Associated Press stories, Page 2495
U.S. to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will create a way for Americans to legally and safely import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada for the first time, reversing years of refusals by health authorities amid a public outcry over high prices for life-sustaining medications. The move is a step...
Unopened 1987 Nintendo video game could sell for $10,000
RENO, Nev. — An unopened copy of a 1987 cult-classic video game that a Nevada man found in the attic of his childhood home is expected to sell for up to $10,000 at an online auction. The boxed game cartridge of Nintendo’s “Kid Icarus” was still in the bag with...
Mario Lopez walks back remarks on kids and gender identity
NEW YORK — Mario Lopez apologized Wednesday for telling conservative commentator Candace Owens that it’s “dangerous” and “alarming” for parents to honor the wishes of young children who identify with a gender other than the one assigned at birth. “The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I now...
Fed cuts key rate in its first reduction in more than decade
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for the first time in a decade to try to counter threats ranging from uncertainties caused by President Donald Trump’s trade wars to chronically low inflation and a dim global outlook. The Fed also repeated a pledge to “act...
Iowa man on Florida honeymoon drowns during first ocean swim
CRESCENT BEACH, Fla. — An Iowa seminary student honeymooning in Florida drowned when he was swept out to sea on his first time in the ocean, officials said. A St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office incident report says Dalton Cottrell, 22, of Malcom, Iowa, drowned while swimming Tuesday at Crescent Beach,...
Camper: Alleged Bigfoot sighting prompts gunfire at Mammoth Cave National Park
CAVE CITY, Ky. — Federal officials are investigating a report that a man fired a gunshot while camping at Mammoth Cave National Park, an incident that another camper says was prompted by an alleged sighting of Bigfoot. Mammoth Cave said law enforcement rangers responded early Sunday to a report of...
Frenchman to retry ‘flyboard’ trip across English Channel
PARIS — A French inventor will try again to traverse the English Channel on a flying board after his first attempt failed halfway. Franky Zapata’s wife, Christele, said Wednesday that he will retry the 22.4-mile journey Sunday from the French town of Sangatte to the area near Dover. Last week,...
White supremacist gang leader, 1 other escape Arkansas jail
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The head of a white supremacist gang in Arkansas and another inmate have escaped a local jail and are being sought by authorities who say they consider the men armed and dangerous. The U.S. Marshals service said Wednesday authorities were searching for Wesley Gullett and Christopher...
Dolphins Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti dead at 78
MIAMI — Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker Nick Buoniconti, an undersized overachiever who helped lead the Miami Dolphins to the NFL’s only perfect season and became a leader in the effort to cure paralysis, has died at the age of 78. Buoniconti died Tuesday in Bridgehampton, New York,...
Popular YouTube ‘King of Random’ dies in paraglider accident
SALT LAKE CITY — The creator of the YouTube channel “King of Random,” whose experiments and hands-on science tips drew 11 million subscribers, has died in a Utah paragliding crash. Jonathan Grant Thompson, 38, was found dead on Monday, Washington County Sheriff’s Lt. David Crouse said. The cause is under...
Court to hear Boston Marathon bomber’s death penalty appeal
BOSTON — A federal court will hear arguments in the Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence appeal. A federal judge said Tuesday that oral arguments will take place Dec. 12. Each side will be given an hour to make its case. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted and sentenced to death in 2015...
Fire breaks out at Houston-area Exxon Mobil refinery
BAYTOWN, Texas — A fire burning at an Exxon Mobil refinery in Texas is sending a large plume of smoke into the air, the latest in a series of fires in Houston area involving the petrochemical industry. The fire broke out Wednesday at an Exxon Mobil facility in Baytown, about...
PennDOT to roll out gender-neutral driver’s license option
Pennsylvanians who prefer not to be identified as male or female will soon have a gender-neutral option on their state-issued driver’s licenses. The Daily Item of Sunbury reported PennDOT expects to have the new procedure in place by the middle of next year. It will let motorists use “X” as...
Israel approves Palestinian construction in West Bank
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal to build over 700 housing units for Palestinians in addition to 6,000 Israeli settlement housing units in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government advanced the proposal late on Tuesday, according to an Israeli official who spoke on condition of...
Hal Prince, towering Broadway director and producer, dead at 91
NEW YORK — Harold Prince, a Broadway director and producer who pushed the boundaries of musical theater with such groundbreaking shows as “The Phantom of the Opera,” ”Cabaret,” ”Company” and “Sweeney Todd” and won a staggering 21 Tony Awards, has died. Prince was 91. Prince’s publicist Rick Miramontez said Prince...
Networks sue Locast, a service that streams TV for free
NEW YORK — The country’s biggest TV networks — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX — are suing Locast, a streaming service that transmits their broadcasts for free. The companies say that Locast is violating their copyrights. Locast has held that under the law, it is allowed to stream the networks...
Meghan Markle launching clothing line for UK women’s charity
LONDON — The Duchess of Sussex is launching a clothing line to support a charity that helps unemployed women find work. Meghan Markle has teamed up with designer and friend Misha Nonoo and British retailers Marks & Spencer, John Lewis & Partners and Jigsaw to create a workwear collection to...
Iceland cuts teen drinking with curfews, youth centers
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The clock strikes 10 p.m. on a Friday night when the “Parent Patrol” enters a popular playground in suburban Reykjavik. The teens turn down the music and reach for their phones to check the time: It’s ticking into curfew. Every weekend, parents all over the Icelandic capital...
Survey: Businesses added 156,000 jobs in July
WASHINGTON — U.S. companies added a healthy 156,000 jobs in July with larger firms accounted for much of the gains, a private survey found. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that there was solid hiring in the construction, transportation, health care and leisure and hospitality sectors. But smaller companies are struggling...
Supply ship blasts off for International Space Station
MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian spaceship carrying supplies for the International Space Station has launched from Russia’s space complex in Kazakhstan. The Progress 73 cargo ship blasted off atop a Soyuz rocket at 8:10 a.m. EST Wednesday. It is to dock with the ISS about 3½ hours later after two...
Ex-Attorney General Kathleen Kane released from jail
EAGLEVILLE — A former Pennsylvania attorney general who served about eight months in jail for leaking grand jury material and lying about it was released Wednesday. Kathleen Kane left the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in the Philadelphia suburbs about 8:20 a.m. When asked by a reporter how she felt, Kane...
Cardi B postpones Indianapolis concert due to threat
Rapper Cardi B postponed an Indianapolis concert following what police described as an unverified threat to the Grammy-winning artist. A post on her Twitter account offered an apology to fans about Tuesday’s planned show at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, saying: “My safety and your safety first.” Dear Indiana people I’m so...
TV ancestry series is a salve for divided America, host says
The celebrity ancestry show “Finding Your Roots” has a message to counter divisive political rhetoric, said its host, educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. The PBS series demonstrates that “we’re all descended from immigrants,” whether they came to America willingly or as slaves, and all share a common origin, Gates told...
8 ejections, suspensions to come as Pirates, Reds brawl again
CINCINNATI — Jared Hughes’ errant pitch threw a load of fuel on one of the majors’ most flammable rivalries. Call it Pirates vs. Reds, round two — and a fitting farewell for Yasiel Puig. Hughes hit Starling Marte with his first pitch in the ninth inning Tuesday night, setting the...
Sanders, Warren clash with moderates over ‘Medicare for All’
DETROIT — Liberal firebrands Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren slapped back against moderate rivals who ridiculed “Medicare for All” during a fierce Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night in which lesser-known pragmatists warned that “wish-list economics” would jeopardize the presidency. The tug-of-war over the future of the party early in the...
