5 tips on what to do with unwanted stuff
NEW YORK (AP) — World-renowned tidying expert Marie Kondo is sparking joy among shoppers feeling the urge to clean out their homes of unwanted stuff. But once you master the Japanese organizing expert’s novel approach to de-cluttering, what do you do with all the stuff you don’t want? Charitable organizations like Goodwill have cited how […]8 years ago
Lawsuit: Harvard ‘shamelessly’ profits from photos of slaves
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has “shamelessly” turned a profit from photos of two 19th-century slaves while ignoring requests to turn the photos over to the slaves’ descendants, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Tamara Lanier, of Norwich, Connecticut, is suing the Ivy League school for “wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation” of images she says […]8 years ago
New Zealand police: Mosque gunman had planned a 3rd attack
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for “the safest country in the world” were buried before hundreds of mourners Wednesday, the first funerals for victims of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand that horrified a nation known for being welcoming and diverse. The funerals […]8 years ago
Iowa student found dead at Canyonlands National Park in Utah
CANYONLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old University of Iowa graduate student found dead at Canyonlands National Park in southern Utah apparently fell 500 feet (152.4 meters) from an overlook. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said Jonathan Hogue’s body was found Friday at the base over the Green River Overlook following […]8 years ago
Utah State beats San Diego State, wins Mountain West title
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sam Merrill scored 24 points, Neemias Queta had 17 points and eight rebounds, and Utah State won its first Mountain West Conference championship with a 64-57 victory over San Diego State on Saturday. Utah State (28-6) scored the first 13 points of the second half to pull away after leading 34-32 […]8 years ago
Death toll rises to 50 in New Zealand mosque shootings
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The death toll in the massacres at two New Zealand mosques rose to 50 on Sunday after police found another victim while removing bodies from the crime scenes, and authorities announced they do not believe three people who had been arrested were involved in the shootings allegedly carried out by […]8 years ago
Nebraska farmer trying to save others killed in flooding
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — At least one person has died and at least two others are missing in floodwaters that have swamped towns and farmland, washed out roads and bridges and drowned livestock in Nebraska in the wake of a late-winter storm that overwhelmed rivers and creeks with rain and snowmelt. The family of 50-year-old […]8 years ago
Feds wants Utah lawmaker to pay $90,000 for illegal ATV ride
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Now that former San Juan County commissioner Phil Lyman is getting a government stipend as a state lawmaker, federal prosecutors want him to speed up paying off the $96,000 in damage caused by an illegal ATV protest ride he led through a pristine southeastern canyon in 2014. Federal prosecutors said […]8 years ago
When gunman advanced on New Zealand mosque, 1 man ran at him
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn’t hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a credit card machine, and ran outside screaming “Come here!” Aziz, 48, is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during Friday […]8 years ago
A look at attacks on houses of worship over last decade
Houses of worship around the world, a place of reflection and peace, have been targeted for attack by extremists. Here are some of the deadly assaults over the last decade: July 16, 2010: Jundallah group kills 27 and injures 270 after it carries out a double suicide bombing against another Shiite mosque in southeastern Iran. […]8 years ago
EPA bans consumer use of deadly paint stripper, in rare step
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday banned consumer use of a popular but deadly paint stripper but stopped short of also banning commercial use of the product by tradespeople. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the rule, which will bar manufacture and import of the stripper methylene chloride for consumer use, in a […]8 years ago
Trump issues first veto after rebuke of border order
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. Flanked by law enforcement officials as well as the parents of children killed by people in the country illegally, Trump maintained that he is not through fighting for his […]8 years ago
49 killed at mosques in ‘one of New Zealand’s darkest days’
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — At least 49 people were shot to death at two mosques during midday prayers Friday — most if not all of them gunned down by an immigrant-hating white supremacist who apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to broadcast live video of the slaughter on Facebook. One man was arrested and charged […]8 years ago
Are eggs good or bad for you? New research rekindles debate
The latest U.S. research on eggs won’t go over easy for those can’t eat breakfast without them. Adults who ate about 1 ½ eggs daily had a slightly higher risk of heart disease than those who ate no eggs. The study showed the more eggs, the greater the risk. The chances of dying early were […]8 years ago
James Gunn rehired to direct ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3′
NEW YORK (AP) — Months after being fired over old tweets, James Gunn has been rehired as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.” Representatives for the Walt Disney Co. and for Gunn on Friday confirmed that Gunn has been reinstated as writer-director of the Marvel franchise he has guided from the start. Gunn […]8 years ago
Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49; 1 man charged
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities charged one person, detained three others and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Prime Minister […]8 years ago
Sen. Mitt Romney says his vote was about the balance of power
The freshman senator from Utah says that he voted to eliminate Pres. Trump's emergency declaration was a Constitutional issue.8 years ago
Bribed coaches were far from the top, but had keys to campus
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Coach Gordie Ernst’s Georgetown University tennis teams didn’t win any Big East championships. At Wake Forest, Bill Ferguson’s volleyball teams struggled near the bottom of their conference. At Stanford, John Vandemoer’s sailing teams were nationally ranked but competed in a sport that isn’t governed by the NCAA. All three were coaching […]8 years ago
Senate rejects Trump border emergency as Republicans defect
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-run Senate rejected President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border on Thursday, setting up a veto fight and dealing him a conspicuous rebuke as he tested how boldly he could ignore Congress in pursuit of his highest-profile goal. The Senate voted 59-41 to cancel Trump’s February […]8 years ago
FBI debated in 2016 how aggressively to probe potential Trump collusion
WASHINGTON (AP) — During the early days of the Russia investigation, FBI officials debated whether Donald Trump’s chance of winning should factor into how aggressively they investigated potential coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, two FBI officials told Congress last year, according to newly released transcripts of their interviews. Peter Strzok, the former FBI […]8 years ago
Black workers at UPS hub say they were targets of racism
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — UPS workers at a distribution hub in Ohio sued the company Wednesday, alleging discriminatory hiring decisions and a series of racist acts, including a noose and Confederate flags in the workplace. White employees in 2016 directed racist language at black workers, displayed a stuffed monkey wearing a UPS uniform, and put […]8 years ago
Court rules gun maker can be sued over Sandy Hook shooting
HARTFORD, Conn. — Gun maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Justices issued a 4-3 decision that reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit and overturned a lower court ruling […]8 years ago
Move your clocks ahead by one hour Saturday night
Before you go to bed tonight, remember to climb up a step stool to reach higher and move all of your clocks forward by one hour. Daylight Saving begins on Sunday at 2 a.m. This means you will lose one hour of sleep from Saturday night to Sunday morning. Chances are, the electronic device you […]8 years ago
