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2 North Carolina bomb squad agents injured in explosion
RALEIGH, N.C. — Two North Carolina bomb squad agents were wounded Friday, one of them critically, when bomb-making materials blew up while they were searching the home of a man stopped with homemade explosives in his car, authorities said. Two State Bureau of Investigation agents were assisting the Sampson County...
As Trump expands deportation powers, immigrants prepare
CHICAGO — A sweeping expansion of deportation powers unveiled this week by the Trump administration has sent chills through immigrant communities and prompted some lawyers to advise migrants to gather up as much documentation as possible — pay stubs, apartment leases or even gym key tags — to prove they’ve...
Trump vows to retaliate against French digital tax
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised on Friday to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. He also managed to get in a shot at French wine. Trump, who doesn’t drink, tweeted: “I’ve always said American wine is better than French...
Hundreds of Hells Angels gathering in Carolina college town
CLEMSON, S.C. — Police are preparing for hundreds of Hells Angels to descend on a South Carolina college town next week for an annual gathering. The Greenville News reports an estimated 600 to 700 members of the motorcycle club are expected to ride into Clemson between Monday and Friday. Clemson...
Grasshoppers on the go make migratory stop in Vegas area
LAS VEGAS — A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago. Nevada state entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters on Thursday the number of adult pallid-winged grasshoppers traveling north to central Nevada is unusual but not unprecedented, and poses...
Girls cyberbullied more than boys amid U.S. harassment rise
SEATTLE — Rachel Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online. The cyberbullying was so distressing that Whalen said she contemplated suicide. Once she...
University fires 9 officers over social media posts
NORFOLK, Va. — A historically black university in Virginia said Friday that it has fired nine of its police officers for sharing “misogynistic, racist and other offensive remarks via social media.” Hampton University’s statement did not detail the remarks the officers made. But it said they were fired for “egregious...
Bill Cosby appeal to focus on other women’s testimony, quaaludes
Prosecutors set to defend Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction in appeals court next month call the accusations from other women no coincidence, but “the culmination of a decades-long pattern of behavior.” Cosby, a long-beloved actor and comedian, was convicted in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. He turned...
Libya’s coast guard recovers dozens of bodies of migrants
CAIRO — Libya’s coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound migrants who perished at sea as search operations continued Friday, a day after up to 150 people, including women and children, went missing and were feared drowned after their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. A top U.N. official...
Animal shelter says it mistakenly killed woman’s dog
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama animal shelter says it mistakenly euthanized a woman’s dog only hours after picking it up. The Montgomery Advertiser reports Kim Wright found a note on her door Monday saying her dog Vinnie had been running loose in the neighborhood and was picked up by the...
Viral video shows raw chicken meat crawling off tableVideo
How fresh do you like your meat? Rare? Really rare? Crawling-off-the-table rare? Well, if a video making its rounds on the internet is to be believed, that last one is possible. While the 7-second clip has been circulating for about a month, it seems to be a posting to Facebook...
Police: Man killed father, brother, wounded mother in LA
LOS ANGELES — A man fatally shot his father, brother and two other people Thursday during a 12-hour rampage across Los Angeles’ sprawling San Fernando Valley, eluding a manhunt until he was arrested after gunning down a bus passenger, authorities said. Police said they did not know what motivated Gerry...
Duterte offers bounty for ‘head’ of lead killer of 4 police
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered a bounty to anybody who can deliver to him the head of the communist rebel leader behind the killings of four police intelligence officers last week in an insurgency-hit central province. Duterte said in a speech late Thursday that he raised a...
N. Korea says missile test was ‘solemn warning’ to S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — A day after two North Korean missile launches rattled Asia, the nation announced Friday that its leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test of a new-type tactical guided weapon that was meant to be a “solemn warning” about South Korean weapons introduction and its rival’s plans...
Report: No radiation exposure at Grand Canyon National Park
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Authorities say final findings show there’s no radiation exposure from uranium ore samples that poses a health risk for employees and visitors at Grand Canyon National Park. Park officials announced in February that they were investigating whether anyone was exposed to radiation at unsafe...
Toddler spins, scrambles on wild ride on airport bag belt
ATLANTA — Dramatic video shows a toddler who climbed onto a conveyor belt scrambling over suitcases during his wild ride on a luggage chute that took him underground inside the world’s busiest airport. Edith Vega’s son Lorenzo, 2, climbed aboard the belt when she briefly set him down to print...
Smithsonian, other institutions to get Ebony photo archive
WASHINGTON — The photo archive of Ebony and Jet magazines chronicling African American history is set to head to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and other institutions. The Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is...
Cosby accuser Janice Dickinson says deal brings some justice
LOS ANGELES — Model Janice Dickinson calls settling a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby a “victory” that brings a “measure of justice” but says nothing can erase her assault by the now-imprisoned comedian. Dickinson spoke to reporters Thursday at the office of her attorney Lisa Bloom, who said the case...
Colorado police say remains found of girl missing since 1984
GREELEY, Colo. — The remains of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared in 1984 after performing at a Christmas holiday concert have been found by construction workers in Colorado, police said Thursday. Greeley police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said the remains were identified as those of Jonelle Matthews, who was last seen...
Woman shoots 2 Israeli men to death at Mexico shopping mall
MEXICO CITY — A woman wearing a blond wig disguise shot to death two Israeli men at a restaurant in an upscale Mexico City shopping mall, and authorities said Thursday they were investigating links to organized crime. Though the woman was quickly arrested and claimed the killings were a crime...
Mexican man on Texas death row dies of cardiac arrest
LIVINGSTON, Texas — A Mexican man convicted of killing three teens in El Paso has died of apparent cardiac arrest after more than two decades imprisoned on Texas’ death row. A Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman says officials found 49-year-old Ignacio Gomez unresponsive in his cell Sunday morning. He...
Man dies 3 days after lightning strike on Clearwater Beach
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Florida man struck by lightning over the weekend has died. Clearwater police say 32-year-old Garry Perks of New Port Richey died on Wednesday, three days after he and seven other people were injured by a lightning strike on Clearwater Beach. Witnesses said people were moving off...
MGM to remove six-pointed star from security uniforms
CLEVELAND — Casino operator MGM Resorts International said Tuesday that an inquiry by a weekly Cleveland newspaper has prompted the company to begin removing a six-pointed star logo from the yellow shirts of security guards that a casino guest said “screams” the Jude star Nazi Germany forced Jews to wear....
Police: Bystander shoots robbers at Virginia Beach 7-Eleven, 1 dies
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Police in Virginia say a bystander shot two males as they robbed a convenience store and one of them has died. Virginia Beach police said in a statement that the shooting occurred early Thursday at a 7-Eleven. They said they believe three people tried to rob...
NYT video spotlights U.S.-Mexico border history as immigration debate continues
Immigration continues to be a hot-button topic, with Washington politicians — including ones who represent Western Pennsylvania — trekking to the U.S.-Mexico border on frequent visits to weigh in on the subject. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, last week visited detention centers along the Texas border that house migrants and...
