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Man dies before voting, wife returns to cast her ballot
MCCOMB, Miss. - A Mississippi man collapsed and died on the way to vote Tuesday with his wife who went back later to cast her ballot in what election officials called a testament to her sense of civic...
Nov 28, 2018
Police: Man shoots son after fight over kneeling NFL players
CARY, N.C. - Police in North Carolina say a man shot and wounded his son on Thanksgiving after a heated fight about NFL athletes kneeling during the national anthem. Cary police say 21-year-old Esteba...
Nov 28, 2018
Back-to-back crises boost California sheriff's profile
CHICO, Calif. - Those who had fled a deadly Northern California wildfire were looking for answers at an evacuation centre when Sheriff Kory Honea walked in. They jumped to their feet, clapped and chee...
Nov 28, 2018
LA joins other big cities in legalizing street vending
LOS ANGELES - It was his 63rd birthday but instead of staying home to celebrate Wednesday, Andres Garcia got in his truck and drove 25 miles to Los Angeles City Hall to see the little sidewalk vending...
Nov 28, 2018
Report faults safety failures, defects in Lion Air crash
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Pilots fought against an automated system that pitched a Boeing jetliner’s nose down repeatedly because of a faulty sensor until they finally lost control and plunged into t...
Nov 28, 2018
Venezuela's next generation of opposition plays a long game
CARACAS, Venezuela - Roberto Patino, a rising star in Venezuela’s unravelling opposition movement, pushes through a crowd of children clutching spoons and waiting to eat. The 30-year-old organiz...
Nov 28, 2018
French-born diplomat claims victory in Georgia vote
TBILISI, Georgia - A French-born former foreign minister of Georgia celebrated what she claims is her victory in a tight presidential runoff Wednesday that marks the last time Georgians elect their he...
Nov 28, 2018
Pelosi, nominated for speaker, must now get the votes
WASHINGTON - Nancy Pelosi isn’t speaker of the House just yet, but her path back to the gavel is now firmly in sight. Pelosi was overwhelmingly nominated to become House speaker in an internal D...
Nov 28, 2018
High court likely to say states can't levy excessive fines
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court left little doubt Wednesday that it would rule that the Constitution’s ban on excessive fines applies to the states, an outcome that could help an Indiana man reco...
Nov 28, 2018
Trump suggests he's looking into tariffs on car imports
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday that he’s looking into slapping tariffs on car imports, a day after he threatened to slash federal subsidies to General Motors for wanting to...
Nov 28, 2018