Articles from the May 11, 2018 edition
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Jury selection begins in trial of Missouri governor
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appeared in court Thursday as jury selection got underway in a criminal trial accusing him of taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he has acknowledged having an affair. The Republican governor...
Oldest person in US dies; Pennsylvania woman was 114
HUNTINGDON, Pa. (AP) — A 114-year-old Pennsylvania woman who was the oldest person in the United States has died, according to a funeral home. The Robert D Heath Funeral Home in Mount Union said that Delphine Gibson died Wednesday. Lessie Brown, o...
Military finds multiple failures led to deadly Niger ambush
WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple failures led up to the deadly Niger attack last October, but top military leaders said Thursday that none directly caused the overwhelming enemy ambush that killed four American service members and sent others fighting a...
Tanzania's Maasai evicted in favor of tourism, group says
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Tens of thousands of Tanzania's ethnic Maasai people are homeless after the government burned their houses to keep the savannah open for tourism benefiting two foreign safari companies, a U.S.-based policy think tank charged T...
Q&A: Cohen's ties to Trump, corporate clients pose questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney Michael Cohen's simultaneous relationship with Donald Trump and several blue chip companies that paid him for insight into the new president strikes legal experts as unusual and has triggered questions about client c...
Facebook ads show Russian effort to stoke political division
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the House intelligence committee have released more than 3,500 Facebook ads that were created or promoted by a Russian internet agency, providing the fullest picture yet of Russia's attempt to sow racial and political d...
Israel, Iran engage in most serious confrontation in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli forces unleashed a heavy bombardment against Iranian military installations in Syria on Thursday in what Israel called retaliation for an Iranian rocket barrage on its positions in the occupied Golan Heights, the most serious mi...
Iraqi forces capture 5 top IS leaders in cross-border raid
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces in coordination with U.S.-backed Syrian forces have captured five senior Islamic State group leaders, the U.S.-led coalition said Thursday in a statement. The arrest was a "significant blow to Daesh," coalition s...
Ryan Coogler reflects on tsunami that is 'Black Panther'
CANNES, France (AP) — At the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, filmmaker Ryan Coogler reflected on the historic sensation of "Black Panther" and the changes he hopes it might effect on the movie business. Noting that Hollywood theories can't be c...
At least 44 killed as dam bursts in Kenya, officials say
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Villagers said it started with a loud rumble, then houses collapsed one by one under an approaching wall of water. "We took our children and rushed to higher ground," farmer Joseph Maina told The Associated Press. Their home w...
Ties with US, North Korea make Singapore optimum summit site
SINGAPORE (AP) — With the Demilitarized Zone on the Korean Peninsula out of contention, the small nation of Singapore is a natural choice for the historic summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, analysts s...
House approves bill to revive Nevada nuclear waste dump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday approved an election-year bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain despite opposition from home-state lawmakers. Supporters say the bill would help solve a nuclear-waste s...
UK apologizes for role in Libyans' kidnapping and torture
LONDON (AP) — Britain acknowledged Thursday that its intelligence agents played a role in the kidnapping and torture of an opponent of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and the man's wife — a rare admission of wrongdoing by British spies. Att...
Mahathir Malaysia's leader again after ruling party booted
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's former authoritarian leader Mahathir Mohamad, who in a stunning political comeback led opposition parties to their first election victory in six decades, was sworn in as prime minister on Thursday, cementing a...
Oklahoma teen convicted in 5 killings set for sentencing
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma teenager convicted in the fatal stabbings of five family members is set for sentencing Thursday, when jurors will consider whether he should spend the rest of his life behind bars. Michael Bever was 16 when he and his...
Texas suit could speed DACA's path to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three judges have ordered the Trump administration to continue a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Now, a lawsuit filed last week in Texas seeks to shut down the Deferred Action f...
Records: Women accused of kidnapping were tracked by phone
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Two women accused of kidnapping and molesting a 14-year-old Oklahoma boy were tracked via cellphone and other means to a home in New Mexico where the boy was found in a car that pulled into the driveway, authorities said. K...
Oklahoma man accused of killing 2 dogs to punish daughter
HARRAH, Okla. (AP) — The ex-wife of an Oklahoma man facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly killing his teenage daughter's two dogs to punish her for not doing the dishes said Thursday both of the couple's children were stunned by the incident....
Republican lawmaker accused of embellishing military service
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican Oklahoma legislator facing accusations from colleagues that he wore military service decorations that he didn't earn, including a Purple Heart, has been removed from the membership rolls of a national veterans g...
Oklahoma agency investigates apparent Bates parole violation
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white ex-volunteer deputy who served time in prison for shooting an unarmed black man was recently seen drinking at an Oklahoma bar in apparent violation of the conditions of his probation, which prohibit him from consuming alco...
Oklahoma couple lists home for $1, draws multiple offers
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma couple has listed their four-bedroom, four-bath home for $1 in hopes of gaining high interest. The Oklahoman reports that Dan and Sharla Bradley listed the more than 4,000-square-foot (371-square-meter) home on F...
Oklahoma court overturns no-parole sentence of juvenile
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the life without parole sentence of a killer who was a juvenile at the time of the crime. The court ruled Thursday that a district court was wrong not to vacate the s...
ACLU demands Kansas correct voter registration information
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union made public on Thursday a letter that seeks to force Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to fix what it says are inaccuracies on public notices posted on state and county websites regarding v...
7-month-old Wellington girl's death ruled a homicide
WELLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — Wellington police say they're investigating the death of a 7-month-old girl as a homicide. Police Chief Tracy Heath said Jesslinn Kinslee Hulett died last month of blunt force trauma. KAKE-TV reports the baby's father took h...