RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Shipping containers full of coal ash from China, Poland and India have come into the U.S. through the Port of Virginia as foreign companies find a market for the same industrial waste that America’s utilities are struggling to dispose of. Critics call it a missed opportunity. Coal ash is treasure as [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — For years, family members of those killed on Sept. 11 and insurance companies tried unsuccessfully through the courts to hold Saudi Arabia or businesses and organizations there responsible for the terrorist attacks. Now that Congress has cleared the way, they’re making a fresh effort. In the next year, the Manhattan federal [...]
NEW YORK — Erica Dao used to shop at malls once a month, looking in stores and seeing what the mannequins displayed. Now, she mainly looks for inspiration on social media. “I discover brands through Instagram,” said Dao, 33, of St. Paul, Minn. Elizabeth Troy says she was the “queen of sales,” going through discounted [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Faced with an intractable homeless problem, officials in Portland are thinking inside the box. A handful of homeless families will soon move into tiny, government-constructed modular units in the backyards of willing homeowners. Under the pilot program taking effect this summer, the homeowners will take over the heated, fully plumbed tiny houses [...]
LONDON — Mohammed-Faizul Haque makes it all look so easy. To a pan full of sizzling chicken he adds a ladle of orangey base sauce and then lemon, sending flames shooting up. He reaches to a line of vessels for pinches of cumin, coriander, salt, chili and garlic, the feel of the ingredients between his [...]
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Outside a Maryland high school dragged into the national immigration debate by an alleged rape, a makeshift sign reflects that strain: “Rockville Strong.” Rockville High School students and parents declined to comment Thursday about the case involving a 14-year-old girl and a suspect authorities say came to the U.S. illegally from [...]
The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit recently ruled that a man who pleaded guilty to enticement and child pornography charges was not tricked into handing over evidence to investigators. The defendant, Gregory Mays, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to producing child pornography and [...]
WASHINGTON — For President Donald Trump, facts often follow fiction. Since the early days of his campaign, the president has developed a pattern: Make an outrageous claim. Dig in as the criticism rolls. And wait until, eventually, something emerges that can be spun as vindication of the earlier claim. It happened again last week when [...]
Lawmakers last week introduced a bipartisan measure meant to help Ohio police, fire and EMS personnel suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the dangerous work they undertake on a near-daily basis. Senate Bill 118 would enable first responders diagnosed with PTSD arising from employment without an accompanying physical injury to [...]