Category Archives: World
For 2nd day, Alaska volcano eruption sparks aviation alert
For the second straight day, the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued its highest alert level for aviation when a volcano erupted with a towering ash cloud in the Aleutian Islands. Observatory volcanolog...
Dec 20, 2016

Richard Marx says he's no 'big hero' after plane incident
LOS ANGELES - Richard Marx says he wasn’t a hero for apparently intervening after an unruly passenger disrupted a Korean Air flight and had to be restrained. Marx and his wife, Daisy Fuentes, do...
Dec 20, 2016
California man convicted in wine theft from famed restaurant
SAN FRANCISCO - A California man has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming in part from the theft of more than 100 wine bottles worth more than $500,000 from a famed Napa Valley restaurant. Federal pros...
Dec 20, 2016

Feds shut down Barefoot Bandit's flight-school fundraiser
SEATTLE - A man who became known as the “Barefoot Bandit” during a teenage crime spree in stolen cars, boats, and planes had his flight-school fundraiser grounded by federal probation offi...
Dec 20, 2016

Navy scraps plan to dump job titles amid sailors' complaints
WASHINGTON - The Navy is scrapping its decision to eliminate dozens of enlisted sailors’ job titles, including many that end in “man,” after hitting an onslaught of opposition from t...
Dec 20, 2016
Ex-police officer charged with killing 4 men in drug deal
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A retired police officer has been accused of killing four men who went missing during a drug deal this year, and authorities have discovered the remains of four bodies on property...
Dec 20, 2016
Judge: Seattle kids can move ahead with climate rights case
SEATTLE - Eight Seattle children should have “their day in court” to argue that Washington state and others aren’t protecting them from climate change, a judge ruled. King County Sup...
Dec 20, 2016

The Latest: Governor raises death toll to 29 in Mexico blast
TULTEPEC, Mexico - The Latest on an explosion at Mexico’s best-known fireworks market on the northern outskirts of the capital. (all times local): 20:15 p.m. The governor of the State of Mexico ...
Dec 20, 2016
Doctor: Common bacteria caused Thanksgiving dinner deaths
ANTIOCH, Calif. - A common food-borne bacteria caused an illness that left three people dead and sickened 22 others who attended a dinner at an events hall in the San Francisco suburb of Antioch on Th...
Dec 20, 2016

AP FACT CHECK: Sarah Palin didn't criticize black Santa
MINNEAPOLIS - A story claiming former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called for boycotting the Mall of America in Minnesota over its black Santa Claus is false. The story, posted by Newslo and some affiliate...
Dec 20, 2016