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Officials seize $2.3M worth of marijuana mixed with jalapeno peppers in California
SAN DIEGO — Officials say they seized $2.3 million worth of marijuana mixed in with a shipment of jalapeño peppers at a Southern California port. A Customs and Border Protection K-9 unit alerted officers to a shipment of peppers Thursday at the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego. A...
Kings Island amusement park in Ohio to debut new steel roller coasterVideo
MASON, Ohio — A new steel roller coaster is set to debut at one of Ohio’s largest amusement parks next year. “Orion” will open at Kings Island in Mason in the spring of 2020. Kings Island officials say it will be the tallest and fastest coaster at the Cincinnati-area amusement...
Centre County man killed while cutting down trees, death ruled accidental
STATE COLLEGE — Authorities say a man was killed while cutting down trees for firewood in central Pennsylvania. State police in Centre County say the man was cutting trees in Penn Township when a tree fell on him at about 7 p.m. Friday. Coroner Scott Sayers identified the man as...
Major players shaping troubled Afghanistan’s future
KABUL, Afghanistan — Saturday night’s devastating attack on a wedding in Afghanistan’s capital comes amid huge uncertainty about the country’s future. The United States and the Taliban say they are nearing a deal to end America’s longest conflict, one that has lasted a generation and left tens of thousands dead....
‘Ground zero’: Portland remains focus of divided country
PORTLAND, Ore. — With both the left and the right declaring victory following a long-hyped rally that had Portland, Oregon, on edge it seems the liberal city will continue to be a flashpoint in an increasingly divided country. City officials were mostly relieved that a downtown gathering Saturday of more...
Former Longhorns, NFL RB Cedric Benson dies in motorcycle accident
AUSTIN, Texas — Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, has died in a motorcycle accident in Texas. He was 36. Benson’s attorney, Sam Bassett, said Austin law enforcement told him Benson was killed in the wreck Saturday...
‘Miracle house’ in Ohio draws pilgrims amid sainthood push
CANTON, Ohio — Late in the summer of 1939, crowds of strangers started showing up at Rhoda Wise’s house next to a city dump in Ohio after she let it be known that miracles were occurring in her room. Eight decades later, people still make pilgrimages to the wood frame...
Backers of rural dental care find something to smile about
AUGUSTA, Maine — It can be hard to keep smiles healthy in rural areas, where dentists are few and far between and residents often are poor and lack dental coverage. Efforts to remedy the problem have produced varying degrees of success. The biggest obstacle? Dentists. Dozens of countries, such as...
Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow plays down fears of looming recessionVideo
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Trump’s top economic adviser is playing down fears of a looming recession after last week’s sharp drop in the financial markets and predicting the economy will perform well in the second half of 2019. Larry Kudlow said in Sunday television interviews that consumers are seeing...
Jeffrey Epstein’s purported madam now a focus in sex abuse cases
MIAMI — She’s been called Jeffrey Epstein’s madam, the woman who recruited girls for his sexual appetites, and at times his social planner and household organizer in places ranging from New York to Palm Beach, Florida. Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of a British publishing magnate who died under mysterious circumstances,...
Sheriff: Florida man dumps dirt on girlfriend with tractor
CRESTVIEW, Fla. — A Florida man used a front-end loader to dump a large bucket full of dirt on a car with his girlfriend inside, authorities said. Hunter Mills, 20, was charged with felony criminal mischief, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said. The girlfriend was not hurt. Mills invited his...
Denny Hamlin wins at Bristol to spoil Matt DiBenedetto’s upset bid
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Denny Hamlin spoiled Matt DiBenedetto’s shot at his first career victory — just days after DiBenedetto learned he had been fired — with a late pass Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. Hamlin was the first Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing driver to start from the pole...
Antonio Brown moves closer to practice return for Raiders
NAPA, Calif. (AP) — Antonio Brown made it through a walkthrough practice for the Oakland Raiders with no issues with his frost-bitten feet and is expected to be a full participant in practice soon for the first time this summer. Coach Jon Gruden said Saturday he thinks Brown will be...
Pittsburgh woman wins grueling bike race up highest peak in Northeastern U.S.
PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. — A Massachusetts man and a Pittsburgh woman won the grueling bicycle race up Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeastern United States. Erik Levinsohn, of Boston, and Stefanie Sydlik, 34, beat the competition in the men’s and women’s divisions of the 7.6-mile Mount Washington Auto...
Phoenix looks to be next big city with citizen police review
PHOENIX — Dozens of people, mostly African Americans, huddled around tables scattered across a church gymnasium on a recent evening, discussing past run-ins with Phoenix police officers and ways to hold them accountable. In a city still stinging from a video of officers pointing guns and cursing at a black...
From tusks to tails, nations eye trade in endangered species
GENEVA — From guitars to traditional medicines and from tusk to tail, mankind’s exploitation of the planet’s fauna and flora is putting some of them at risk of extinction. Representatives of some 180 nations are meeting in Geneva to agree on protections for vulnerable species, taking up issues including the...
Florida vacation home invaded by vomiting vultures
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A New York couple’s luxurious vacation house in Florida has been taken over by dozens of black vultures that are vomiting and defecating everywhere. The Palm Beach Post reports the Casimano family can’t even visit the $702,000 home they purchased earlier this year in the...
Woman thought she had kidney stones, gave birth to tripletsVideo
A South Dakota woman who recently gave birth to triplets says she didn’t find out about her pregnancy until she went to the hospital with what she thought were kidney stones. KOTA-TV reports Dannette Giltz, of Sturgis, gave birth to the healthy triplets on Aug. 10. Giltz says that despite...
At least 63 dead in wedding party blast in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide-bomb blast ripped through a wedding party on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan’s capital and dozens of people were killed or wounded, a government official said. An Afghan official Sunday said at least 63 people died as a result of the suicide bomber’s detonating explosives...
California woman gets jail for dumping puppies in trash
INDIO, Calif. — A Southern California woman authorities caught on surveillance video in April dumping a bag of 3-day-old puppies into a trash can has received jail time after changing her plea to guilty. Deborah Culwell was sentenced this week to 365 days in county jail — reduced to 174...
Officer resigns after 2 hurt by truck at immigration protestVideo
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An officer at a detention center resigned Friday amid investigations into a truck that drove through a group protesting federal immigration policies. The resignation of Capt. Thomas Woodworth from the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility was announced in a brief statement from the center in Central Falls,...
Doctors warn of fallout from new immigration rule
CHICAGO — Diabetics skipping regular checkups. Young asthmatics not getting preventive care. A surge in expensive emergency room visits. Doctors and public health experts warn of poor health and rising costs they say will come from sweeping Trump administration changes that would deny green cards to many immigrants who use...
Crews reopen Denali park road; stranded tourists leave
DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska — Road crews have cleared one lane in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, and buses returned about 300 stranded tourists to the park entrance safely. The tourists became stranded Friday after heavy rains triggered mudslides and caused excess water from a culvert to damage the...
New York City subway scare suspect taken into police custody
NEW YORK — A man suspected of placing two devices that looked like pressure cookers in a New York City subway station, causing an evacuation and roiling Friday’s morning commute, has been apprehended, police said. Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea tweeted Saturday morning that a man seen in surveillance video...
Philadelphia standoff suspect charged with attempted murder
PHILADELPHIA — A man suspected of shooting six police officers during an hourslong standoff that ended when tear gas caused the man to surrender was charged with attempted murder. Authorities have said that the criminal background of suspect Maurice Hill should have prevented him from legally owning the firepower used...
