US exports to lobster-loving China go off cliff amid tariffs
Aug 26, 2019
By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — U.S. lobster exports to China have fallen off a cliff this year as new retaliatory tariffs shift the seafood business farther north. China, a huge and growing customer…
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US wants woman accused in Capital One hack to stay locked up
Aug 23, 2019
By MARTHA BELLISLE SEATTLE (AP) — A woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations is a flight risk, a threat and should be kept locked up until her trial, U.S.…
Jet catches fire in Northern California; 10 aboard unhurt
Aug 22, 2019
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, officials…
Coroner: Leader of large organic food scheme dies by suicide
Aug 21, 2019
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Missouri farmer blamed for running the largest organic food fraud scheme in U.S. history has died by suicide, weeks before he was to report to federal prison to begin…
Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program
Aug 20, 2019
By DAVID CRARY and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR NEW YORK (AP) — Planned Parenthood said Monday it’s pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from…
Florida’s iconic palm trees threatened by invasive disease
Aug 19, 2019
By TERRY SPENCER DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s iconic palm trees are under attack from a fatal disease that turns them to dried crisps in months, with no chance for recovery once they become ill.…
Israel grants Tlaib West Bank visit on humanitarian grounds
Aug 16, 2019
By ISAAC SCHARF JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s interior minister said Friday he has received and granted a request by Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib to enter the Israeli-occupied West Bank on humanitarian grounds. The decision marked…
Rep. Steve King says rapes, incest helped populate the world
Aug 15, 2019
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve King on Wednesday defended his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be “any population of the world left”…
Flooded Mississippi a threat as hurricane season heats up
Aug 14, 2019
By JEFF MARTIN and JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The river that drains much of the flood-soaked United States is still running far higher than normal, menacing New Orleans in multiple ways just as…
Farms turn to technology amid water warnings in Southwest US
Aug 13, 2019
By DAN ELLIOTT GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water…