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Schiff to AP: Trump a graver threat than Russian meddling
WASHINGTON - The House’s top Democrat investigating Russia’s election meddling on Tuesday declared that in many ways President Donald Trump is “far more grave a threat” to Amer...
Nov 07, 2017
FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied aid by the Federal Emergency Management...
Nov 07, 2017
Waymo rolls out autonomous vans without human drivers
DETROIT - A self-driving car company created by Google is pulling the human backup driver from behind the steering wheel and will test vehicles on public roads with only an employee in the back seat. ...
Nov 07, 2017
Forbes says Commerce head overstated wealth by $2 billion
NEW YORK - Forbes reported Tuesday that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exaggerated his net worth to the magazine by $2 billion. The publication cited years of internal reporting notes and conversation...
Nov 07, 2017
Correction: Arkansas Execution story
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - In a story Nov. 7 about the effort to execute an inmate in Arkansas this week, The Associated Press misidentified the person who killed the inmate’s brother in North Carolina...
Nov 07, 2017
Ex-jail union boss's lawyer: Star witness was unbelievable
NEW YORK - Jurors in the trial of New York City’s ex-jail guard union boss will begin deliberations Wednesday after a full day of closing arguments Tuesday left them with widely varying takes on...
Nov 07, 2017
AP Explains: Why smartphones are giving the police fits
BOSTON - The phone used by the gunman who fatally shot 26 people inside a small Texas church has become the latest flashpoint in the privacy wars. Federal investigators complain that they can’t ...
Nov 07, 2017
Pledge death, Greek life suspension to dampen FSU homecoming
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State’s suspension of all fraternities and sororities after a pledge’s death dampens Greek life on campus just as it prepares for homecoming week. But one criti...
Nov 07, 2017
Foes of Obama oil-gas rule ask court to reconsider ruling
DENVER - Opponents of some Obama-era oil and gas regulations say a decision by a federal appeals court in Denver could allow those rules to go into effect temporarily, even though the Trump administra...
Nov 07, 2017
Former Blue Jays GM Gord Ash says Halladay will be remembered as a superstar
TORONTO - It didn’t take long for Roy Halladay to make an impression when he got a chance to pitch at the big-league level. His second start in the major leagues came in Toronto’s 1998 reg...
Nov 07, 2017