Author: Associated-Press-Washington-Examiner

NEW YORK (AP) — Two jurors who voted in June to convict Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault said they regret the decision and only did so because others on the panel bullied them, the former movie mogul’s lawyers said in a newly public court filing. Weinstein’s lawyers are seeking to overturn his conviction for first-degree criminal sex…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that included the phrase “spirits of the dead.” “The fact that it was in Latin that really just gave us pause, right?” said Daniella Santoro, a…

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western governing party won a clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups in a weekend election that was widely viewed as a stark choice between East and West. With nearly all polling station reports counted on Monday, electoral data showed the pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity, or PAS, had 50.1% of the…

MIAMI (AP) — A weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda later in the day before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane early next week was causing disruption in the Bahamas and nearby islands on Sunday. Meanwhile Hurricane Humberto weakened very slightly but remained a strong Category 4 storm…

SOUTHPORT, North Carolina (AP) — Three people were killed and at least eight others wounded late Saturday when someone opened fire from a boat into a crowd gathered at a waterfront bar in a coastal town in North Carolina, authorities said. The shooting erupted about 9:30 p.m. near a popular stretch of bars and restaurants…

Federal regulators have detected possible radioactive contamination in a second food product sent to the U.S. from Indonesia, even as recalls of potentially tainted shrimp continue to grow. The discovery adds to questions about the source of the unusual problem. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials last week blocked import of all spices from PT Natural Java…

Having your mouth taped shut is the stuff of nightmares — but some people are doing just that to themselves. And in an attempt to sleep better, no less. Doctors say don’t do it. Some on social media say it’s a hack for getting more and better sleep and to reduce snoring. The claims — which…

MAGNOLIA, Kentucky (AP) — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland’s thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn’t know where he and others like him will sell their crop because China has stopped buying. Beijing, which traditionally has snapped up at least a quarter of all soybeans…