Feds accuse terror suspect of shopping beauty stores for bomb supplies in NYC plotNEW YORK — An Afghan immigrant trained in explosives by al-Qaida traveled from the terrorist camps of Pakistan to the beauty shops of suburban Denver for chemical ingredients to make bombs, authorities charged in papers describing one of the most significant post-Sept. 11 terror threats to the United States. Ukraine: Jewish groups protest Kiev plans for hotel at Babi Yar, site of Holocaust massacreKIEV, Ukraine — Jewish groups condemned Thursday a plan by authorities in the Ukrainian capital to build a hotel on what a leading scholar said was a killing field in the Babi Yar massacre, a horrific chapter of the Holocaust. Police say Wash. bikini baristas sold more than coffee, arrest 5 under prostitution lawEVERETT, Wash. — Five Washington state baristas charged customers to touch their breasts and buttocks at an espresso stand where servers wear bikinis to draw business, police said. Copenhagen braces for arrival of world leaders, royalty for 2016 Olympic decisionCOPENHAGEN — For a city that has never held an Olympics, Copenhagen will become an Olympic capital of sorts next week when it hosts an international meeting to decide the site for the 2016 Summer Games. In LA, land of bursting water pipes, it doesn’t need to rain these days to flood the streetsLOS ANGELES — Not a drop of rain has fallen on Los Angeles in nearly four months, and the main river that runs through the city looks more like a rain-starved trickle these days. From Russia with cash: Billionaire Prokhorov to buy New Jersey Nets, move team to BrooklynEAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The NBA has truly gone global. Did Trump know he was dealing with Gadhafi on property rental? Should he be fired?BEDFORD, N.Y. — Did The Donald and the dictator made a backdoor deal? If so, the plan to pitch a tent in this suburb for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi went south pretty fast. Maybe someone should be fired. Former White House aide again drops out of the race for mayor of Md.’s capital cityANNAPOLIS, Md. — A former White House aide has dropped out of the race to be mayor of Maryland’s capital city — again — and apparently it’s for keeps this time. Official says Gadhafi is heading to tent pitched at Donald Trump’s estate in suburban NYCBEDFORD, N.Y. — An official says the Secret Service has told him that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (MOO’-ah-mahr gah-DAH’-fee) is coming to Donald Trump’s estate in an upscale New York suburb. Rising amid squalor, Senegal monument stirs criticism of wasteful spendingDAKAR, Senegal — Towering on a hilltop overlooking the Atlantic, the 160-foot-high bronze statue depicting a family rising triumphantly from a volcano is supposed to symbolize Africa’s renaissance. Roadside bombs and other attacks kill 11 in Iraq’s capital, volatile northern city of MosulBAGHDAD — A bomb exploded Wednesday outside a home in southwestern Baghdad, killing a woman and her two children, as other bombings killed at least seven Iraqi security personnel and a local politician in the capital and a volatile northern area. Swirl of revelations has Dem candidate for mayor of Md. capital out of race, then back inANNAPOLIS, Md. — After narrowly winning her Democratic primary, former White House aide Zina Pierre seemed to have a good shot at becoming the first black mayor of Maryland’s capital city. Police: Teacher stabbed to death at high school in Texas; 1 juvenile taken into custodyTYLER, Texas — A special-education teacher who had a passion for music was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning in a Texas high school classroom, and police took a 16-year-old student into custody. College Football Hall of Fame moving to Atlanta from South Bend, Ind., mayor saysSOUTH BEND, Ind. — The mayor of South Bend, Ind., says the College Football Hall of Fame is moving from his city to Atlanta. NY town eyes ‘criminal’ action over Libyan tent; Trump group says Gadhafi won’t go thereWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A suburban New York town is threatening criminal action if work continues at Donald Trump’s estate, where the Libyan government pitched a tent that could be used by Moammar Gadhafi, the town’s attorney said Wednesday. St Petersburg OKs plan by Russian gas giant to build skyscraper despite objectionsST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Preservationists and opposition politicians on Wednesday decried St. Petersburg’s decision to allow Gazprom, the state natural gas giant, to build a hulking skyscraper, saying it will ruin the city’s czarist-era aura. Southern California city approves settlement over proposal for NFL stadium in neighboring townWALNUT, Calif. — The city of Walnut has approved a legal settlement in exchange for dropping objections to a proposed NFL stadium development in a neighboring Southern California city. LA police stage huge raid on notorious street gang suspected of killing deputy, other crimesLOS ANGELES — More than a thousand law enforcement officers descended Tuesday on the homes of key members of a notorious street gang suspected of killing a sheriff’s deputy and murdering rivals while defying authorities for decades. Bank of America to hand over more documents in probe over Merrill deal, panel chair saysWASHINGTON — Bank of America Corp. will hand over more documents to a congressional committee probing its hastily arranged acquisition of troubled brokerage house Merrill Lynch. AP Source: Libyans pitch entertainment tent in suburban New York, apparently on Trump’s estateWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The Libyan government has pitched a tent in suburban New York that leader Moammar Gadhafi may use for entertaining, according to a State Department official. Mexico raid on drug suspects turns up cash-stuffed envelopes addressed to police, pressMONTERREY, Mexico — Soldiers raiding a drug gang safehouse in northern Mexico found money-stuffed envelopes earmarked for various police forces and one marked for “press,” authorities said Tuesday. Banning the birds: New LA law limits roosters to 1 per propertyLOS ANGELES — The chickens have come home to roost for Los Angeles city dwellers who keep roosters. Prosecutors: Source of nearly $10K cash deposited in Baltimore mayor’s accounts is a mysteryBALTIMORE — Investigators looking into Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon’s finances can’t determine the source of nearly $10,000 in cash that was deposited into her bank accounts in 2004, according to court documents. Group of 20 summit organizers show off Pittsburgh security nerve center, say they’re readyPITTSBURGH — Security officials say they’ve thought of everything possible to keep the land, water and air around the Group of 20 economic summit safe. Afghan officials hide, or quit, because of increasing Taliban assassination attacksKABUL — During his two years as a provincial governor in Afghanistan, Arsalah Jamal survived four suicide attacks. Spanish mayor ousted after spat that pitted powerful official against her own motherMADRID — The mayor of a Spanish resort town was ousted Tuesday in the culmination of a battle that pitted one of the country’s most powerful politicians against her own mother on a question of discipline. Honduran security forces break up pro-Zelaya demonstrations at embassy sheltering himTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Baton-wielding soldiers used tear gas and water cannons to chase away thousands who demonstrated outside the Brazilian Embassy on Tuesday, leaving deposed President Manuel Zelaya and 70 friends and relatives trapped inside without water, electricity or phones. Daring return of ousted president reignites Honduran crisis, throwing nation into turmoilTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The daring return of deposed President Manuel Zelaya creates a sharp challenge to interim leaders who overthrew him — and for the upcoming election they had hoped would resolve the crisis begun with their coup. SEC going to trial against BofA on Merrill bonuses; bank also exits $118B loss guarantee dealWASHINGTON — Bank of America Corp. now faces a trial with the Securities and Exchange Commission over billions in bonuses paid at Merrill Lynch, after a judge threw out the bank’s $33 million settlement and rebuked the agency for not pursuing charges against executives. SC mayor defends her order banning police from chasing suspects on foot after officers is hurtCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The mayor of a small South Carolina town says she banned her police officers from chasing suspects on foot after an officer was hurt running after a man. |
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