Evan Hummel

Omaha

Executive Producer at KMTV-TV (Omaha, NE)

Producer, sports enthusiast, news junky and dog dad.

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More microplastics found in glass bottles than plastic bottles: Study

1 week ago | san.com | Bast Bramhall |Cassandra J. Buchman |Evan Hummel |Kalé Carey

New research from France’s food safety agency, known as ANSES, released on Friday, June 20, shows that certain drinks in glass bottles contain more microplastics than drinks in plastic bottles or aluminum cans. This revelation raises fresh concerns about how labeling and packaging impact the amount of microplastics we consume, and how it affects our health. The study involved soft drinks, beer, lemonade, iced tea, water and wine sold in a variety of bottles across France.
Feds say they shut down secret drug tunnel connecting Tijuana to San Diego

1 week ago | san.com | Alan Judd |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Kalé Carey

U.S. Border Patrol agents have shut down a more than half-mile tunnel linking Tijuana to San Diego with the help of U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents and Mexican law enforcement. Authorities have discovered nearly 100 illicit tunnels in the San Diego area since 1993. Federal officials said gangs used the tunnel — 50 feet deep and nearly 3,000 feet long — to smuggle drugs into the United States.
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from withholding transportation funds

1 week ago | san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Evan Hummel |Emma Stoltzfus |Mathew Grisham

A federal judge on Thursday, June 19, ruled that the Trump administration cannot withhold billions of dollars in federal funds from 20 Democratic-led states in order to force them to cooperate with immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge John McConnell of Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that the Department of Transportation (DOT) does not have the authority to compel states to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calling the requirement unconstitutional.
New Parkinson’s test using earwax and AI could be key to early detection

1 week ago | san.com | Evan Hummel |Matt Bishop

Chinese researchers have developed a test that analyzes earwax to detect Parkinson’s disease with 94.4% accuracy. Researchers published the findings in ACS Publications’ “Analytical Chemistry,” where they described developing a low-cost screening method for Parkinson’s using odors from an individual’s earwax. Researchers were able to identify four specific chemical compounds produced by secretions within the ear canal.
Euro space group says humans will live on Mars in 15 years

1 week ago | san.com | Evan Hummel |Harry Fogle |Lauren Keenan |Mathew Grisham

The European Space Agency has ambitious goals for space exploration in the near future. In a new report published during the week of June 15, the space agency revealed that one of its ambitions is to have humans living on Mars within 15 years. The prediction could be overly optimistic, given that one of the aerospace companies leading the space race has seen some of its rockets explode.
Palestinians say they fear being forgotten in Gaza as focus turns to Iran

1 week ago | san.com | Cassandra J. Buchman |Chris Field |Evan Hummel |Lauren Keenan

As the world shifts its focus to the Israel-Iran conflict, Palestinians said they worry they are being forgotten while death and hunger continue in Gaza. In a span of 24 hours during the week of June 16, at least 140 people across the enclave were killed, At least 40 of those deaths came from Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Wednesday, June 18, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. Among those reported dead were some killed as they sought food from humanitarian aid trucks.
Hurricane Erick makes landfall in Mexico as Category 3 storm

1 week ago | san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Jason Morrell

Hurricane Erick made landfall in southern Mexico on Thursday, June 19, as a Category 3 storm. Forecasters warned the storm’s heavy rainfall and strong winds could bring “life-threatening storm surge.” The storm rapidly intensified from a 40 mph tropical storm on Tuesday, June 17, into a Category 4 by Thursday morning. Just six hours later, Erick made landfall on the western end of the Oaxaca state as a Category 3 with 125 mph winds, as reported by the National Hurricane Center.
Amazon plans 10,000 Zoox robotaxis per year by 2027

1 week ago | san.com | Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Emma Stoltzfus |Kalé Carey

Amazon plans to build up to 10,000 robotaxis each year by 2027 at a 220,000-square-foot factory near Silicon Valley. The move comes as it challenges Waymo’s dominance in the autonomous cab industry and as Tesla joins the self-driving taxi competition. The announcement of the production facility on Wednesday, June 18, presents a big step in Amazon’s move toward pioneering vehicle technology. An effort that began in 2009, when rival Waymo started a secretive effort within Google.
Doctors perform first robotic heart transplant in US without opening a chest

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Chris Field |Evan Hummel

Surgeons in Houston successfully completed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S. on a 45-year-old man. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center said doctors performed the entire procedure without opening the patient’s chest. According to a Baylor press release dated Tuesday, June 17, surgeons used a robot to make precision incisions into the abdomen. Usually in heart transplants, doctors saw open the chest and fracture the chest bone.
Food Network star Anne Burrell dies at 55 in Brooklyn home

1 week ago | san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devin Pavlou |Evan Hummel |Emma Stoltzfus

Food Network star chef Anne Burrell, best known as the long-time host of “Worst Cooks in America,” has died at the age of 55. Burrell passed away at her Brooklyn home on Tuesday, June 17. The cause of death has not yet been made public. However, a spokesman for the New York City Fire Department told Page Six that a 911 caller reported Burrell had gone into cardiac arrest. First responders found her unconscious and unresponsive, and she was declared dead on arrival.