PATRICK WHITTLE
Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — From the surface, these 22 square miles of water are unexceptional.
But dip beneath the surface — go down 60 or 70 feet — and you'll find a spectacular seascape. Sponges, barnacles and tube worms cover rocky ledges on the ocean floor, forming a "live bottom."
Gray's Reef is little more than a drop...
YURAS KARMANAU
Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rode into office this year on a pledge to tackle the corruption that was rife under his two most recent predecessors. Analysts and activists have given him strong marks so far, which is why the recent descriptions in Washington of Ukraine as a graft-ridden country are especially stinging...
Lawyer: McGahn ruling doesn't extend to Bolton, deputy
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Bolton's attorney suggested Tuesday that a court order directing former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress has no bearing on whether his client and another ex-national security official he represents will testify.
The statement from attorney Charles Cooper aimed to blunt public speculation that the judge's...
MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO
Associated Press
READING, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws Tuesday, more than a year after a grand jury report showed the cover-up of hundreds of cases of abuse in most of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses over the last seven decades.
The central bill signed by Gov. Tom Wolf gives future victims of...
SAN JACINTO – The Air Force JROTC at San Jacinto Unified School District’s San Jacinto High School earned an overall unit assessment score of “Exceeds Standards,” the highest rating attainable during their evaluation Oct. 28, by the headquarters under the U.S. Air Force.“The cadets were very impressive and displayed exemplary pride in their unit,” Col. Bobby C. Woods Jr.,...
DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ
Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — It's one of America's leading sources for news about the government, yet also among the least trusted. Social media, a new poll finds, is America's political news paradox.
Julie Ferguson, an occupational therapist in central Washington state, remembers getting TV news from just a handful of networks. "I grew...
Parents speaking out against what they said is bullying in Temecula schools and inaction on the part of the Temecula Valley Unified School District met for a second time Wednesday, Nov. 20, at The Empowerment Center in Temecula to follow up on their concerns and recommendations that they plan to bring to district leaders.David and Alicia Vialpando, the organizers...
ROBERT BURNS
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy SEAL accused of battlefield misconduct, an intervention that raised questions about America's commitment to international standards for battlefield ethics.
Esper's comments on Monday were the latest twist in the case of Chief Petty...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — Melania Trump on Tuesday urged students at a youth summit to avoid misusing drugs, saying that would make it harder for them to achieve.
But her brief remarks at the event in Baltimore were met with cheers and boos from an audience of middle and high school students that remained noisy throughout her entire...
LLAZAR SEMINI and VISAR KRYEZIU
Associated Press
DURRES, Albania (AP) — Rescue crews with excavators searched for survivors trapped in toppled apartment buildings and hotels Tuesday as the death toll from a powerful pre-dawn earthquake in Albania climbed to 20, with more than 600 people injured.
The magnitude-6.4 quake was felt across the southern Balkans and was followed by multiple aftershocks,...