Author: Michael Biesecker
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Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S…
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Man killed by US Border Patrol officer had Colorado ties, was an ICU nurse, family says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed…
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Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: ‘We had whistles. They had guns’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness. “We had whistles. They had…
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Fleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachts
WASHINGTON • The massive superyacht Dilbar stretches one-and-a-half football fields in length, about as long as a World War I dreadnought. It boasts two helipads, berths for more than 130 people and a 25-meter swimming pool long enough to accommodate another whole superyacht. Dilbar was launched in 2016 at a reported cost of more than…
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Journalist Joe Galloway, chronicler of Vietnam War, dies
WASHINGTON • Longtime American foreign correspondent Joseph L. Galloway, best known for his book recounting a pivotal battle in the Vietnam War that was made into a Hollywood movie, has died. He was 79. A native of Refugio, Texas, Galloway spent 22 years as a war correspondent and bureau chief for United Press International, including…
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Journalist who penned classic Vietnam War book that became major motion picture dies at 79
WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime American foreign correspondent Joseph L. Galloway, best known for his book recounting a pivotal battle in the Vietnam War that was made into a Hollywood movie, has died. He was 79. A native of Refugio, Texas, Galloway spent 22 years as a war correspondent and bureau chief for United Press International,…
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Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California’s authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, a move critics said would result in less fuel efficient cars that create more planet-warming pollution. In a tweet, Trump said his action would result in less expensive,…
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Bomb suspect described as ‘loner’ with long arrest record
WASHINGTON — The Florida man charged with sending more than a dozen package bombs to Democratic political figures is described as a troubled loner who showed little interest in politics before the rise of President Donald Trump. Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, has been an amateur body builder and male stripper. He has a history…
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Raising alarms: Floodwaters now threaten power plant
WILMINGTON, N.C. • As rivers swollen to record levels started to recede Thursday in North Carolina, officials tried to head off potential environmental disasters and prepared for more record flooding downstream in South Carolina. Roads were still clogged with people trying to make it back to where the floods had creeped back, leaving silty mud…
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Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, hog farms
RALEIGH, N.C. • Flooded rivers from Florence’s drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the swollen waterways approach their crests Monday. North Carolina environmental regulators say several open-air manure pits at hog farms have failed, spilling pollution. State officials also were monitoring the breach of a Duke…