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Correction: Obit-U2 Tour Manager story

NEW YORK (AP) — In a story May 27 about the death of veteran U2 tour manager Dennis Sheehan, The Associated Press reported erroneously that his death came just hours after the band kicked off its latest tour. In fact, his death came just hours after the band kicked off the Los Angeles portion of its latest tour.

U.S. EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees

(Reuters) – U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday proposed a rule that would create temporary pesticide-free zones to protect commercial honeybees, which are critical to food production and have been dying off at alarming rates. The Environmental Protection Agency restrictions would cover times when specific plants are in bloom and when commercial honeybees are being moved through areas where they are blooming. Beekeepers routinely move their hives around the country to