Scottsdale, Ariz. — A Phoenix suburb ditched a plan to send recycled water from toilets and other sources directly to residents’ taps after political candidates made unproven claims that the water is contaminated “poop water.” The affluent city of Scottsdale mainly uses purified water from the city’s liquid waste to recharge aquifers that can be…
Washington — President Trump’s move to ban CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House has highlighted the role of the press pool, a rotating group of reporters tasked with documenting and distributing information about what the president does and says each day. Mr. Trump announced Friday that he would be cutting off the…
Hurricane Polo rapidly intensified off the coast of southwestern Mexico on Tuesday, growing into a powerful Category 5 storm that could bring life-threatening flooding to parts of the states of Guerrero and Michoacán, the National Hurricane Center said. Polo reached Category 5 strength Tuesday morning after its maximum sustained winds had risen from 150 mph…
A black bear was euthanized at Grand Teton National Park last week, in a move that park officials blamed on the “poor decisions” of human visitors. “We need to be clear—this bear was lethally removed because of poor decisions made by park visitors,” the park said. “It is everyone’s responsibility to help keep bears wild: Never…
Victims still missing after deadly Swiss ski resort fire – CBS News Watch CBS News Investigators are still trying to find victims of the deadly fire at a Swiss ski resort that killed 40 people and left more than 100 others injured on New Year’s Eve. Source link
A 17th-century Italian painting looted by Nazis from a prominent Jewish Dutch art collector must be returned to the rightful owner’s heir, a judge in Argentina ruled on Friday. Judge Santiago Inchausti approved a deal in which the daughter of a fugitive Nazi official agreed to give up her claim to the painting rather than…
Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial told Plymouth Superior Judge William Sullivan they were still deadlocked Wednesday, prompting him to read Tuey-Rodriguez instructions, a last resort pushing the jurors to reach a verdict. Caroline Polisi has more. Source link
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial left for the day without a verdict after telling Plymouth Superior Judge William Sullivan that it remains deadlocked after more than 28 hours of deliberations. Deliberations are set to resume Thursday morning. It was the second time they have told the judge they cannot reach a verdict, leading Sullivan to…
The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is deadlocked, they told a judge after entering their fourth day of deliberations Tuesday in Massachusetts. They met for less than an hour to start the morning and then had a question for Plymouth Superior Court Judge William Sullivan just after 10 a.m. “After many hours of deliberation, we…
Hanoi, Vietnam — Vietnam has charged a man with rape after an American student said she was assaulted while in her bed during a group holiday. Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam, 24, said she was raped on July 5 and pressured by the man’s family to accept money and not go to police. She said the…
