The euro powered above $0.98 for the first time in more than two years on Monday as doubts over the appeal of U.S. assets and the strength of the U.S. recovery accelerated the dollar’s losses across the board. Even a bout of dollar-buying for yen by the Bank of Japan …
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BOSTON – A federal judge on Monday eased communications restrictions placed on a man accused of trying to blow up a plane with explosives hidden in his shoes. Over the objections of prosecutors, U.S. District Judge William Young ruled that Richard Reid’s attorneys could share their conversations with Reid with …
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Sometimes it’s hard to tell what you’re up against. President Bush says he wants to off Usama bin Laden by the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That’s good. He should, and I hope he succeeds. But the terror won’t stop there. The radicalized Islamic world is breeding …
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WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist is moving a little slower Friday after taking a spill at his home andhurting his knee. Rehnquist suffered a minor injury known as a “knee effusion,” meaning he is experiencing some swelling underneath the kneecap along with some fluid buildup, a source …
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LONDON – Police arrested five people Saturday for allegedly plotting to kidnap Spice Girl Victoria Beckham by ambushing her outside her house with a chemical knockout spray, Scotland Yard and a British newspaper said. Police said officers had arrested four men and one woman they believed were part of the …
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Losses from the weekend’s heavy thunderstorms and tornadoes: ALABAMA: At least 12 dead, 50 injured. Damage heaviest in Walker County in the northern part of the state, where 10 died. GEORGIA: Heavy damage in Pickens County north of Atlanta; at least seven injured. ILLINOIS: Two possible tornadoes touch down in …
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UNITED NATIONS – A divided Security Council extended the U.N. humanitarian program in Iraq for just nine days on Monday, after an agreement for a six-month renewal fell apart over a U.S. demand to tighten the list of goods to ensure they can’t be used for the military. Working against …
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KUWAIT CITY – Authorities were interrogating a Kuwaiti man on Sunday who confessed to being a senior Al Qaeda member, having links to the bombing of the USS Cole two years ago, and plotting to blow up a Yemeni hotel frequented by Americans. A Kuwaiti Interior Ministry official identified the …
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BEIJING – Hu Jintao, China’s new Communist Party general secretary, is known for being smart, cautious — and able to keep his personality and views on politics a mystery to outsiders. Recommended by former supreme leader Deng Xiaoping as heir to President Jiang Zemin, Hu spent the intervening decade building …
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WASHINGTON – Commercial airline pilots could start carrying guns into the cockpits as early as this spring as protection against terror attacks. But fewer than half are expected to do so. The homeland security bill that President Bush signed Monday includes a provision allowing pilots on passenger planes to carry …
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