WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by the state of Alaska challenging the national roadless rule, which prohibits road construction and timber harvesting on millions of acres of forest lands, including vast swaths of national forest in Alaska. In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two chief warrant officers were killed when their Apache attack helicopter crashed during a training mission near the Boise airport, the Idaho Army National Guard said Friday. Stien P. Gearhart, 50, and Jon L. Hartway, 43, were the only two soldiers aboard the aircraft when it went down Thursday evening. Both…
JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Sleep-deprived and feeling a bit down, coach Lindsay Gottlieb took a stroll last March a day after California’s season ended in the NCAA tournament. She was still absorbing being abruptly thrown into the offseason. Her phone buzzed with a text message. Hall of Fame Stanford coach…
CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) — The FBI is resisting turning over thousands of classified phone intercepts to a Florida man who is suing the U.S. government for malicious prosecution in a case in which the Justice Department dropped charges that he provided support to the Pakistani Taliban terror group. The FBI…
ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A prosecutor told jurors Friday it’s “ridiculous” to believe that a Chicago activist didn’t think she had to disclose convictions for bombings in Israel when she applied for U.S. citizenship in 2004. “How does someone misunderstand the word ‘ever?’” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel said during closing arguments…
JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Preparing for your Thanksgiving meal? Be aware that a new breed of shopping apps makes it easier to save money at the grocery store: Take a picture of the receipt and wait for the cash to roll in. SavingStar, Snap, Checkout 51, and others, let users…
TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sticking to the ground sure helped the Florida Gators cut back their mistakes. Now the Gators must prove they keep it up. “People are going to game plan our run, and there are great defensive coordinators out there that are going to look at the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — During his final two years in office, President Barack Obama says, he’ll judge ideas not by whether they come from Democrats or Republicans — but by “whether or not they work.” The pledge to put aside party differences came as Obama had lunch at the White House with 16 top lawmakers from…
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Prince George’s County school bus driver has been sentenced to 30 days of home detention for leaving four children unattended on a school bus, which drifted across a road and hit a student, Sixty-one-year-old Arturo Roberto Harris of Clinton pleaded guilty in September to leaving an unattended child and…
AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Larson is returning to dirt-track racing after his rookie season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. Tony Stewart’s troubles in sprint cup cars, including the crash that killed another driver earlier this year, had no bearing on the 22-year-old’s decision. A dirt-track driver as he came up through the ranks,…
