AP NewsCast 2pm EDT
Summary
This AP News briefing covers Stanford’s Carl D. Dervan, a Nobel Prize winner for optogenetics, which uses light to control brain cells. It also reports on a fatal school bus crash in Central Florida and a graffiti incident at Cornell University amid protests over a fraternity rape case. Additionally, the segment details Prince Andrew’s legal challenge to police searches and the arrest of a U.S. Marine in Okinawa, which has renewed anti-military protests in Japan.
Topics discussed
Nobel Prize in Medicine: Optogenetics breakthrough
Central Florida school bus crash kills two
Cornell University graffiti and protest plans
Prince Andrew files legal challenge over searches
US Marine arrest sparks outrage in Okinawa
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