Man swimming at Maryland’s Ocean City fatally hit by large wave
OCEAN CITY, Md. — Officials for a Maryland town say a 76-year-old swimmer died in a beach accident when a large wave knocked him down. Ocean City communications manager Jessica Waters told the Salisbury Daily Times that authorities responded Sunday to Ocean City Beach for a report of a distressed...
Trump says he wouldn’t profit from a G-7 summit at Doral, claims presidency has cost him billionsVideo
President Donald Trump said Monday that the Group of 7 summit — an annual gathering of world leaders representing powerful democracies — could take place next year at his own golf resort in Florida. If the summit were to take place at one of Trump’s private hotels, that means the...
Little League plans World Series expansion for baseball, softballVideo
Each year, a select few Little League baseball and softball teams get the rare experience of playing in Little League World Series competitions in Williamsport, Pa., and Portland, Ore. Beginning in 2021, Little League International officials want to give a few more children that chance, expanding the baseball series’ teams...
GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress
MADISON, Wis. — Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who was on the cast of MTV’s “The Real World” before he went into politics, announced Monday that he is resigning from his Wisconsin congressional seat to spend more time with his family. Duffy, 47, posted...
Oklahoma judge rules Johnson & Johnson helped fuel opioid crisis, orders $572M payment
NORMAN, Okla. — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million to clean up the problem. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s ruling followed the first state opioid case to...
Mormon leaders change rules against guns in church
SALT LAKE CITY — Most members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints already knew they were discouraged from taking their guns to church on Sunday. But it is making sure that message is crystal clear by tweaking the policy to prohibit all “lethal weapons.” The previous policy...
Man found with mummified remains in closet to remain jailed
NEWARK, N.J. — Prosecutors called a New Jersey man “dangerous to society” after pieces of a human body were found in his closet, including a head, part of an arm, and a torso dressed in a necktie and suit jacket. Robert Williams, of Newark, pleaded not guilty Monday to desecrating...
G-7 pledges funds to fight Amazon fires
PORTO VELHO, Brazil — The Group of Seven nations on Monday pledged tens of millions of dollars to help Amazon countries fight raging wildfires, even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused rich countries of treating the region like a “colony.” The pledge by rich countries included $20 million from the...
Atlanta councilwoman adds to reward to catch campus shooter
ATLANTA — An Atlanta city councilwoman is pleading with the public to cooperate with police in their search for the suspected gunman who opened fire on a crowd of about 200 people outside a university library last week. The Aug. 20 gunfire wounded four college students, all of whom survived....
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new indictment, trial delayed
NEW YORK — Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a new indictment Monday that includes revised charges of predatory sexual assault, a development that caused the judge to delay the start of his trial until early next year. The change to the case was intended to open the...
Troopers searching for pair who fled I-79 traffic stop
MCKEAN — Pennsylvania State Police troopers are searching for two people who fled from a traffic stop along Interstate 79, then ran off after their vehicle crashed off the McKean exit. The incident was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Monday. According to state police, an attempt was made to stop...
Pa. prosecutor won’t charge ex-Rep. Brian Ellis over sex assault claim
HARRISBURG — A prosecutor said Monday he believes a crime occurred but does not plan to charge a former state representative who resigned during an investigation into allegations he sexually assaulted a woman four years ago. Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo said he agreed with a conclusion in a...
Iraq coalition calls Israeli strikes a ‘declaration of war’
BAGHDAD — A powerful bloc in Iraq’s parliament called on Monday for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, following a series of airstrikes targeting Iran-backed Shiite militias in the country that have been blamed on Israel. The Fatah Coalition said it holds the United States fully responsible for the...
Cleveland officer accused of trying to entice child pleads not guilty
CLEVELAND — An off-duty Cleveland police officer charged with attempted kidnapping for trying to entice a 12-year-old girl waiting for a school bus has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-four-year-old Solomon Nhiwatiwa pleaded not guilty Monday in a Cuyahoga County courtroom to charges that also include child enticement, indecent exposure, pandering obscenity...
Trump says he’d meet Iran over nuclear standoff
BIARRITZ, France — President Donald Trump says that he’s open to meeting with Iran to resolve the nuclear standoff but that if Iran doesn’t agree to being a “good player” it will be met with “very violent force.” French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday at the Group of Seven summit...
Ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio running to try to get his job back
PHOENIX — Nearly three years after he was voted out of office, the former metro Phoenix sheriff pardoned by President Donald Trump on a conviction related to rounding up immigrants in the country illegally is going after his old job. Republican Joe Arpaio announced his 2020 campaign for Maricopa County...
Trump on U.S.-China trade: ‘Sorry, it’s the way I negotiate’
BIARRITZ, France (AP) — Brushing off concerns about global economic instability, President Donald Trump defended the way he is trying to squeeze a trade deal out of China on Monday, saying it’s a style that worked for him as a businessman. Trump was challenged on a negotiating style in which...
Danish city puts Vikings at crossing signals
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — It’s safe to cross when the green Viking is walking, but stop when the red one is standing. That’s the message to pedestrians in Aarhus as it unveils new crossing signals to celebrate the history of Denmark’s second largest city. City council member Buenyamin Simsek, in charge...
Police shoot 2 dogs attacking man on Philadelphia street
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police shot two dogs that were attacking a man on a city street, killing at least one of the animals. The attack occurred around 4:40 a.m. Monday. The dogs were biting the man around his arms and legs when three police officers arrived and shot the animals....
Report: Trump suggests nuking hurricanes before they reach America’s shores
President Trump suggested recently to drop nuclear bombs into the eyes of hurricanes to stop the storms from reaching America’s shores, news site Axios reported on Sunday. During a hurricane briefing, Trump asked if it were possible to disrupt hurricanes forming off the coast of Africa by dropping a nuclear...
Proud Air Force veteran had ‘sense of patriotism’
Jack Pletcher was proud of his 20 years of service in the Air Force — and it showed in the way he dressed, even when he was out of uniform. “He was pretty organized from being in the military,” said his wife, Mary Ann. Until his health declined in recent...
Items collected from Erie day care where 5 children died in fire
ERIE — Authorities have collected electrical cords and other items from the scorched scene of a Pennsylvania day care center fire that killed five children. The Erie Times-News reports that an electrical engineer, an Erie Bureau of Fire inspector, Erie police detectives and agents from the Federal Bureau of Alcohol,...
Green energy firm founder gets 22 years in fraud cases
PHILADELPHIA — The founder of a green energy company who authorities say ran a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of millions of dollars has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison. Troy Wragg, 37, was sentenced last week in federal court to 22 years in prison and...
High-stakes gamble: Iranian envoy gets surprise G-7 invite
BIARRITZ, France — A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit Sunday to the G-7 summit and headed straight toward the heart of the city where leaders of the world’s major democracies have been debating how to handle the country’s nuclear ambitions. France’s surprise invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad...
G7 leaders vow to help Brazil fight fires, repair damage
RIO DE JANEIRO — Leaders of the Group of Seven nations said Sunday they are preparing to help Brazil battle fires burning across the Amazon region and repair the damage even as tens of thousands of soldiers got ready to join the fight against blazes that have caused global alarm....
