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AP Explains: Why US militarization of border isn't new
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - President Donald Trump’s promise to use the National Guard to secure the U.S.-Mexico border isn’t a new concept and is something the U.S. has done in the past for varyi...
Apr 6, 2018
Trump faceoff with China exposes GOP weakness in rural US
SPOKANE, Wash. - Gary Bailey is certain China is trying to rattle Donald Trump voters with its threat to slap tariffs on soybeans and other agriculture staples grown in rural America. The wheat farmer...
Apr 6, 2018
McGregor's UFC future in doubt in wake of felony charges
NEW YORK - Cocksure and uncouth, Conor McGregor was never afraid to defy authority. He dressed in fur coats and swung chairs at news conferences, reaped the riches of his dalliance with boxing, and de...
Apr 6, 2018
Trump: 2,000-4,000 troops needed for Mexico border security
PHOENIX - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to send between 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border to help federal officials fight illegal immigration and dr...
Apr 6, 2018
Hospital says ex-spy improves, no longer on 'critical' list
LONDON - The former Russian spy who was left fighting for his life after exposure to a rare nerve agent is no longer in critical condition, a British health official said Friday, a month after the mys...
Apr 6, 2018
CDC worker's disappearance partially solved after body found
ATLANTA - Authorities have partially solved the mysterious disappearance of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee with the discovery of his body. But they may never know how he drowned...
Apr 6, 2018
Scientists harvest 1st vegetables in Antarctic greenhouse
BERLIN - Scientists in Antarctica have harvested their first crop of vegetables grown without earth, daylight or pesticides as part of a project designed to help astronauts cultivate fresh food on oth...
Apr 6, 2018
Commonwealth Games bring back good memories for decathlon's Damian Warner
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canadian decathlon star Damian Warner has fond memories of the Commonwealth Games, overcoming injury four years ago to win gold in Glasgow. “That was, I think, the second...
Apr 6, 2018
'Tired of being told no,' Trump freezes out chief of staff
WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump made a congratulatory phone call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, White House chief of staff John Kelly wasn’t on the line. When Trump tapped John Bolto...
Apr 6, 2018
Muslims: Settlement will prevent illegal NYPD surveillance
NEW YORK - The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to Muslims as it develops new training materials as part of a deal to sett...
Apr 6, 2018