| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — An attorney for a Connecticut woman disfigured by a friend's pet chimpanzee says he plans to appeal a decision denying her permission to sue the state for $150 million on her claim officials knew the chimp was dangerous but didn't do anything about it.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
DETROIT — Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant stance and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks that can rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
MONTREAL — For the second time in less than a year, a Montreal mayor has stepped down amid corruption scandals ripping through Canada's second-largest city.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
PARIS — The director of the Tour de France expects Bradley Wiggins to come roaring back in 2014 after not defending his crown in this year's race that starts in just over a week.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
DETROIT — A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl during a chaotic search for a murder suspect that was recorded by a reality TV crew.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
DETROIT — Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant posture and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks that can catch fire in a rear-end collision.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
BERLIN — President Barack Obama is opening a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
FORT HOOD, Texas — Nearly four years after the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage, the Army psychiatrist charged in the case will finally go on trial after a judge Tuesday refused his request for a three-month delay.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
FAIRPORT, Mich. — A wooden beam embedded at the bottom of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, underwater archaeologists announced Tuesday, a crucial finding as crews dig toward what they hope is the carcass of a French ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th Century.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have agreed to a contract extension with star center Logan Couture to keep him off the market next summer.
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
OGDEN, Utah — It was a quiet part of the Father's Day Mass as about 300 people stood up in preparation for communion. A parishioner, known by many at the church as Ricky Jennings, entered through the glass doors in back, holding his wife Cheryl's hand.
|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Barack Obama says the opening of a Taliban political office in Qatar is an important first step toward reconciliation between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government. But he says the process won't be quick or easy. He's predicting there will be bumps along the way.
|Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
MIAMI — Forecasters say a tropical depression is dumping heavy rains on Central America as it trudges toward southern Mexico.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
NEW YORK — Duke Energy Corp., the nation's largest electric utility, named Chief Financial Officer Lynn Good to replace Jim Rogers next month as CEO.
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
FAIRPORT, Mich. — Scientists say a wooden beam extending from the floor of northern Lake Michigan appears to have been there for centuries, an important finding as they try to determine whether it's part of the Griffin, the first European-style ship to sail on the upper Great Lakes.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other G-8 leaders attempted to speak with one voice Tuesday on seeking a negotiated Syrian peace settlement - yet couldn't publicly agree on whether this means President Bashar Assad must go.
| |Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON — The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday the government's sweeping surveillance programs have foiled some 50 terrorist plots worldwide, including one directed at the New York Stock Exchange, in a forceful defense of spy operations that was echoed by the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Mali, which lost half its territory last year to a rebel invasion, signed an accord Tuesday with Tuareg separatists who still control the country's northernmost province, paving the way for the Malian military to return to the areas that remain under rebel control.
| |Tuesday, Jun. 18, 2013
MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister says Iran is willing to halt its 20-percent enrichment of uranium, which has been a key concession sought in international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.