly known as drones. Drones keep coming, WKRXJK7KHÀ\LQJGHYLFHV interfered with aircraft ¿JKWLQJGXULQJPRUHWKDQ DGR]HQZLOG¿UHVODVW\HDU according to the U.S. Forest Service. In 2014, they interfered during just DKDQGIXORI¿UHV Two Utah lawmakers proposing similar bills aim to change that. State Sen. Wayne Harper, a Republican from Taylorsville, proposed a bill that would allow law enforcement to “neutralize” drones, which could include shooting them, jamming their signals or convincing their operators to move them. Nevada governor withdraws name from high court consideration LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday he is not interested in being considered for the Supreme Court vacancy — a decision that foils one route President Barack Obama might have had to breach Senate Republicans’ planned blockade of any HOHFWLRQ\HDUFRQ¿UPDWLRQ Sandoval, a Republican DQGWKHVWDWH¶V¿UVW Hispanic governor, issued a statement the day after news broke that the White House was considering him as a potential replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia. “Earlier today, I QRWL¿HGWKH:KLWH+RXVH that I do not wish to be considered at this time for possible nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States,” wrote Sandoval, an abortion rights supporter and former federal judge. “The notion of being considered for a seat on the highest court in the land is beyond humbling, and I am incredibly grateful to have been mentioned.” He offered no reason for his decision but said he also expressed his position to senators Harry Reid, Dean Heller and Mitch McConnell. White House spokesman Josh Earnest declined to comment, saying he would not offer detailed updates on the president’s short list. The Senate’s vetting process for any nominee is expected to be viciously political, if hearings take place at all. Recommending a popular, moderate Republican would test WKHXQL¿HG*23FDXFXV¶V insistence that voters in November and the next president should make the lifetime appointment. Cleveland surgeons perform QDWLRQ¶V¿UVW uterus transplant CLEVELAND (AP) — Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed WKHQDWLRQ¶V¿UVWXWHUXV transplant, a new frontier that aims to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy. In a statement Thursday, the Cleveland Clinic said the nine-hour surgery was performed a day earlier on a 26-year-old woman, using a uterus from a deceased donor. The hospital had long been planning for such a surgery, announcing last fall a clinical trial that would attempt 10 transplants. The hospital said it wouldn’t release any more details until a press conference next week. Other countries have tried womb transplants — 6ZHGHQUHSRUWHGWKH¿UVW successful birth in 2014, ZLWKDWRWDORI¿YHKHDOWK\ babies so far. Doctors there say the still experimental treatment might be an alternative for some of the thousands of women unable to have children because they were born without a uterus or lost it to disease. Others have questioned whether such an extreme step would be a realistic option for many women. It’s fraught with medical risk, including rejection of the transplant and having to take potent immune-suppressing drugs for a transplant that, unlike patients who receive a donated kidney or heart, isn’t life-saving. Veronica Zapata a valued member of our team for 4 years! CONKLIN INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. www.nateconklin.com 395 E. 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