By ASHRAF KHALIL, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and SARAH RANKIN , Associated Press ` WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people wanting to send a message that racism is unwelcome in the United States gathered in a park outside the White House to protest a white nationalist rally on the anniversary of the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.…
By GENE JOHNSON , Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — He cracked jokes, complimented the professional demeanor of an air traffic controller and apologized for making a fuss. But the friendly tone of a 29-year-old airport worker who stole a commercial plane Friday night, performing acrobatic stunts before the fatal plunge into a thick island forest,…
By MARCIA DUNN , AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before. As soon as this fall, the Parker Solar Probe will fly straight through the wispy edges of the sun’s corona,…
By MARCIO SANCHEZ and AMANDA LEE MYERS , Associated Press LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials said Saturday. Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to…
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — President Donald Trump has been briefed on the man who stole a plane from Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle before crashing it into a small, nearby island. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Saturday morning Trump is monitoring the situation. He’s currently at his New Jersey golf club. She commended the…
By STEPHEN R. GROVES and MORGAN LEE , Associated Press AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — A property owner questioned Friday why authorities did not search a squalid New Mexico compound sooner for a missing boy, saying he told them in late spring that he had met the child’s father at the site and that the man…
By LISA MASCARO and MARK SHERMAN , Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin the day after Labor Day, Republicans announced Friday over Democratic objections that they are rushing the process without properly delving into his background. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he hopes to have…
By STEPHEN R. GROVES and MORGAN LEE , Associated Press TAOS, N.M. (AP) — At a remote New Mexico outpost, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj and others who came to the area with him last year were by local authorities’ accounts “extremist of the muslim belief” who trained youth to use fire arms and carry out future…
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) — Police in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, New Brunswick said Friday at least four people have been killed and one suspect is in custody after a shooting. Fredericton police are asking residents to avoid the area and stay in their homes. The circumstances of the shooting are unclear, but…
By LOLITA C. BALDOR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfighting service by 2020. The proposal taps into the American public’s long fascination with space —…