PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit man accused of using religion to gain the confidence of people with mortgage problems and steal hundreds of thousands of dollars has been sentenced to 30 to 99 years in prison. Fifty-three-year-old Anthony Carta learned his punishment on Thursday in Circuit Court in Pontiac. He earlier pleaded guilty to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded a framework nuclear understanding with Iran as a “historic” agreement and warned Congress Thursday against taking action that could upend work toward a final deal. “The issues at stake here are bigger than politics,” Obama said during remarks in the White House Rose Garden. “These are matters of […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has condemned the attack by Islamic militants on a Kenyan university as an act of “senseless brutality” and called for those responsible to change their violent ways. In a telegram of condolence Friday, Francis also urged Kenyan authorities to work to bring an end to such attacks and “hasten […]

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND — Hunters’ chances of bagging a Maine moose might be slimmer this year because the state is likely to cut the number of hunting permits to the lowest level in more than a decade. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is considering issuing 2,815 moose permits, the […]