Month: August 2022

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A hermit known as River Dave — whose cabin in the New Hampshire woods burned down after he had spent nearly three decades on the property and was ordered to leave — has found a new home in Maine. David Lidstone, 82, has put in windows

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An elected Florida prosecutor who was removed from office by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis because of his positions on abortion and transgender rights is suing to get his job back. The lawsuit filed Wednesday says DeSantis violated Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren’s

ASHLAND, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida college student exploring the east Alabama wilderness with his girlfriend was fatally wounded during a shootout with a would-be robber. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year-old Adam Simjee was shot to death in the Talladega National Forest on Sunday. Yasmine Hider and Krystal Diane Pinkins were

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline. Ground zero in the conflict is Wyoming, a stronghold

BERLIN (AP) — A cargo ship that broke down on the Rhine River caused a backup of other ships near the German town of St. Goar. The ship blocked the river until midday Wednesday, when it was towed downstream to the town of Bingen. Water police said other ships heading in the same direction would

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities say customs have seized 106 kilograms (233 pounds) of heroin valued at 4.8 million euros ($4.9 million) found in a car entering from neighboring Turkey. Prosecutors said Wednesday that the 38-year-old driver, who has dual French and Turkish citizenship, has been detained and could face up to 20 years

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A restaurant customer in Fort Lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters. A Pensacola man died the same way this month. Both cases involved oysters from Louisiana. Gary Oreal manages the Rustic Inn in Fort Lauderdale and knew the customer well. He says they’ve served billions

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Ethiopian rebel group has proposed a humanitarian truce to facilitate assistance to hungry people in the country’s Oromia region as it warns of famine. The Oromo Liberation Army has been engaged in a deadly conflict with the Ethiopian government, which has labeled it a terror

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump’s Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president’s allies to defund the FBI, saying that was “just as wrong” as

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and hiding the body in a freezer. Police found the boy’s remains when the boy’s sister gave notes to her teacher saying her mother was being held captive at the man’s home.

By ED WHITE Associated Press A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor says two other men were “very eager” to move forward with the plan in 2020. Ty Garbin testified Wednesday in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. are on trial for a second time.

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Some 50,000 people have been locked up in El Salvador since late March for alleged gang ties and the country’s congress has now approved another month-long extension of the state of exception that suspends some rights in the name of combatting gangs. Polls show

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Veterinarians from a global animal welfare organization are in Pakistan for a series of surgeries on a pair of elephants at a zoo in the port city of Karachi. Vets from Four Paws had examined four elephants in Karachi during a previous visit last year and determined that one of the

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say two sailboats carrying dozens of migrants have arrived on a southern Greek island early, with the first running aground on rocks. Nobody was reported injured or missing. The coast guard said the first sailboat, which ran aground on the southern coast of Kythera early Wednesday, was carrying 97

By PAUL WISEMAN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The pace of sales at U.S. retailers was unchanged last month as persistently high inflation and rising interest rates forced many Americans to spend more cautiously. Retail purchases were flat after having risen 0.8% in June, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Economists had

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s leader has told a visiting U.N. official that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh must return home to Myanmar, where they had fled violent persecution. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the comment to U.N. High Commissioner for Human

MIAMI (AP) — Police in South Florida say a 29-year-old officer has died after being shot in the head during a confrontation with a robbery suspect in Miami. Det. Cesar Echaverry was shot Monday night as Miami-Dade police closed in on a robbery suspect. That man was identified as 32-year-old Jeremy Horton of Acworth, Georgia.

NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Desmond’s first book since his Pulitzer Prize winning “Evicted” is not just a study of who is poor in the world’s richest country. It also asks why. Crown will publish “Poverty, by America” on March 21, 2023. Crown says Desmond will document how the wealthy harm the poor, knowingly and

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s military says 30 members of the country’s prestigious royal guards unit will be booted out for using illegal drugs while on leave. The military was tipped off about illegal drug use among conscripts during a private party this summer. Five initially admitted taking drugs but 25 more eventually confessed they

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic relations and dispatch ambassadors for the first time in years, the latest step in months of reconciliation between the two countries. The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on Wednesday that they would exchange ambassadors and consuls general as part of an ongoing rapprochement. The two

by FABIANO MAISONNAVE RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Like other Brazilians, residents of the Amazon will elect governors and lawmakers in general elections in October. But as the campaign takes the streets, current record-breaking deforestation rates and other environmental problems gather scant attention from candidates and voters. Instead, many candidates vie for who has bolder

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut flight in less than two weeks. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket emerged from its mammoth hangar late Tuesday night, drawing crowds of Kennedy Space Center workers. It took nearly 10 hours

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain say an approaching wildfire caused a train driver to stop and prepare to change directions, and several passengers were injured when they got off rather than wait. The train was traveling in the Valencia region on Tuesday night when the driver decided to reverse course because of the wildfire

LONDON (AP) — A man who got into the grounds of Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow told police he wanted to “kill the queen,” prosecutors said during a court hearing Wednesday. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, is charged under the Treason Act with intending to “injure the person of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, or

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and AMANDA SEITZ The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are generally staying the course from the 2020 voting season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk caused a stir by tweeting that he was buying the English soccer team Manchester United — whose current owners are opposed by many fans — then saying several hours later that it was a joke. It comes as the billionaire Tesla CEO faces a legal battle in the U.S. after

By KRISTIN SHAW Edmunds The 2022 Acura RDX received a number of updates for 2022, while the Genesis GV70 is a fresh newcomer. These two SUVs are highly rated and could be a good match for you if you’re looking for a five-passenger SUV with better-than-average amenities. Which one should you buy? Edmunds compared them