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Month: September 2023

Tropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast producing winds just below hurricane force

By SARAH BRUMFIELD and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia gained strength as it churned toward the North Carolina coast on Friday, promising a weekend of heavy rain and windy conditions throughout the mid-Atlantic. Forecasters issued a hurricane watch for parts of eastern North Carolina. The storm was expected to

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Judge blocks government plan to scale back Gulf oil lease sale to protect whale species

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s order requiring the Interior Department to expand next week’s scheduled sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases by millions of acres. The Thursday night ruling rejected a scaled-back plan announced last month by the Biden administration

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US ambassador to Japan calls Chinese ban on Japanese seafood ‘economic coercion’

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has accused China of using “economic coercion” against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Chinese boats continue to fish off Japan’s coasts.

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NYPD finds trap door and drugs hidden in floor at Bronx day care where 1-year-old died of suspected fentanyl overdose

CNN By Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Authorities discovered a trap floor containing drugs, including fentanyl, inside a Bronx day care center where a 1-year-old boy died of a suspected fentanyl overdose last week, the New York Police Department announced Thursday. The drugs were found Wednesday in the floor under a play area in the

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Assault, violence, sex trafficking part of allegations made against Harwinton youth group home

By Eliza Kruczynski and Cassidy Williams Click here for updates on this story     HARWINTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — Serious allegations were made against a youth group home in Harwinton. Department of Children and Families commissioner Vannessa Dorantes is expected to answer questions about the case on Friday afternoon. DCF said it is investigating alleged assault, violence,

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