SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scientists have discovered a new species of deep-sea coral in underwater canyons off the Northern California coast, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday. A NOAA research team using small submersibles found the coral in September near national marine sanctuaries off the coast of Sonoma County, the agency said. The…
BERLIN (AP) — A German train drivers’ union says it will end a strike that has caused commuter chaos ahead of the country’s celebration on Sunday of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germans news agency dpa reported Friday that the head of the GDL union announced the strike would end…
PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed indictments against 10 of 28 defendants in major drug cases because an FBI agent may have been involved in tampering with evidence including firearms and narcotics. The FBI is investigating the alleged misconduct, according to court papers. At a court hearing for…
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FLEMINGTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who said he was a member of “Hitler’s Order” has lost custody of his son after he argued the state made no effort to find a psychologist who was not Jewish. An appeals court labeled the man’s arguments “unpersuasive.” The man is identified in court papers by…
TOBY STERLING Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Seventeen people have been arrested so far in an international crackdown on underground websites selling illegal drugs, a top Europol official said Friday, with Dutch prosecutors saying the arrests came in the U.S., Ireland and Germany. Troels Oerting, head of the police agency’s cybercrimes division, said it coordinated…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The J. Paul Getty Museum was revealed Thursday as the buyer that paid a record $65.1 million for Edouard Manet’s “Spring,” a celebrated portrait of a Parisian actress as an embodiment of the season. The painting will join several other Manet works on display by the end of the year, the…
CHRIS LINES AP Sports Writer BANGKOK (AP) — David Rudisha has Rio on his mind. The Kenyan has been battling injuries and a drop in form since winning the 800 meters at the 2012 London Olympics in a world record time of 1 minute, 40.1 seconds. Next year’s world championships in Beijing and the 2016…
Yes, the D.C. area will get chilly towards the end of next week.
RAYYAN SABET-PARRY Associated Press RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia’s foreign minister has announced on Twitter that he’s gay, becoming the first openly homosexual Cabinet member in the Baltic country. The announcement by Edgars Rinkevics, 41, was welcomed by gay rights activists as an important step in a part of Europe where lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
