At this time he is reported to have had mild cold-like symptoms, but he did not seek or require medical care since exposure to the Indiana MERS patient.  He is currently reported to be feeling well.

 

The CDC says the first case of MERS was confirmed earlier this month in Indiana while a man feel ill shortly after coming to the US from Saudi Arabia. 

 

In this week’s political media addresses Republicans are focusing on the scandal engulfing the Department of Veterans Affairs. President Obama is resuming his push to find the money to repair and modernize bridges, roads and ports around the country. NPR’s Giles Snyder reports.

 

President Obama is warning of job loss if lawmakers still do not move soon. 

 

If congress does not act by the end of this summer, federal funding for transportation project will run-out. 

 

Speaking at this weekly address, president NNN improve infrastructure to tourism which he said it also creates job and can grow the economy. His administration is proposing a plan that will close funding gap. Republicans have voted their immediate message to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

 

Our veterans gave us their best. But it is obvious that too often they have gotten the worst from those charged with their care.

 

Arizonan Senator John McCain is speaking a day after the top official in charge of veterans care resigned amid allegations of treatment delays. Giles Snyder, NPR News, Washington.

 

The Utah Supreme Court has halted all same sex adoption cases until state justices can determine whether those adoptions are legal. From member station, KUER in Salt Lake City Terry Gildea reports.

 

Last month lawyers for the state filed petition saying several judges abuse their discretion by approving the adoption for gay couples and ordering the Utah department of vital record to issue birth certificate for those adopted children. Supporters of same sex couple say the state is tearing families apart. Last year, a federal district court judge ruled that Utah’s law banning same sex marriage was unconstitutional. More than 13,000 gay couples in this state got married before the US Supreme Court state the district court decision. The state appealed to the 10th circuit court in April. That case has been expedited and court could rule any day. A decision by the 10th circuit court could have bureau on how Utah Supreme Court Justices may rule on same sex adoption in the state. For NPR News, I am Terry Gildea in Salt Lake City.

 

Californian Chrome has won the second leg of the Triple Crown horse race, winning the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico this evening. It is the 34th horse to win both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. The three-year-old colt now has to bet amount of stakes in New York next month. Ride On Curlin came in second.

 

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An ongoing bitter battle over smart phone technology patent between two of the world’s biggest tech companies appears to be ending. Apple and Google have reached an agreement settling all of the lawsuits against each other. The agreement means nearly two dozen lawsuits in the US and European courts are over. The dispute centered on the phone’s operating systems but the deal has no impact on separate patent issue Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung also over smart phone technology.

 

In Colombia for its end-up 50-year-old guerrilla war is making progress. From Bogota, John Otis reports the Colombia government and drug trafficking rebels have signed in a court to jointly combat Colombia’s illegal drug trade.

 

Colombia is the world’s leading cocaine producer. Profits from the drug trade have helped the country’s FARC guerrilla’s fund their war against the government. But President Juan Manuel Santos announced that the FARC has agreed to get out of the drug trade, should the two sides reach a final accord at peace talks in Havana, Cuba. The agreement could also boost Santos in the May 2005 presidential election. Santos is running for reelection on a peace platform but it is locked in a tight race with challenger óscar Iván Zuluaga who opposes the peace talks. For NPR News, I am John Otis in Bogota, Colombia.

 

Firefighters in north of San Diego are searching the black in hillside, trying to guard against a resurgence of flames at the blackened area in the past few days. Wildfires have consumes a 39 square miles in San Diego county. The wildfires have destroyed 11 houses and 18-units condo complex.  Crews are also remaining a Camp Pendleton marine base while fires are 40% contained.