TORONTO – A Canadian police official says that a British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London has been diverted to Montreal after a bomb threat. The official confirmed the threat aboard the Wednesday flight to the Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not …

LONDON – Britain’s Treasury chief has authorized the sale of its stake in taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland — the first step in recovering money from Britain’s costliest-ever bank rescue. The Treasury department said in a statement Monday that UK Financial Investments, which manages the government’s stakes in banks bailed …

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll on race relations and policing was conducted by NORC July 17-19. It is based on online and telephone interviews of 1,223 adults, including 311 black adults, who are members of NORC’s nationally representative AmeriSpeak panel. The original sample was drawn from …

SILVERTON, Colo. – A million-gallon mine waste spill that sent a plume of orange-ish muck down a river in southwest Colorado on Thursday was caused by a federal mine cleanup crew. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that a cleanup team was working with heavy equipment Wednesday to secure an …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official news agency is reporting that the Islamic Republic’s military chief has backed a landmark nuclear deal with world powers despite having concerns over it. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi, a close ally of Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke of 16 advantages of the deal, a …

HICKORY, N.C. – Police in western North Carolina have identified a man accused of swinging an ax at a woman while wearing a clown costume. Multiple media outlets report that the woman has obtained an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Jimmy Raybon of Connelly Springs on a charge of assault with …

Editor’s note: Journalist, Ricochet.com columnist Claire Berlinski witnessed the immediate aftermath of Wednesday’s terror attacks in Paris. A full recap of her experience, “First-Hand Account From The Terrorist Attack on Charlie-Hebdo” can be read here on Ricochet.com. The following is excerpted from her column and used with permission. That I’m …

RICHMOND, Va. – Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has asked a federal appeals court to allow him to remain free while he appeals his public corruption convictions to the U.S. Supreme Court. McDonnell filed the motion Thursday with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A three-judge panel of the …

BALTIMORE – Authorities say three llamas that were on the loose in Baltimore County have been returned home. Local media outlets report that police spokesman Cpl. John Wachter says county police were called Friday morning to recapture the animals, which had wandered off from their home. Wachter says the llamas …

SHANGHAI – Foreign companies are suspending operations around the Tianjin port as officials scramble to contain the toxic fallout of last week’s deadly chemical explosions. Toyota says it has suspended three production lines, which account for over half its China capacity, through Wednesday. Panasonic kept its Tianjin office closed Monday …