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Ryan's departure sparks unrest, GOP fears losing House
WASHINGTON - When House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his retirement decision, he did so on his own terms. The political fallout may not be so easy to control. Ryan’s relinquishing of one of the m...
Apr 13, 2018
ECHO Lacombe announces Small Business Emergency Fund
LACOMBE- The ECHO Lacombe Association has established a new fund to support small businesses that face hardship due to acts of vandalism. The fund will assist those who immediately need to address act...
Apr 13, 2018
AP FACT CHECK: Trump claims a steady hand with Mueller
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has credited himself with a steady hand in dealing with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, despite publicly toying with the idea of firing Muelle...
Apr 13, 2018
Ex-Trump aide on leave after questioning Pruitt's spending
WASHINGTON - A high-ranking political staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency has told lawmakers he faced retaliation after pushing back against outsized spending demands from Administrator Sco...
Apr 13, 2018
Acquittal of Greitens wouldn't guarantee political survival
ST. LOUIS - Embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says his upcoming criminal trial will prove his innocence of an invasion of privacy charge stemming from an extramarital affair and allow him to move ...
Apr 13, 2018
Rubio fills void at Americas summit left by absent Trump
LIMA, Peru - When presidents gather this week in Peru at the Summit of the Americas, they may be tempted to walk past Vice-President Mike Pence and make a beeline for another person who has President ...
Apr 13, 2018
AP Exclusive: 8 victims seek damages from Legion of Christ
VATICAN CITY - Eight victims of the Catholic Church’s most notorious pedophile are pressing the Legion of Christ religious order to compensate them for the sexual abuse they endured and the psyc...
Apr 13, 2018
Gun rights supporters: Bring your unloaded rifle to rallies
Organizers are encouraging gun rights supporters to bring unloaded rifles to rallies at state capitols across the U.S. this weekend, pushing back against a wave of student-led gun violence protests th...
Apr 13, 2018
Key moments in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
A timeline of events related to the Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people and injured 260 others on April 15, 2013: March 2011: The Russian FSB intelligence security service gives the FBI...
Apr 13, 2018
5 years later, Boston Marathon survivors, responders move on
BOSTON - One was an attacker. One was a volunteer first responder. One lost her leg. Another lost his little boy. And a police officer very nearly lost his own life. Half a decade ago, these five live...
Apr 13, 2018