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FBI: 5 men arrested, wanted to blow up Ohio bridge

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal authorities say five men have been arrested in an alleged plot to blow up a bridge near Cleveland.

The FBI said Tuesday there was no danger to the public because the explosive devices were inoperable and were controlled by an undercover FBI employee.

The men were ...

Facebook to make it easier to become organ donor

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook wants to help you share your organs.

Users in the United States and the U.K. can enroll as organ donors via links to official registries on the world's biggest social networking site, said CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The links should make it easier for people who ...

Maid's N.Y. suit vs. Strauss-Kahn can proceed

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

NEW YORK (AP) — A hotel maid's sexual assault lawsuit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in New York City can go forward to trial, a judge ruled Tuesday, rebuffing the former International Monetary Fund leader's diplomatic-immunity claim.

Bronx state Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon's ruling kept alive the civil ...

PRUDEN: A modest fix for randy Secret Service bodyguards

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

The federal government by definition has to make a federal case out of everything it touches, from mandating toilets that barely flush to prescribing how many calories must go into a schoolboy's lunch.

So we can't be surprised that the Secret Service will assign nannies and chaperones to monitor the ...

Female drill sergeant fights removal

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

COLUMBIA, S.C. | The first woman to command the Army's drill sergeant training took legal action Monday to reclaim her job, saying she was improperly suspended last year because of sexism and racism and demanding that two of her superiors be investigated for abuse of their authority.

Command Sgt. Maj. ...

American Scene: Public defender use in case involving Amish challenged

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

CLEVELAND — A federal judge is weighing the government's request to require a suspect in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio to hire a private attorney.

Federal prosecutors said in a court filing last week that Sam Mullet Sr. recently received more than $2 million from gas ...

Border agent won't be charged in teen's killing

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

The Justice Department and federal prosecutors in Texas say there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal charges against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a 15-year-old Mexican national along the Rio Grande near El Paso in June 2010.

After what the Justice Department called a "comprehensive and ...

U.S. infants in drug withdrawal triples

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

CHICAGO — Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth.

The infant is going through drug withdrawal and is being treated with the same narcotic prescribed for her mother to fight addiction ...

Number of U.S. newborns with drug withdrawal triples

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

CHICAGO — Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth.

The infant is going through drug withdrawal and is being treated with the same narcotic prescribed for her mother to fight addiction ...

Tech executive gets 22-year sentence for $30M fraud

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former high-tech executive convicted of defrauding investors of at least $30 million  received on Monday one of the harshest sentences meted out in a white-collar criminal case.

A federal judge in San Francisco sentenced Samuel "Mouli" Cohen to 22 years in prison. Judge Charles Breyer also set a ...

Federal judge stops Texas law on women's health

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Monday stopped Texas from preventing Planned Parenthood from getting state funds through the Women's Health Program.

U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel in Austin ruled there is sufficient evidence that a law banning Planned Parenthood from the program is unconstitutional. He imposed an injunction ...

EPA official resigns over 'crucify' remark

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

Embattled Environmental Protection Agency official Al Armendariz, under fire after being caught on video bragging that he'd "crucify" oil and gas companies in order to send a message to the industry, has stepped down.

"While I feel there is much work to be done for the people of this country ...

Clemens' lawyer attacks 2008 congressional hearing

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

WASHINGTON — A federal court jury saw snippets of Roger Clemens denying steroid use at a now-famous 2008 congressional hearing, then listened Monday as Clemens' lawyer tried in fits and starts to declare that proceeding to be "nothing more than a show trial" that shouldn't have taken place.

The perjury ...

With an asterisk, WTC is back on top in NYC

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

NEW YORK — One World Trade Center, the monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, claimed the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday, as workers erected steel columns that made its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just ...

Wife of Edwards aide breaks down on witness stand

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The wife of an ex-aide to John Edwards broke down on the witness stand Monday as she recounted how the candidate asked the couple to hide an affair he was having and justified using wealthy donors' money to do it.

Testifying at Edwards' campaign corruption trial, Cheri ...

Ohio officials to return exotic animals to widow

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (AP) — Ohio officials are clearing the way for the return of five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband released dozens of wild creatures last fall and then committed suicide.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced the decision Monday at an agency hearing in which the state ...

1 case down, 2 to go for fugitive Fla. siblings

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

DENVER (AP) — Three Florida siblings accused of shooting at a police officer and staging a daring bank robbery in a multistate crime spree are facing sentencing on charges stemming from their shootout and capture in Colorado — effectively ending their stay here as Georgia authorities await their extradition.

Lee ...

Van crash at Bronx Zoo kills 7

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

NEW YORK — An out-of-control SUV barreled across several lanes of traffic on a highway overpass Sunday, then plunged more than 50 feet off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing all seven people aboard, including three children, authorities ...

Fatal St. Louis tent collapse draws scrutiny

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis officials are expected to more closely scrutinize the large tents commonly set up near downtown stadiums after one of the temporary structures collapsed in high winds Saturday, resulting in the death of an Illinois man and dozens of injuries after a baseball game.

Sam Dotson, ...

Research warns heavy teens on perils of diabetes

Wed, 2024-11-27 00:39

LOS ANGELES — New research sends a stark warning to overweight teens: If you develop diabetes, you'll have a very tough time keeping it under control.

A major study, released Sunday, tested several ways to manage blood sugar in teens newly diagnosed with diabetes and found that nearly half of ...