By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Ecuador on Wednesday on the second leg of a three-nation tour of South America aimed at boosting security cooperation with conservative leaders who …
Rubio visits Ecuador as Trump-friendly leader helps the US counterdrug push in the region Read MoreBy GISELA SALOMON MIAMI (AP) — Temporary legal protections for about 200,000 immigrants from El Salvador was in limbo Wednesday as a deadline neared for the Trump administration to decide if they should end, as it has done for hundreds …
Temporary protections for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants are in limbo as deadline nears Read MoreBy PHILIP MARCELO NEW YORK (AP) — Sal Argano got lucky. When the World Trade Center was struck by hijacked jets on Sept. 11, 2001, the New York City firefighter was in Brooklyn, on loan to another station, rather than …
A NYC firehouse was first to respond on 9/11. 25 years on, Sal Argano is the last still on staff Read MoreBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer Two Renoir paintings stolen from a small French museum have yet to be recovered but if the thieves are hoping to cash in on the artwork, they would be hard-pressed to find a buyer. …
Renoir paintings are worth a fortune, but not when they’re stolen Read MoreBy SAMY MAGDY, SARAH EL DEEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA CAIRO (AP) — In July, Saudi Arabia and the United States bombed Iran-backed militias in Iraq after blaming them for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities that had been claimed by …
Iran is forging a new ring of proxies to threaten US allies in the Gulf, officials say Read MoreBy AMIR VAHDAT MINAB, Iran (AP) — The sun set over this southern Iranian city, and Heydar Sadeghi was where he can be found almost every evening: on a bench next to the shattered remains of his grandson’s school. His …
Families grieve in the ruins of an Iranian school where a US strike killed dozens of children Read MoreFor those who question reports showing that Southern California landlords are in price-cut mode, let me offer a slightly different – and newer – snapshot of what’s up with local rents. My trusty spreadsheet had a harder time identifying rent …
Are Southern California rent bargains becoming harder to find? Read MoreBy MIKELLA SCHUETTLER, Associated Press/Report for America Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data that was harvested from millions of profiles to generate …
Facebook trial over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal begins in New Mexico Read MoreAfter a small plane recently avoided a collision with a drone over Catalina Island, a ban on drones has been put into place for most of the island. The Catalina Conservancy announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8 it added new restrictions …
Near midair collision prompts Catalina Conservancy’s ban on drones over most of island Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes Last year, actor and humanitarian George Clooney lost his sister to cancer. When he received a Lifetime Achievement award just days ago, he spoke about losing her. Clooney shared that he was with her as she …
George Clooney Shares Final Moments He Spent With Late Sister as She Died from Cancer Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes We have tragic news to report from the art world: Lucien Smith — the celebrated artist whose paintings brought in millions at auction — has died at the age of 37. News of Smith’s comes courtesy …
Lucien Smith Cause of Death: Famed Artist Was 37 Read MoreGlastonbury tickets are the most expensive in history, and many fans are outraged (Picture: Joseph Okpako/WireImage) Glastonbury is finally returning after its fallow year – but anyone hoping to make the pilgrimage to Worthy Farm might want to have a …
How much are tickets for Glastonbury 2027? Latest as prices soar above £400 Read MoreNancy the Cockapoo dog was found in an emaciated state (Picture: Cover Images) A woman whose dog was found severely emaciated and covered in faeces has been banned from owning animals for 10 years. Rebecca Ferguson, 24, appeared at Elgin …
Neglected dog hadn’t been fed for weeks and was found covered in faeces Read MoreFor many people in their late teens and early twenties, 9/11 belongs to history, not memory. (Picture: Getty/Metro) Search the darker corners of the internet and you’ll find jokes about almost any major event almost immediately. Yet some tragedies seem, at least for a …
When did it become acceptable to joke about 9/11? Read MoreNine people were killed and dozens more were shot in Chicago over the Labor Day holiday weekend. Despite a broader decline in violence, eight people were killed and 30 others were wounded in shootings over the weekend, mainly on the …
9 killed, 30 wounded over Labor Day weekend in Chicago Read MoreMore than a hundred people gathered outside the White Sox’s Rate Field Tuesday to decry a plan that would move the team from Bridgeport to the South Loop, and in turn put an Amtrak maintenance facility in their neighborhood. White …
Plan to move Sox out of Bridgeport and Amtrak in panned by elected officials, neighborhood residents Read MoreKALAMAZOO, Mich. — The NCAA rejected the Mid-American Conference’s appeal to have Western Michigan recognized as having defeated Michigan after Saturday’s controversial game. The MAC cited what it believes to be an “extraordinary” circumstance in appealing the outcome of the …
NCAA won’t overturn Michigan’s controversial win over Western Michigan Read MoreBy AAMER MADHANI WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gave sizable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to new financial disclosures released by the administration. The gifts of $45,000 each to executive assistant Natalie Harp, communications adviser Margo …
Trump gave $45,000 holiday gifts to Natalie Harp and two other White House aides Read MoreOXFORD, Ohio – How real is 9/11 for you? As you answer that, consider this: Nearly 1 in 3 living Americans wasn’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001. And if the most deadly terror attack ever committed on U.S. soil …
9/11 resonates with some who weren’t born in 2001 but learned at school and home Read MoreBy WUFEI YU and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM PHOENIX (AP) — National Park Service officials expect to restore a reliable water supply in the Grand Canyon in weeks — not months — as the deadly flash flood didn’t damage most of a …
Grand Canyon water supply to be restored in weeks, not months Read More