MONHEGAN ISLAND (AP) — A small group called Project Monhegan hopes to derail testing of two full-scale floating wind turbines 2? miles off the island. The group says the Aqua Ventus pilot project would do “irreparable harm” to the island community that’s 10 miles offshore, and it’s asking the University of Maineled consortium that’s developing […]

CUSHING, Okla. A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows in a central Oklahoma city, rendering century-old buildings unsafe and raising concerns about key infrastructure. Cushing Assistant City Manager Jeremy Frazier told a news conference late Sunday that a few minor injuries were […]

WASHINGTON FBI Director James Comey told Congress in a letter sent Sunday that a review of newly discovered Hillary Clinton emails has “not changed our conclusions” from earlier this year that she should not face charges. Sent just two days before Election Day, the letter appeared to resolve any lingering ambiguity over the prospect that […]

WASHINGTON The FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation has created more turmoil for the bureau than any other matter in recent history, exposing internal tensions with the Justice Department and stirring concerns the famously apolitical organization unnecessarily injected itself into the campaign. The FBI for decades has prided itself on being both independent […]

WASHINGTON Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee have paid at least $1.8 million to a political operative whose roster of companies include several that have been repeatedly investigated for voter registration fraud, even as Trump has complained that the election is rigged against him. Three employees of Strategic Allied Consulting, a firm owned […]

BOSTON F or more than 40 years, paraplegic hunters have gathered in the predawn darkness around Massachusetts for an opportunity that might otherwise be difficult, if not impossible. The specialized deer hunt brings together sportsmen and women, volunteers and workers from the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, for three days every fall. John Pelletier […]

WOODRUFF, S.C. A South Carolina man’s confession to a decade-long crime spree has cracked open a cold case that had haunted the victims’ relatives and has prompted law enforcement investigators to expand their search for human remains beyond the property where they discovered a woman chained inside a storage container. Todd Kohlhepp became a suspect […]

NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions into a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul. The offensive to reclaim the town of Bashiqa is part of the broader push to drive IS out of Mosul, […]

BEIRUT Backed by U.S. airstrikes, Kurdish-led Syrian fighters clashed on Monday with Islamic State militants north of the city of Raqqa in Syria as they pushed ahead in their offensive aiming to liberate the city that has been the de facto capital of the extremist group since 2014. Members of a coalition of Kurdish and […]