Category Archives: World

Cancelling Georgia nuclear plant could cost owners billions
ATLANTA - The federal government is warning the owners of a troubled nuclear power plant in Georgia that any move to cancel a planned expansion would lead to demands for quick repayment of nearly $6 b...
Sep 21, 2018

US agency endorses plan to block new mining near Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. - U.S. officials recommended approval on Friday of a plan to block new mining claims for 20 years on the forested public lands that make up Yellowstone National Park’s mountainou...
Sep 21, 2018

Alaska man tied to girl's death pleads not guilty
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska man linked to a 10-year-old girl’s death through her cellphone pleaded not guilty Friday to lying to federal authorities investigating the case. After entering his ...
Sep 21, 2018

Flooding: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill
WILMINGTON, N.C. - Florence’s floodwaters breached a dam holding back a large reservoir at a Wilmington power plant Friday, and coal ash from an adjacent dump could be flowing into the nearby Ca...
Sep 21, 2018

Official: More possible victims of California doctor found
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Southern California prosecutor said Friday his office has received leads to more than 12 possible additional victims in the investigation of a surgeon and a female companion alre...
Sep 21, 2018
Trump delays Russia probe documents; allies voiced concerns
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday delayed his own order to declassify and release documents from the FBI’s Russia investigation, saying the Justice Department and U.S. allies have ra...
Sep 21, 2018

AP sources: Rosenstein spoke of possible secret Trump taping
WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording President Donald Trump last year as law enforcement agencies grew increasingly unnerved about chaos in the White House,...
Sep 21, 2018
Judges signal they'll revive Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit
NEW YORK - A federal appeals panel seems poised to reinstate a defamation lawsuit Sarah Palin brought against The New York Times. A three-judge panel found it unusual that a judge tossed the lawsuit l...
Sep 21, 2018
Far-right shuts French rapper out of Bataclan attack site
PARIS - A popular French Muslim rapper says he’s cancelling sold-out October concerts at the Bataclan music hall in Paris, a target of the deadly 2015 terror attacks, due to pressure from far-ri...
Sep 21, 2018

Brazil arrests man linked to Hezbollah on crimes in Paraguay
SAO PAULO - Brazilian police arrested a fugitive Friday who is alleged by U.S. authorities to be Hezbollah’s financier and who has repeatedly been accused of illegal activity in a lawless border...
Sep 21, 2018