By MICHAEL MELIA Daylight was slipping away and the cold was deepening on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington as 28-year-old Monoswita Saha drifted in and out of consciousness. Her four fellow… Read more »
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Indiana Gov. Pence scraps plan for state-run news website
(INDIANAPOLIS, AP) — Indiana won’t continue developing a state-run news website, Gov. Mike Pence announced Thursday after days of criticism over his plans to offer prewritten stories to the media…. Read more »
Fugitive treasure hunter says in court he is very sick
By MATT SEDENSKY (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., AP) — A treasure hunter who vanished two years ago while he was in a dispute over one of the greatest deep-sea hauls… Read more »
After killings by police, a debate over grand jury secrecy
By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — For centuries, grand juries have held some of the criminal justice system’s best-kept secrets. But their private process has come under extraordinary public… Read more »
Fugitive treasure hunter nabbed in Florida after 2-year hunt
By AMANDA LEE MYERS A fugitive treasure hunter embroiled in a legal fight over what’s been described as the greatest lost treasure in American history has been arrested in Florida… Read more »
Obama floats offering first-ever drilling lease in Atlantic
By DINA CAPPIELLO (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Obama administration floated a plan Tuesday that for the first time would open up a broad swath of the Atlantic Coast to drilling,… Read more »
Obama to seek wilderness designation for Alaska refuge
By JIM KUHNHENN (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama is boosting protection of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and will ask Congress to designate more than 12 million acres as… Read more »
Residents: Police shortage is a security risk for Mardi Gras
By CAIN BURDEAU (NEW ORLEANS, AP) — Throughout the quieter parts of the French Quarter, residents and businesses have posted signs that read “Caution: Walk in Large Groups. We (heart)… Read more »
11 rescued from sinking tow vessel off Hawaiian island
(HONOLULU, AP) — Officials say 11 people are safe after being rescued from their sinking tow boat off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The Coast Guard says it received an… Read more »
Campaign finance protest, hidden camera disrupt high court
By MARK SHERMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — For the second time in 11 months, opponents of Supreme Court rulings lifting limits on money in political campaigns briefly disrupted proceedings in the… Read more »