NATION IN BRIEF

· MIAMI -- Hurricane Florence's remnants brought high winds and heavy rain to the Canadian coast, while a strengthened Hurricane Gordon -- which became a Category 2 storm with winds near 110 mph -- and a tropical depression in the open Atlantic were not threatening land, forecasters said.

· NEW YORK -- Inching toward a break with the church over homosexuality, conservative Episcopal bishops were unable to win approval for their request to stay in the denomination without answering to its national leader, who supports same-sex relationships. The proposal was the subject of a private meeting of 11 Episcopal bishops, organized at the request of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Williams is trying to keep the Episcopal Church and the world Anglican Communion unified despite deep rifts over how to interpret Bible verses on gay sex.

· LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Lexington airport is delaying plans to build a new taxiway pending a federal investigation into last month's jet crash and a lawsuit by the family of one of the 49 people killed, airport director Michael Gobb said. Blue Grass Airport had planned to begin taxiway construction shortly after the Aug. 27 crash by Comair Flight 5191, but Gobb said officials put the plans on hold this week so as not to alter the crash scene.

· DETROIT -- Teachers voted to end their more than two-week strike, paving the way for Detroit's 130,000 students to return to their classrooms on Thursday.

· NEW YORK -- Muhamed Sacirbey, a former Bosnian ambassador to the United Nations, can be extradited to his homeland to face allegations that he stole more than $2.4 million from the Bosnian government, U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones said. Sacirbey plans to appeal.

-- From News Services