U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel accused China on Friday of using “economic coercion” against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Chinese boats continue to fish off Japan’s coasts. “Economic coercion …
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For the first time, artificial intelligence has been used to deliver a speech by Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to supporters. The stunning development could help his political party to win upcoming elections, analysts said Monday. The replicated voice of Pakistan’s most popular opposition figure was used to …
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An eastern Wisconsin man has been charged in a wrong-way collision that killed four siblings last weekend, authorities said. Scott Farmer, of Neenah, is charged with four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle in Saturday’s crash in Weyauwega, about 100 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Farmer, 47, …
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A South Carolina man was shot and killed Tuesday night after a state trooper tried to pull him over, authorities said. The man killed was identified as Brian Dustin Shumway, 36, according to the Pickens County Coroner’s Office. An autopsy has been scheduled to gather more information about how he …
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Solitary confinement conditions in a Pennsylvania state prison are unconstitutional, worsening and creating mental illness in those held there, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of five inmates who say they have spent long periods in “torturous conditions.” With limited mental health resources, some of the plaintiffs …
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Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerto Vallarta, where one person was killed by a falling tree and two others were injured. The hurricane knocked over trees and blew roofs off houses with winds as high as 140 mph before moving …
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Delaware’s government ethics agency has determined that the state agriculture secretary and one of his top deputies violated state law by entering into no-bid agreements with Department of Agriculture employees to care for farm animals seized by animal welfare officials. The Public Integrity Commission ruled Monday that Agriculture Secretary Michael …
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One man was killed and three others wounded in a shooting Tuesday night in Springfield, Massachusetts. Police were called to the scene just before 6:30 p.m. and found three men shot. Two were discovered inside a truck and a third was on the ground. BOSTON-AREA HIGHWAY CLOSED AFTER MULTI-CAR PILEUP …
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An explosion and subsequent fire leveled a home in a St. Paul, Minnesota, suburb early Thursday, killing at least one person, a fire official said. EXPLOSION AT OHIO APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT INJURED 3 WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY GAS EXPLOSION The explosion happened just after 6:15 a.m. in South St. Paul, …
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FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird’s chicks. Maine has the largest number of common loons in the eastern U.S., and the state …
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