Area 51 Area 51 events in Nevada prompt emergency crowd planningAssociated PressLAS VEGAS (AP) — Fearing they could be overwhelmed with visitors, officials in the remote Nevada county that's home to the Area 51 military base have drafted an emergency declaration and a plan to team
World News US envoy to resume talks with Taliban on ending Afghan warAssociated Press - By RAHIM FAIEZ and CARA ANNA, Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United States envoy negotiating with the Taliban for an end to nearly 18 years of fighting in Afghanistan was departing Tuesday for Qatar to resume the talks, the State Department
Opioids Pharmaceutical company settles with counties in opioid suitAssociated Press - By JULIE CARR SMYTH and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated PressOne pharmaceutical company has reached a settlement to avoid being a defendant in the first federal trial on the drug industry's accountability for a nationwide opioid crisis. Dublin, Ireland-based Endo
U.S. Politics SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Gender pronouns part of LGBT fightAssociated Press - By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of legal briefs supporting fired funeral director Aimee Stephens at the Supreme Court use "she" and "her" to refer to the transgender woman. So does the appeals court ruling in
Jeffrey Epstein 3 women sue Epstein's estate, citing rape, other sex actsAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Three women are suing the estate of Jeffrey Epstein and others in lawsuits that cite rape and other forced sex acts while he served a Florida jail sentence and assaults that stretched 2014.
Utah State University Suspect in Utah student's death charged in 2018 assaultAssociated Press - By BRADY McCOMBS, Associated PressSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The highly publicized arrest of a man in the killing of a Utah college student this summer prompted a woman to come forward and report that he had sexually abused her during a dinner
Organic Food Coroner: Leader of large organic food scheme dies by suicideAssociated Press - By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated PressIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Missouri farmer blamed for running the largest organic food fraud scheme in U.S. history has died by suicide, weeks before he was to report to federal prison to begin serving 10-year
World News New explosion rocks arms depot north of Iraqi capitalAssociated Press - By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated PressBAGHDAD (AP) — A large explosion hit an arms depot belonging to an Iranian-backed militia faction north of Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in a series of mysterious blasts at military bases and munitions
Business UK, EU only harden their positions on Brexit as G-7 nearsAssociated Press - By RAF CASERT and DANICA KIRKA, Associated PressBRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Britain, which are hurtling toward a costly, damaging no-deal split in a little over two months, kicked off a high-wire week of diplomacy Tuesday by entrenching deeper
Clemson Tigers Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America teamAssociated Press - By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football WriterClemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. Lawrence, the first freshman
Helicopters Search launched near Greek island after helicopter crashAssociated PressATHENS, Greece (AP) — A private helicopter carrying three people crashed Tuesday near a Greek island popular with vacationers and summer home owners after reportedly hitting electrical wires. Coast guard
Facebook Facebook rolls out tool to block off-Facebook data gatheringAssociated Press - By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook. Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social can
News FBI: Truck driver threatened mass shooting at Memphis churchAssociated Press - By JEFF MARTIN, Associated PressA truck driver who threatened to "shoot up" a church in Memphis and said he was haunted by "spiritual snakes and spiders" people put in his bed was arrested in Indiana, less than a week before the day
Trump Administration New York, 2 other states sue over Trump immigration ruleAssociated Press - By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated PressALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state, New York City, Connecticut and Vermont sued the federal government Tuesday over new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public
Business US stocks edge lower, shed some gains from 3-day rallyAssociated Press - By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterFinancial companies led a modest slide by stocks on Wall Street Tuesday afternoon as a mixed batch of company earnings and declining bond yields weighed on the market. The selling was widespread and had
Greenland Earth's future is being written in fast-melting GreenlandAssociated Press - By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science WriterHELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland (AP) — This is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. New York University air and ocean scientist David Holland, who is
Kashmir Valley Kashmir police say thousands detained in crackdown in regionAssociated Press - By AIJAZ HUSSAIN, Associated PressSRINAGAR, India (AP) — At least 2,300 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir during a security lockdown and communications blackout imposed to curtail unrest after
Giuseppe Conte Italian premier to quit, blaming deputy for political crisisAssociated Press - By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated PressROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation Tuesday, blaming the collapse of his 14-month-old populist government on his rebellious and politically ambitious deputy prime minister
Radiation Russia restarts sharing radiation data, big questions lingerAssociated Press - By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has resumed sharing data from radiation monitoring stations in Siberia after some were taken offline following a deadly explosion at a missile range, an nuclear weapons watchdog said
Greenland Greenland leader again rejects Trump buying ideaAssociated PressREYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Greenland has again stolen the limelight when its premier reiterated that the world's largest island is "not for sale" after U.S. President Donald Trump floated the idea of buying
Rio De Janeiro The Latest: Police fatally shoot Rio bus hostage-takerAssociated PressRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on a hostage taking on a bus in Brazil (all times local): Rio de Janeiro's state governor says an armed man who took dozens of hostages on a bus has died after being shot
Rio De Janeiro Brazilian police kill man who held bus passengers hostageAssociated Press - By DIANE JEANTET, Associated PressRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brandishing a fake gun, a man on Tuesday took dozens of hostages on a bus in Brazil and threatened to set the vehicle on fire with gasoline before police shot him dead in a four-hour
World News Italy prosecutor orders migrant rescue ship evacuatedAssociated Press - By COLLEEN BARRY and ARITZ PARRA, Associated PressMILAN (AP) — An Italian prosecutor ordered the seizure of a rescue ship and the immediate evacuation of more than 80 migrants still aboard, capping a drama Tuesday that saw 15 people jump overboard in
Huawei Global shares mixed after Wall Street rally on HuaweiAssociated Press - By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business WriterTOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Tuesday after rallying a day earlier on the U.S. decision to give Chinese telecom giant Huawei another 90 days to buy equipment from American suppliers. Markets around
Huawei Huawei expects no relief from US sanctions but is confidentAssociated Press - By JOE McDONALD, AP Business WriterSHENZHEN, China (AP) — The founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday he expects no relief from U.S. export curbs because of the political climate in Washington but expressed confidence the company
News Militants leave key rebel town as Syrian troops push inAssociated Press - By BASSEM MROUE, Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — The main insurgent group in the Syrian province of Idlib pulled out of a key rebel town as government forces advanced in the area on Tuesday amid intense bombardment and airstrikes, a militant
Vaccines Urgency for vaccine grows as virus ravages China's pigsAssociated Press - By SAM MCNEIL and CANDICE CHOI, Associated PressBEIJING (AP) — Scientists are working to develop a vaccine to help guard the world's pork supply as a deadly virus ravages Asia's pig herds. Farmers have long contained its spread by quarantining and infected
George Pell Cardinal Pell's appeal verdict due but may not be final wordAssociated Press - By ROD McGUIRK, Associated PressMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic cleric found guilty of sexually abusing children will learn the outcome of his appeal on Wednesday though the verdict still may not be the final word
U.S. Politics Democrats spending millions to try to take back statehousesAssociated Press - By BRIAN SLODYSKO and PAUL J. WEBER, Associated PressAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats still shaken by the 2010 tea party wave that netted Republicans six governors' offices, flipped 21 statehouse chambers and drove nearly 700 Democratic state legislators office
Joe Biden With rivals heading to California, Biden eyes New HampshireAssociated Press - By BILL BARROW, Associated PressJoe Biden won't be among the parade of White House hopefuls in California this week, as he's skipping the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting to campaign in New Hampshire instead. The former
