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Philippine president offers bounty for ‘head’ of lead killer of 4 police
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president has offered a bounty to anybody who can deliver to him the head of the communist insurgent leader behind the killings of four police intelligence officers last week in an insurgency-hit central province. President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he raised a reward of 3...
Puerto Rico governor says he is resigning Aug. 2
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said late Wednesday that he will resign Aug. 2 after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers. A crowd of...
Record $48.6 million shipment of elephant ivory and pangolin scales intercepted in Singapore
Singapore Customs and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said that it seized around 10 tons of elephant ivory and 12 tons of pangolin scales. According to The Associated Press, the scales came from about 2,000 of the giant pangolins, which resemble an anteater covered in plated armor made of keratin....
AP Photos: Nepal woman spends her day feeding temple monkeys
KATHMANDU, Nepal — In the forests of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu near the revered Hindu temple of Pahsupatinath, some 300 monkeys eagerly await their pieces of roti, or flat bread. For the past four years, Saraswati Dangol has been bringing the bread every day to feed the monkeys. She buys some...
S. Korea says N. Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into sea
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, the first weapons launches in more than two months as North Korean and U.S. officials struggle to restart nuclear negotiations. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles fired from...
Sharks under threat because of global fisheries, study says
CANBERRA, Australia — About a quarter of shark habitats are actively targeted by global commercial fishing fleets, leaving the predators with limited places to hide from the longlines, or baited hooks, on which they frequently get caught, according to study published Wednesday. The researchers found areas frequented by protected species...
Fire close to nuke facilities in Idaho shifts away in wind
BOISE, Idaho — The largest wildfire at the nation’s primary nuclear research facility in recent history had been burning close to buildings containing nuclear fuel and other radioactive material but a change in wind direction Wednesday was pushing the flames into open range at the sprawling site in Idaho, officials...
Reschenthaler questions Mueller, calls report process ‘un-American’Video
U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Peters, stuck closely to information that has been released regarding the investigation when questioning Robert Mueller during his testimony Wednesday in Washington. He cited opposition by Janet Reno, attorney general under President Clinton, to publication of reports regarding charges that were not prosecuted. Mueller said Reno’s...
Jeannette company becomes leader in recycling biopharmaceutical waste
Triumvirate Environmental has a new way to help the pharmaceutical industry recycle plastic waste. The Jeannette waste-management company serves clients in the life sciences, health care, education and industrial markets. Biopharmaceutical waste — estimated to be about 30,000 tons per year and either incinerated or sent to landfills — is...
Mexican authorities find 21 bodies buried in yard of house
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in western Mexico say 21 bodies have been found in excavations carried out in the yard of a house near the city of Guadalajara. Jalisco state prosecutors say that a possible burial site at the house was detected earlier this month and that excavations over several...
‘In God We Trust’ going up at South Dakota public schools
RAPID CITY, S.D. — When students return to public schools across South Dakota this fall, they should expect to see a new message on display: “In God We Trust.” A new state law that took effect this month requires all public schools in the state’s 149 districts to paint, stencil...
Police: Man bit off part of another man’s pinky at Dallas train station
DALLAS — Police arrested a Dallas man over the weekend after he reportedly bit off part of another man’s finger at a commuter train station. Hubert Warren, 50, faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to Warren’s arrest-warrant affidavit, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officers were...
U.S. new home sales rise 7% in June after 2 months of decline
WASHINGTON — U.S. new home sales rose at a modest pace in June but remained below sales levels earlier this year, suggesting low mortgage rates and a healthy job market aren’t encouraging many more purchases. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new home sales increased 7% to a seasonally adjusted...
Documents: $6 million to family of Neil Armstrong in wrongful death
CINCINNATI — An Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6 million in a confidential agreement to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to Armstrong’s 2012 death, according to court documents and a report in the New York Times. The 2014 settlement went to 10 family members, including...
Girl tossed in air after bison charges Yellowstone touristsVideo
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park officials say a bull bison tossed a 9-year-old Florida girl into the air when the animal charged a group of about 50 tourists. Park officials say the bison rushed the group Monday after some of the tourists approached to within 5 to...
Judge temporarily blocks new Arkansas anti-abortion laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions from taking effect Wednesday in Arkansas, including a measure that opponents say would likely force the state’s only surgical abortion clinic to close. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a 14-day temporary restraining order shortly before midnight Tuesday....
Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being remembered
America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened. It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Ark., in medium-size places such as Annapolis, Md., and Syracuse, N.Y., and in big cities like Washington...
ICE releases Francisco Erwin Galicia, 18, wrongfully detained near borderVideo
HOUSTON — A U.S.-born 18-year-old was released from immigration custody Tuesday after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday. His lawyer, Claudia Galan, confirmed he had been released, less than a day...
Diplomats’ brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery
CHICAGO — Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussionlike symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what may have happened to them, a new study says. Extensive imaging tests showed the workers had less white matter than...
Man pleads guilty to vandalizing Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. — The National Park Service says a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to vandalizing the more than century-old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse by carving initials into its bronze door with a pocketknife. A park service news release Tuesday said 39-year-old Jamie Lester Underwood of Winston-Salem etched the...
3 family members charged in brawl at Disneyland that was caught on videoVideo
LOS ANGELES — Three members of a family involved in a violent brawl that was captured on video at Disneyland earlier this month have been charged in connection with the melee, Orange County prosecutors said Tuesday. Police were called to the park July 6 after a verbal confrontation between family...
Man who followed Tree of Life shooter pleads guilty to gun charge
WASHINGTON — A man whose relatives reported concerns about his behavior and far-right extremist rhetoric after last year’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge Tuesday. Jeffrey Clark Jr. of Washington, D.C., faces a maximum of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of...
Lawmakers approve $1 billion financial rescue for Ohio’s nuclear plants
TOLEDO, Ohio — A roughly $1 billion financial rescue for Ohio’s two nuclear power plants is on the way after lawmakers and the governor signed off on a plan Tuesday that will add a new fee to every electricity bill in the state. Backed mostly by Republicans, the legislation will...
Miss America pageant leaving Atlantic City for Connecticut
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Miss America pageant is leaving one casino town for another. The Miss America Organization says this year’s pageant will be held at the Mohegan Sun Connecticut in Uncasville, Conn. It will be broadcast on NBC Dec. 19, in a switch from recent broadcaster ABC. The...
Pakistan PM says he’ll work with U.S. on Afghanistan accord
WASHINGTON — After years of tension between Washington and Islamabad, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan insisted Tuesday the two are now on the same page and said he will do his best to convince the Taliban to open negotiations with the Afghan government to resolve the war. The U.S. has...
