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Castile girlfriend pleads not guilty in hammer attack
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A woman who livestreamed the bloody aftermath of her boyfriend’s fatal shooting by a Minnesota police officer has pleaded not guilty in an unrelated assault case. Diamond Reyno...
Jun 28, 2017
R2-D2 droid used in Star Wars films sells for $2.76m
LOS ANGELES - An R2-D2 droid that was used in several “Star Wars” films has sold at auction for nearly $3 million. The auction house Profiles in History said the 43-inch tall unit that was...
Jun 28, 2017
Group accused of shipping Colorado pot to other states
DENVER - A mammoth marijuana trafficking ring that pretended to be growing weed for sick people was instead illegally shipping the drug to a half-dozen other states and bilking investors, including fo...
Jun 28, 2017
Travel ban a blow to Sudan refugees awaiting US resettlement
CAIRO - Dozens of Sudanese activists living in Egypt as refugees, many of whom fled fundamentalist Islamic militias and were close to approval for resettlement in the United States, now face legal lim...
Jun 28, 2017
Arkansas to issue birth certificates for same-sex parents
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Health Department says it will begin issuing birth certificates listing both spouses in married same-sex couples as the parents after the state lost a case before the ...
Jun 28, 2017
North Korea warns US it will keep building nuclear arsenal
North Korea’s U.N. ambassador warned the United States and the rest of the world Wednesday that his country will keep building up its nuclear arsenal regardless of sanctions, pressure or militar...
Jun 28, 2017
Trump rakes in $10 million at first re-election fundraiser
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was whisked a few blocks from the White House to the Trump hotel on Wednesday night for his first re-election fundraiser, where he raised an estimated $10 million b...
Jun 28, 2017
Walmart seeks new products amid online battle with Amazon
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Hundreds of inventors have flocked to Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville to find out if the country needs a few more secret sauces, prettier mouse pads or “instant h...
Jun 28, 2017
Prosecutor calls for 20-year sentence for Suriname president
PARAMARIBO, Suriname - A prosecutor on Wednesday recommended a 20-year prison sentence for President Desi Bouterse for his role in the December 1982 killing of 15 prominent political opponents in this...
Jun 28, 2017
Ex-pharmaceutical CEO accused at trial of cheating investors
NEW YORK - “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli is either a con man who scammed hedge fund investors of millions or a nerdy genius who made them even richer. The conflicting portraits were offered ...
Jun 28, 2017