BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Dolphin hit China's eastern coast on Sunday evening after forcing over 300,000 people to preemptively relocate and Shanghai's two airports to cancel more than 1,300 flights. The storm brought heavy rains to northern Taiwan the day before. In the Philippines, five ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On opening day at the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma's new Harrah's-branded casino, the tribe's chairman watched customers pack the gambling floor while a queue of cars spilled out of the parking lot. "We couldn't let them in because we were so full," Chairman Jacob Keyes said. "That's a direct impact from the Harrah's name." But a vacancy in Washington is preventing the tribe's partnership with the gambling giant from moving beyond branding. Plans for Harrah's parent company to take over day-to-day management of the casino in Chandler, Oklahoma, stalled after it opened ...
BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system. Water levels at the reservoir, which straddles the Arizona-Nevada border ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia sent airplanes and hundreds of firefighters on Sunday to fight a blaze in a popular national park, one of a growing number of wildfires the country is battling during an unusually dry season. The largest fire reported this week has burned about 176 ...
Lewistown woman charged for possession during alleged dispute LEWISTOWN — Lewistown Police Department officers were dispatched to an alleged domestic dispute on West Third Street in Lewistown at 12:13 p.m. on July 30 between Heather R. Wagner, 39, of Lewistown, and her boyfriend, according to a release issued on Thursday. The boyfriend claimed Wagner was using his information to open loans. No evidence was provided to support this allegation; however, the boyfriend showed officers containers and a scale that had cocaine residue. Wagner gave consent to search her apartment. Police ...
NEW YORK — "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" continued its blistering pace in theaters, collecting $144.5 million domestically over its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" set a new high for the director. The Sony-Marvel release has ...
