Iceland’s Northern Lights: Beautiful sight, risky drives
AKUREYRI, Iceland — Police in Iceland have a warning for visitors: Beware of our roads in the winter.
Seeking the mystery of vortexes in Sedona, Ariz.
SEDONA, Ariz. — I suppose I shouldn’t have taken the parking attendant’s advice so literally.
Lamb stolen from Big Island animal shelter
KAILUA-KONA — A lamb named Loa was stolen from a Big Island animal shelter and another sheep injured in the theft had to be euthanized, officials said.
Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to hold 2nd summit
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump will have a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to try to broker a deal to coax the North to give up its nuclear weapons, it was announced by the White House on Friday.
State briefs for January 19
A brief look at news from throughout the state.
Could Dems’ 2020 nominee be someone you’ve never heard of?
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — At 36, Pete Buttigieg is just over the minimum age required to be president of the United States. Outside South Bend, Indiana, the Rust Belt community where he’s been mayor since age 29, few people know his name. Those who know it struggle to pronounce it. (It’s BOO’-tah-juhj.)
Nation and World briefs for January 19
A brief look at news from around the globe.
Trump plans to make ‘major announcement’ on shutdown, border
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he will make a “major announcement” about the government shutdown and the southern border this afternoon as the standstill over his border wall continues into its fifth week. Democrats are now proposing hundreds of millions of dollars for new immigration judges and improvements to ports of entry from Mexico, but nothing for the wall, a House aide said, as the party begins fleshing out its vision of improving border security.
Mueller disputes accuracy of BuzzFeed report on Trump, Cohen
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office on Friday issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of BuzzFeed News’ report that said President Donald Trump’s former attorney told Mueller that the president directed him to lie to Congress.
Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner
ISLAMABAD — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner, nearly three months after her release from death row, awaiting a final ruling on her fate.