It’s a new frontier for psychiatric illness: Brain pacemakers that promise to act as antidepressants by changing how patients’ nerve circuitry fires. Scientists already know the power of these devices to block the tremors of Parkinson’s disease and related illnesses; more than 40,000 such patients worldwide have the implants. But …
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SEATTLE – Federal drug agents seized more than 36 pounds of cocaine and $203,000 in cash during overnight raids in Burien. Thursday’s raids ended a 10-month investigation into a Burien-based cocaine ring with ties to Mexico. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the King County Sheriff’s Office used wiretaps and surveillance …
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WASHINGTON – The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday subpoenaed President Bush’s former chief political adviser, Karl Rove, to testify about whether the White House improperly meddled with the Justice Department. Accusations of politics influencing decisions at the department led to the resignation last year of Bush’s attorney general, Alberto Gonzales. …
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NOVI, Mich. – A decision has not yet been made on possible disciplinary action against a Novi magistrate who suggested to an underage drinker that he commit suicide. Novi District Court Judge Brian MacKenzie said Wednesday his office still is looking into comments made April 10 by Judith Holtz. Holtz …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush’s Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill — for now — $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas. The unlikely coalition formed when Republicans expected to provide the winning margin for …
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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkish warplanes and artillery units have hit Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, following a rebel raid on a military outpost in Turkey, the military said Sunday. Targets in Saturday’s raids included an area just across the border where rebels had allegedly gathered after attacking the military …
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SANTA FE, N.M. – The leader of an apocalyptic sect in New Mexico who already faced sexual abuse charges was indicted Tuesday in a new court on suspicion of sex crimes against two young female followers. Wayne Bent, 67, who heads The Lord Our Righteousness Church, initially had been charged …
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PALM DESERT, Calif. – Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-loved episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, has died. He was 96. Pevney died May 18 at his home in Palm Desert, said his wife, Margo. Pevney directed 14 episodes of the 1960s series, including “The City …
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SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – A Long Island town’s board members who had drawn the line at hanging clothes to dry outside are cutting residents some slack: It’s OK for them to use clotheslines now. The Southampton Town board has lifted a ban on clotheslines that had stood since 2002, when some …
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BAGHDAD – Shiite extremists launched several rockets toward the heavily fortified Green Zone on Friday, taking advantage of a sudden sandstorm and low visibility that gave cover from attack by U.S. aircraft. Some of the rockets fell short. One rocket hit the roof of a building housing the British Broadcasting …
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