Army sergeant from Illinois killed in Afghanistan incident
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. Defense Department says an army sergeant from southern Illinois has died in noncombat related incident in Afghanistan. The Pentagon announced Sunday that 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Wilbur of Granite City died Friday in Kandahar. The exact cause of Wilbur’s death wasn’t revealed. According to the Pentagon, Wilbur was involved…
Clinton says email rules different for Hillary
WASHINGTON (AP) – Bill Clinton says it was a mistake for Hillary Clinton to maintain a personal email server even though her predecessors and her successor at the State Department did it. But the former president says his wife should have known that there would be a different set of rules applied to her if she…
Sweden digs in on proposal to ban lobsters from Europe
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Sweden is digging in on a proposal to ban imports of live lobsters into the European Union after a rebuke from American scientists, and the issue could go all the way to the World Trade Organization. Sweden asked the European Union to bar imports of live American lobsters into the bloc…
US retail sales flat in July after 3 months of solid gains
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. retail sales were unchanged in July from the previous month, a sign that consumers were cautious after three months of solid gains. The Commerce Department says Americans spent less at clothing shops, sporting goods stores and electronics and appliance outlets. Spending at grocery stores fell by the most in more than…
Trump says Obama-ISIS remark was sarcasm
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Republican Donald Trump is now saying that his description of President Barack Obama as a founder of the Islamic State group was sarcasm. At a rally Wednesday, Trump said that Obama “is the founder of ISIS,” using one acronym for the group. He repeated that in two interviews Thursday. But in…
