PERUGIA, Italy – Amanda Knox’s lawyer argued Tuesday there wasn’t sufficient evidence to convict the U.S. exchange student in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, saying Knox had been swept up by a “tsunami” of events that led to her arrest. In his closing arguments in the year-old trial, …
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SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is sending Energy Secretary Steven Chu a letter asking him to halt the shipment of nearly 15,000 drums of low-level radioactive waste from South Carolina for disposal in Utah. Herbert says the Department of Energy is circumventing state regulators’ efforts to ensure …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico City lawmakers have become the first in Latin America to legalize gay marriage. City legislators passed the bill 39-20 on Monday with five lawmakers absent. Gay marriage is currently allowed in only seven countries and some parts of the United States. Leftist Mexico City Mayor Marcelo …
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WASHINGTON – Officials at Reagan National Airport have reopened a terminal that was closed after a broken pipe caused flooding. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said the flooding Saturday was ankle deep in the terminal C baggage claim area. Spokeswoman Tara Hamilton says terminal C was open …
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WASHINGTON – All D.C. high school students will now have the option of getting tested for sexually transmitted diseases. The school system plans to expand a pilot program that began last year and found large numbers of infected students. The program was in place at eight high schools and found …
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The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid certain vials of insulin made by Novo Nordisk that were stolen earlier this year and may not be safe for use. The agency said Wednesday that the vials may not have been stored properly and could be dangerous to consumers. …
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SOCHI, Russia – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that finding the killers of two rights activists slain this week in Chechnya was the most important task at hand for all law enforcement agencies. Medvedev said the killings of Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband, Alik Dzhabrailov, were meant to destabilize …
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Data from tests on adults show it is safe to start trying out the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine in children, U.S. officials said. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said it would soon start two trials of Sanofi-Aventis’ vaccine in children aged 6 months to 17 years …
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BEEBE, Ark. – A media specialist in the Beebe School District has resigned after being charged with having sex with a student. White County prosecutors charged 36-year-old Rebecca Sue Harvey with first-degree sexual assault last Wednesday. Beebe Superintendent Belinda Shook says Harvey worked with third- and fourth-graders and would not …
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LEWISTON, Maine – A roaring fire has swept through a historic textile mill overlooking a waterfall in Maine. Police Lt. Mark Cornelio says the vacant Cowan Mill was engulfed soon after the fire was reported Wednesday afternoon, with flames licking through its roof. Police have closed streets around the 60,000-square-foot …
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