Tag: U.S. news
Detainees describe worms in food, sewage near beds inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
MIAMI – Worms in the food. Toilets that don't flush, flooding floors with fecal waste. Days without a shower or prescription medicine. Mosquitoes and...
Venus Williams accepts a wild card for the DC Open. She hasn’t competed in more than a year
Venus Williams accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month's DC Open, which would be the seven-time Grand Slam champion's first tournament...
Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks
WASHINGTON – A divided federal appeals court on Friday threw out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed...
Trump wants mass deportations, but US views of immigration are more positive since he took office
WASHINGTON – Just months after President Donald Trump returned to office vowing mass deportations, the share of U.S. adults saying immigration is a “good...
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
DAYTON, Tenn. – A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial...
Wyoming’s first new coal mine in decades to extract rare earths
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The developer of what would be the first new coal mine in Wyoming in decades plans to process the fossil fuel...
Son of ‘El Chapo’ expected to plead guilty in drug trafficking case in rescheduled hearing
CHICAGO – A son of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to plead guilty in a sweeping U.S. drug trafficking...
Arkansas prison employees fired after ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ escape
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired...
Head Start will be cut off for immigrants without legal status, Trump administration says
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration will restrict immigrants in the country illegally from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program, the Department...
Justin Bieber teases his long-awaited seventh album, apparently called ‘Swag’
NEW YORK – Justin Bieber is teasing his long-awaited seventh studio album — apparently called “Swag” — with a series of billboards and social...
