Crime
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Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal fires
Jan 30, 2022 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - A fire raging in an underground Colorado coal field in 1883 sent so much smoke pouring from cracks in the ground that the scene was likened to burning volc...
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Biden calls for release of US hostage in Afghanistan
Jan 30, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday called for the release of U.S. Navy veteran Mark Frerichs, who was taken hostage in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. Fre...
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Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants
Jan 30, 2022 6:00 am - CONROE, Texas (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is dangling the prospect of pardons for supporters who participated in the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol...
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Kansas man charged with threatening Biden held in Md. jail
Jan 29, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A Kansas man who was traveling to Washington was being held Saturday on charges of threatening President Joe Biden, authorities said. Scott Merryman wa...
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In France, anti-vax fury, politics make public service risky
Jan 29, 2022 6:00 am - LE PECQ, France (AP) - In Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole, a village that curls catlike in verdant Provence hillocks, voters are making an early start on France's presidenti...
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Defense: 3 officers at Floyd killing not trained adequately
Jan 28, 2022 6:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - An attorney for one of the three former Minneapolis police officers on trial for allegedly violating George Floyd's civil rights suggested Friday ...
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Man crashes into Taylor Swift's NY building, police say
Jan 28, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A Virginia man has been arrested for drunkenly crashing a car into Taylor Swift's New York City apartment building and trying to gain entry, police said....
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Swastikas scrawled on Union Station in Washington
Jan 28, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Vandals scrawled swastikas on the outside of Union Station, the central hub for regional train transportation in the nation's capital. The graffiti was...
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Slain Mexican reporter described vulnerability in last show
Jan 28, 2022 6:00 am - TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Mexican journalist Lourdes Maldonado dedicated her last program to a fellow journalist one day after he was gunned down outside his home, and then...
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LA, NYC killings spark anger, raise risk for homeless people
Jan 28, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Three random killings - a woman pushed in front of a train, another punched at a bus stop and a third stabbed to death while working alone in a store,...