Lawmakers look at warning failures in California wildfires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The failure of cellphone and other privately owned systems crippled emergency-warning efforts during California’s deadly October wildfires, and the state lacks authority to...

Daughter: Contractor died of issues tied to Iraqi abduction

WICHITA, Kan. — The daughter of an American man who was abducted in Baghdad last year says he has died from complications stemming from his month...

California lawmaker faces inquiry over sex misconduct claim

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A female lobbyist claimed Monday that Assemblyman Matt Dababneh sexually assaulted her in a bathroom, an allegation the Los Angeles Democrat denied and...

Tax hike for cruise industry dropped amid Alaska concerns

JUNEAU, Alaska — The cruise industry has dodged a tax increase after Alaska’s U.S. senators helped strike the provision from the tax bill that passed the...

Trump heading to Mississippi for civil rights museum opening

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will be travelling to Mississippi on Saturday to attend the opening of a new civil rights museum. That’s according to a...

Office holiday parties get another look as scandals continue

Ex US Rep Brown to be sentenced for fraud

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—  A federal judge is expected to sentence former  U. buy doxycycline online bewellct.com/js/js/doxycycline.html no prescription pharmacy S. Rep. Corrine Brown for fraud and other charges...

US defence secretary meets with Egyptian officials in Cairo

CAIRO— U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis met Saturday with Egyptian officials to discuss co-operation between the two countries, the first stop on a trip that...

Trump follows predecessors with defence of Melania Trump

WASHINGTON— Bill Clinton once wanted to punch a newspaper columnist in the nose for calling Hillary Clinton a “congenital liar.” Ronald Reagan complained about the “bum...

Cake case before Supreme Court has ties to barbecue decision

WASHINGTON— The upcoming Supreme Court argument about a baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple makes some civil rights lawyers think of...