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Cabins in crews ships as a new mystery are virus spreads now to a dozen people in the the u. S. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. President trump acquitted and emboldened. Taking victory laps and spewing spite today. First a at the National Prayer breakfast where he seemed to question the faith of nancy pelosi and senator mitt romney and showed off the acquitted headline on the front page of usa today. And again this afternoon, showing a similar headline on th...

Frontrunner donald trump has three events today while hess closest rival ted cruz continues his bus tour. You see them dotting the map there. Hillary clinton is holding three events ending the day at a rally with her husband and daughter, and Bernie Sanders has five appearances, including a concert with some wellsan antonio rock bands there in iowa. We will bring you many of these events as it happens live this afternoon. My colleague john berman is already there in des moines. He is getting rea...

FLORA — An apple tree has been found near Flora. That may not seem significant, except for the fact that the apple on that tree was previously believed to have gone the way of the dodo or the Tasmanian tiger. The Kay apple, a multicolored fruit, has been growing on a tree in Flora. It was harvested in the fall of 2020 and since identified as a Kay, which had been considered a “lost” apple. The Temperate Orchard Conservancy and the Lost Apple Project announced the finding in late ...

DAVE BENSCOTER: For 24 years, I was in federal law enforcement. KING: He has worked for the FBI and the IRS. These days, though, Benscoter calls himself a fruit detective. BENSCOTER: I search for lost and rare apples. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: He is the founder of the Lost Apple Project. It recently helped find seven types of apples that were thought to be extinct. They were rediscovered in old orchards in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. They taste great, we hear, and have great names like the Ivan...

Updated June 11, 2021 at 5:39 PM ET David Benscoter was a criminal investigator at the FBI and IRS for 24 years before transitioning to his new role:

There are well-known types of detectives: narcotics, homicide, cyber. Add "rare apple," thanks to a Washington state retiree who recently rediscovered seven kinds, including the Almota and the Eper.

Seven apple varieties previously thought lost have been rediscovered In the eastern part of Washington state, seven apple varieties previously believed to be lost or extinct have been rediscovered. Several were found on land near the communities of Pullman, Colfax and Moscow. The Lost Apple Project and the Temperate Orchard Conservancy announced the latest discoveries this month. The Lost Apple Project was founded by Dave Benscoter; it has partnered with the Whitman County Historical Society to...

YAKIMA — Seven apple varieties previously believed to be lost or extinct have been found in Eastern Washington, including several on land near the communities of Pullman, Colfax and Moscow.

Seven apple varieties previously believed to be lost or extinct have been found in eastern Washington state, including several on land near the communities of Pullman, Colfax and Moscow.

The Lost Apple Project and the Temperate Orchard Conservancy announced the latest discoveries this month.