By JENNIFER KAY and GARY FINEOUT , Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Residents of Florida’s Panhandle frantically filled sandbags, boarded up homes and secured boats in harbors Monday as they anxiously awaited Hurricane Michael, which forecasters warned could smash into the northeast Gulf Coast as a dangerous major hurricane within days. Fueled by warm tropical…
By KATHY GANNON , Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court postponed its ruling Monday on the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 after being convicted of blasphemy against Islam. The judicial panel listened to Asia Bibi’s defense lawyer challenge statements by those who accused her…
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Relatives of a Chicago-area Marine killed during World War II are welcoming his body back after 75 years being buried in Hawaii as an unknown serviceman. Military officials say DNA tests helped confirm the identity of Marine Corps Tech. Sgt. Harry Carlsen of Brookfield, who was 31 when he was…
By JENNIFER KAY and GARY FINEOUT , Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A tropical weather system that rapidly strengthened into Hurricane Michael on Monday is likely to keep growing stronger ahead of an expected strike on Florida’s Panhandle by midweek, forecasters said. Michael could strengthen into a major hurricane with winds topping 111 mph (178…
PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from a 5.9 earthquake that hit Haiti over the weekend rose to at least 15 people with 333 injured, according to updated figures released Monday by authorities, as rescue crews worked to help victims spooked by strong aftershocks. Haiti’s civil protection agency said in a statement that it…
SCHOHARIE, NY (AP) — The supersized limousine involved in a crash that killed 20 people outside a country store failed a recent safety inspection and shouldn’t have been on the road, and the driver wasn’t properly licensed, New York’s governor said Monday. The state ordered the owner, Prestige Limousine, shut down while an investigation continues…
HILLSBORO, MO (AP) — A missing blind man is safe, thanks to the nose of a 3-year-old black lab mix who sniffed him out. Ruby was part of a weekend search team looking for the man in Hillsboro, Missouri, 40 miles southwest of St. Louis. The man, who has epilepsy in addition to blindness, was…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — The Missouri Sheriffs’ Association is accusing state Auditor Nicole Galloway of a rush to judgment in her report that raised troubling concerns about oversight of sex offenders. The report released last week found nearly 1,300 sex offenders unaccounted for, including hundreds who fall into the most dangerous category. Sex offenders…
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities scrambled to contain a public relations mess over the disappearance of the former Interpol president during his trip home to China, saying Monday that he was being lawfully investigated for bribery and other crimes. But the government’s announcement did little to address concerns raised about the risks of appointing Chinese…
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel prize in economics was awarded Monday to one American who has studied the economics of climate change — and to another whose research on technological innovation has raised hopes that human beings are creative enough to do something about it. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the $1 million…