Month: March 2019

Delaware psychiatrist convicted of child sex loses license

DOVER, Del.  — A Delaware psychiatrist has lost his medical license after being accused of having sex with his patients, keeping unlicensed guns in his office and repeatedly prescribing drugs in a careless manner in the years since he sexually abused two girls. The News Journal of Wilmington reports the […]

Nevada cites US warnings in bid to block plutonium shipments

RENO, Nev.  — Nevada’s latest bid to block incoming shipments of weapons-grade plutonium points to the U.S. Energy Department’s own scientific warnings about the dangers of prematurely moving the highly radioactive material out of South Carolina. State lawyers say in briefs filed this week with the 9th U.S. […]

Broken bones from falls on the rise among older dog walkers

Broken bones from falls while dog walking are on the rise among older U.S. adults and hip fractures are among the most common injuries. That’s according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. University of Pennsylvania researchers examined government data on emergency room visits for dog walking injuries in […]

Report: Government kept tabs on journalists, ‘instigators’

ATLANTA — Amid tears, gasps and handshakes, a Georgia House committee approved legislation Wednesday to outlaw abortion after a fetus’ heartbeat can be detected, which is before many women know they are pregnant. Women in Georgia can currently seek an abortion up to 20 weeks of a pregnancy. […]

Report: Government kept tabs on journalists, ‘instigators’

SAN DIEGO  — The U.S. government ran an operation to screen journalists, activists and others while investigating last year’s migrant caravan from Mexico, a San Diego TV station reported Wednesday, citing leaked documents. Dossiers that included photos from their passports or social media accounts, date of birth and […]

A hot US job market is coaxing people in from the sidelines

WASHINGTON  — A surprisingly strong burst of job growth over the past year has led many economists to wonder: Where are all the workers coming from? As recently as last spring, analysts had worried that hiring would slow as the pool of unemployed shrank. Many employers have complained […]

N. Korea airs documentary glorifying Kim’s summit with Trump

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong Un’s recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald Trump. The footage’s release Wednesday night came amid reports that North Korea is restoring some facilities at its […]

Sanders’ past New Hampshire backers wary to commit again

MANCHESTER, N.H. — New Hampshire has been good to Bernie Sanders, delivering him a 22-point victory in 2016 that was one of his biggest blowouts that year. But as he launches his second campaign for the presidency, there are early signs that he doesn’t have a lock on […]

Georgia’s Stacey Abrams looks for a winning strategy in loss

ATLANTA  — Stacey Abrams is a woman in demand. Months removed from her surprisingly narrow defeat in the Georgia governor’s race, Abrams is being heavily recruited to run for Senate, weighing another campaign for governor and even hearing overtures from prominent activists who want her to run for […]

Asian shares mostly lower as US-China trade optimism fades

TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday as optimism about progress in trade talks between the U.S. and China started wearing off. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.8 percent in afternoon trading to 21,432.3. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.3 percent to 6,263.90. South Korea’s Kospi dropped […]

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