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Routine food inspections halted by government shutdown
NEW YORK — Routine food inspections aren’t getting done because of the partial government shutdown, but checks of the riskiest foods are expected to resume next week, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday. The agency said it’s working to bring back about 150 employees to inspect riskier foods such...
Norwegian police: Missing wife of tycoon was abducted
COPENHAGEN — The wife of a Norwegian multimillionaire missing since Oct. 31 probably has been kidnapped, police said Wednesday, adding that her suspected abductors have demanded a ransom reported to be $10.3 million. Police say they have no suspects in the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Hagen, the 68-year-old wife of...
Missouri boy missing for 5 months found in attic crawl space
CAMDENTON, Mo. — A 6-year-old boy who was reported missing by his father in August has been found safe, hidden in an attic crawl space in the southwest Missouri home of his mother and her boyfriend, authorities said Wednesday. Braedence Jones was found Tuesday in the crawl space with his...
Florida governor hints he may suspend sheriff who oversaw Parkland shooting response
MIAMI — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted Wednesday that he may oust Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, who has been criticized over his agency’s response to the worst school shooting in Florida history. Speaking at a news conference in Miami announcing his first pick for the Florida Supreme Court, the newly...
Iran says it is holding U.S. Navy veteran
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran confirmed Wednesday it is holding U.S. Navy veteran Michael R. White at a prison in the country, making him the first American known to be detained under President Donald Trump’s administration. White’s detention adds new pressure to the rising tension between Iran and the U.S., which...
U.S. orders refuges to staff for hunters despite shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is directing dozens of wildlife refuges to return to work to make sure hunters and others have access despite the government shutdown, according to an email obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The partial restaffing of 38 wildlife refuges is angering wildlife...
Police: Teen falls from high-rise condominium building, dies
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A teenager has fallen from the ninth floor of a high-rise condominium building in Florida and died. WKMG-TV quotes Miami Beach police as saying that Samuel Farkas fell off a balcony at the La Costa condominium. They say the teenager would have turned 16 on Wednesday....
Sheriff: Girls accused of killing mom tried to run her over
MAGNOLIA, Miss. — Just days before her death, a Mississippi woman called deputies to her home for help with two daughters now accused of fatally shooting and stabbing their mother, officials said. Pike County Sheriff’s Office Chief Investigator Chris Bell said deputies went to Ericka Hall’s residence last week when...
DNA sought of males at center where comatose woman had baby
PHOENIX — Police have served a search warrant to get DNA from all male employees at a long-term care facility in Phoenix where a patient who was in a vegetative state for years gave birth, triggering reviews by state agencies and putting a spotlight on safety concerns for severely disabled...
Police: 2 assault transgender woman in North Carolina bathroom
RALEIGH, N.C. — Police in North Carolina say two women sexually assaulted a transgender woman at a Raleigh bar. News outlets report 38-year-old Amber Harrell and 31-year-old Jessica Fowler are charged with second-degree kidnapping and sexual battery. The woman told Raleigh police she was inside the bar’s bathroom in December...
Roommate stole man’s lottery ticket, police say — turns out, it was worth $10M
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Should you ever win a big prize playing the lottery, you may want to be careful who you tell. According to the Vacaville Police Department, after purchasing a $30 California Lottery Scratcher ticket on Dec. 20 from Lucky Grocery Store on Peabody Road, a Vacaville man was...
Russian lawyer in Trump probe denies U.S. charges against her
MOSCOW — The Russian lawyer at the heart of the investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s election campaign and Russia has rejected the U.S. charges leveled against her. Natalya Veselnitskaya, who attended the 2016 Trump Tower meeting that is a focus of the U.S. investigation, was charged Tuesday...
Man says he ‘chopped’ up grandmother, landlord ‘in the name of the Lord’
UTICA, N.Y. — A central New York man charged with the deaths of his 90-year-old grandmother and her 87-year-old landlord said in court that he “chopped” up the women “in the name of the Lord.” According to the Observer-Dispatch , Naythen Aubain was taken into Utica City Court on Tuesday...
On his Mideast trip, Pompeo makes unannounced Iraq stop
BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Iraq on Wednesday in an unannounced stop on his Mideast tour meant to promote the White House’s hard-line position on Iran. The trip comes amid confusion over conflicting statements by President Donald Trump and senior U.S. officials about a planned U.S....
Democrats: Trump using misinformation, malice in wall debate
WASHINGTON — Top congressional Democrats said President Donald Trump “has chosen fear” in his drive to build a southern border wall and called on him to reopen the government shuttered because of the standoff over his demand for money for the barrier. Speaking moments after Trump made his case for...
Trump pleads on TV for wall money; Dems say he stokes ‘fear’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall in a somber televised address that was heavy with dark immigration rhetoric but offered little in the way of concessions or new ideas to break the standoff that has left large swaths of the government shuttered...
Fla. father accused of burning son to teach him lesson about fire
HOLLY HILL, Fla. — Police say a Florida father burned his 4-year-old son with a lighter to teach him a lesson about not being careless with fire. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Jesse Colaw, 26, was arrested Tuesday and charged with aggravated battery on a child. An arrest report says...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s motorcade heads out on day 2 of China trip
BEIJING — The motorcade of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un headed out Wednesday morning to an unannounced destination on the second full day of a visit to China that has been shrouded in secrecy but is seen as part of preparations for a possible second summit with President Trump....
New clue points to intoxication in crash that killed Michigan family
DETROIT — A new clue found in the truck that smashed head-on into an SUV on I-75, killing a family of five from Northville, Mich., suggests that the driver may have been intoxicated, Kentucky police said Tuesday. “There was some evidence recovered in the vehicle that might lead us to...
Oldest person in the U.S. dies at 114
Lessie Brown, a 114-year-old Ohio woman who was believed to be the oldest person in the United States, died Tuesday, her grandson said. Brown, who had been living with one of her daughters, died at the home in Cleveland Heights, Ronald Wilson said. Brown said in 2013 it was God’s...
Turkey’s Erdogan blasts John Bolton on bid to shield Syrian Kurds
ISTANBUL — White House national security adviser John Bolton traveled to Turkey this week to talk with Turkish officials about working together on President Trump’s plan to quickly withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Instead, he got an earful. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who declined to meet with Bolton, scolded...
Kellyanne Conway, Jim Acosta clash outside West Wing
WASHINGTON — The Trump White House and CNN did battle again on Tuesday, with Kellyanne Conway calling reporter Jim Acosta a swear word during a sharp exchange outside the West Wing. The exchange began when the network’s chief White House correspondent asked the longtime confidant and adviser to Donald Trump...
Florida felons rejoice after regaining their right to vote
ORLANDO — The normally humdrum bureaucracy of registering to vote brought tears to the eyes of some Floridians on Tuesday when most felons regained their right to vote under a state constitutional amendment. “I’ll be a human being again. I’ll be an American citizen again,” Robert Eckford said, choking up...
Will the government shutdown affect your next flight?
The nation’s airports continue to operate, even as parts of the government remain shut down: air traffic control workers and airport security officers remain on the job. But as the shutdown moves into its third week, some fear it’s only a matter of time before the nation’s air traffic system...
London’s Heathrow briefly halts flights due to drone report
LONDON — London’s Heathrow Airport briefly halted departing flights on Tuesday after a reported drone sighting — a development that came just three weeks after multiple reports of drone sightings caused travel chaos at nearby Gatwick Airport. The suspension of takeoffs from Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest airports, was...
