By Steven Wine The Associated Press MIAMI — The Kushner family, which has close ties to the White House, put the brakes on its negotiations to buy the Miami Marlins because of a report team owner Jeffrey Loria may be nominated by President Donald Trump to become ambassador to France. […]
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The Associated Press HONOLULU — The world’s oldest known seabird has a new chick. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday Wisdom’s offspring hatched at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week. The Laysan albatross is at least 66 years old and is the world’s oldest breeding bird in […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A smart trap for mosquitoes? A new high-tech version is promising to catch the bloodsuckers while letting friendlier insects escape and even record the exact weather conditions when different species emerge to bite. Whether it really could improve public health is still […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Is replacing a severely disfigured person’s face with one from a dead donor ready to be called regular care, something insurers should cover? Mayo Clinic has raised that question by doing the first U.S. face transplant that’s not part of research. Faces, hands, wombs […]
By Errin Haines Whack The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The heart of Philadelphia’s Italian Market was uncommonly quiet. Fine restaurants in New York, San Francisco and the nation’s capital closed for the day. Grocery stores, food trucks, coffee shops, diners and taco joints in places like Chicago, Los Angeles and […]
By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Natural gas for at least 10 days has leaked from an underwater natural gas pipeline in Alaska’s Cook Inlet and floating ice has prevented divers from reaching the site. The gas is bubbling from an 8-inch pipeline in 80 feet of […]
By Jennifer C. Kerr The Associated Press WASHINGTON — It’s the top complaint to a U.S. Senate hotline for seniors: fraudsters posing as IRS agents, threatening arrests and demanding money. A Treasury Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have reported falling prey to the so-called “IRS […]
By Todd Richmond The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Jarrett Adams was 17 years old in September 1998 when he made a decision he would regret for the rest of his life. He and two friends decided to road trip from Illinois to Wisconsin for a night of partying. The […]
By Dan Elliott The Associated Press DENVER — Colorado’s beetle-infested forests are peppered with an estimated 834 million standing dead trees that threaten to worsen wildfires and degrade vital water supplies that flow from mountains, officials said Wednesday. Roughly one in every 14 standing trees in the state’s forests is […]
By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — Unaware of reports his eldest son and current leader Kim Jong Un’s half brother was killed just days ago in what appears to have been a carefully planned assassination, North Koreans marked the birthday of late leader […]
By Niniek Karmini The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian diplomats have met with a woman arrested in Malaysia for suspected involvement in the killing of the North Korean leader’s half brother and confirmed she is an Indonesian citizen, officials said Thursday. Authorities have identified her as Siti Aisyah, 25, […]
By Frank Jordans The Associated Press BONN, Germany — Foreign ministers from 20 of the world’s leading nations met Thursday in the former German capital to discuss current conflicts and ways to prevent future crises against a backdrop of uncertainty among allies and adversaries over the direction of U.S. foreign […]
