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Back home in Scranton, Biden plugs $2T plan to revive US
By LISA MASCARO, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALAN FRAM Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to his birthplace Wednesday for the first time since taking office to say that his $2 trillion domestic spending package and $1 trillion infrastructure package would restore an America starving for investments in its workers, families and
Continue Reading Grand Teton joins Yellowstone in breaking tourism records
MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park already has had its busiest year on record. The park joins nearby Yellowstone in setting visitation records this year. Grand Teton had almost 3.5 million recreation visits between January and September and broke 2018’s full-year record by almost 3,000 visits. Park officials said in a statement
Continue Reading Army hiring criminal investigators to improve case work
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army has begun hiring more agents and support staff for its criminal investigations, as the new civilian director works to correct widespread failures that surfaced last year after a string of murders and other crimes at Fort Hood, Texas. Gregory Ford, who took over as
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Rahm Emanuel, Biden’s nominee to be envoy to Japan, indicates China would be a central focus of the job
By Nicole Gaouette, CNN Rahm Emanuel, the Biden administration’s nominee to be ambassador to Japan, made clear Wednesday that he believes a core part of the envoy job is about countering China. Emanuel appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday along with two other nominees for ambassadorships in Asia — Nicholas Burns to become
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Expansion talk looms over Big 12 hoops as season draws near
By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in a few seasons. It led to various discussions at Big 12 basketball Media Day. New Texas coach Chris Beard says his Longhorns will have a target on their backs for fans eager
Continue Reading Expansion talk looms over Big 12 hoops as season draws near
By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma and Texas will leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference in a few seasons. It led to various discussions at Big 12 basketball Media Day. New Texas coach Chris Beard says his Longhorns will have a target on their backs for fans eager
Continue Reading Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme park
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Colorado girl who fell 110 feet to her death on a theme park ride after not being buckled in are suing the park. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park recklessly caused her death by failing to train the ride’s
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Parents of unrestrained girl killed on ride sue theme park
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old Colorado girl who fell 110 feet to her death on a theme park ride after not being buckled in are suing the park. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park recklessly caused her death by failing to train the ride’s
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Bannon contempt vote puts Attorney General Merrick Garland in center of legal and political storm
By Tierney Sneed and Jessica Schneider, CNN Attorney General Merrick Garland — whose nomination was premised on insulating the Justice Department from politics — faces a decision that puts him at the center of a partisan firestorm, with the House’s request that the department pursue criminal contempt against Steve Bannon for his refusal to cooperate
Continue Reading Judge limits strikers’ conduct at Deere plant in Iowa
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order limiting how striking workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport should conduct themselves. The injunction issued Wednesday says only four picketers can be near gates of the Davenport Works plant, it bans the use of chairs and barrel fires by picketers
Continue Reading Judge limits strikers’ conduct at Deere plant in Iowa
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order limiting how striking workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport should conduct themselves. The injunction issued Wednesday says only four picketers can be near gates of the Davenport Works plant, it bans the use of chairs and barrel fires by picketers
Continue Reading Judge limits strikers’ conduct at Deere plant in Iowa
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order limiting how striking workers at the Deere & Co. plant in Davenport should conduct themselves. The injunction issued Wednesday says only four picketers can be near gates of the Davenport Works plant, it bans the use of chairs and barrel fires by picketers
Continue Reading FBI: Cash, shredded papers seen at couple’s home in spy case
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that authorities found a trash bag of shredded documents, thousands of dollars in cash, latex gloves and a “go-bag” when they searched the home of a Maryland couple accused of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country. Navy
Continue Reading Iowa trooper dies of injuries sustained in NE Iowa crash
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa State Patrol trooper has died nearly a week after he was injured in a car crash in northeast Iowa that happened while he was rushing to assist another agency. Trooper Ted Benda was hurt Oct. 14 in a single-vehicle crash while en route to help the Clayton County
Continue Reading NTSB recovers black boxes from plane that burned in Texas
By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press Federal investigators are interviewing people who were on a jet that ran off a Texas runway during takeoff and burst into flames. The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that investigators expect to spend one to two weeks gathering evidence at the site of the accident at an airport near
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A 4-year-old boy survived a 70-foot cliff fall with nothing but some bruises
By Melissa Alonso, CNN A 4-year-old boy who slipped off a cliff and fell about 70 feet suffered just some scrapes and bruises, the Wolfe County, Kentucky, Search & Rescue Team said in a Facebook post. The boy was hiking with his parents in the Daniel Boone National Forest on Friday afternoon when he slipped
Continue ReadingPaul Flores se declara inocente de matar a Kristin Smart
Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — El hombre acusado de matar a la estudiante universitaria de 19 años Kristin Smart en 1996 se declaró inocente en su comparecencia este miércoles. Paul Flores, de 44 años, enfrenta un cargo de asesinato en primer grado por presuntamente matar a Smart en su dormitorio en California. Los fiscales dicen
Continue Reading Attack hits Syria base that houses US troops; no US injuries
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A military outpost in southern Syria was hit by a coordinated attack Wednesday, but U.S. officials say no American troops stationed there were injured or killed. Initial reports said the attack appeared to include two drone strikes and a small number of rockets. One official says
Continue Reading ‘The stakes are enormous:’ Bannon case tests Congress’ power
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon is facing a contempt charge from Congress after he refused to cooperate with a House committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. But it’s the Justice Department that decides what happens next. As the House readies
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