Did Vice-President Joe Biden threaten to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees from the Obama administration if the Ukrainian government failed to remove a prosecutor whose investigation targets included Burisma Holdings, a gas company on whose board Biden's son, Hunter, sat? Yes. He's publicly admitted it.

"Walmart Inc will stop selling e-cigarettes in its US locations as the country grapples with a string of vaping-related deaths," Bloomberg reports. CNN: "Walmart said Friday [September 20] it will stop selling e-cigarettes as the number of deaths tied to vaping grows." Associated Press: "Walmart said Friday that it will stop selling electronic-cigarettes at its namesake stores and Sam's Clubs following a string of mysterious illnesses and deaths related to vaping."

The US Navy confirms that three online videos showing two military air-encounters with what it calls "unexplained aerial phenomena," and the rest of us call "unidentified flying objects," are authentic, Popular Mechanics reports. The videos are interesting, and some might find them disturbing. What's more disturbing to me is that the Navy thinks they're none of our business 15, or even four, years later (the incidents occurred in 2004 and 2015).

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2019) — Rueber Shropshires of Marshalltown claimed Champion and Reserve Ewe, Champion Ram, and first-place Premier Exhibitor honors in the Shropshire Sheep show judged at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

SS Shrops of Davenport took home the Reserve Champion Ram and second-place Premier Exhibitor.

Sugar Ridge Ranch of Viroqua, Wisconsin (WI), won third place Premier Exhibitor.