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Chopper crash renews 9/11 worry about rogue aircraft in NYC
Jun 12, 2019 by Rick Watts
By BERNARD CONDON and TOM KRISHER NEW YORK (AP) — It was an accident, not terrorism, but this week’s helicopter crash on the roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper has raised serious security concerns because…
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AP analysis: Broad legalization cuts into medical marijuana
Jun 11, 2019 by Rick Watts
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according…
1 killed, 5 injured when crane topples on Dallas apartments
Jun 10, 2019 by Rick Watts
By JAKE BLEIBERG and JUAN LOZANO DALLAS (AP) — A construction crane buffeted by high winds during a storm toppled on a Dallas apartment building Sunday, killing one woman in the building and injuring five…
US opens new mass facility in Texas for migrant children
Jun 07, 2019 by Rick Watts
By GARANCE BURKE AP - The federal government is opening a new mass facility to hold migrant children in Texas and considering detaining hundreds more youths on three military bases around the country, adding up…
French beaches at dawn set scene for solemn D-Day observance
Jun 06, 2019 by Rick Watts
By JOHN LEICESTER and RAF CASERT OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The five beaches are silent at dawn but forever haunted. When the sun rises Thursday over the Normandy coastline where thousands of men bled…
Cuba restrictions hit cruise lines at the start of summer
Jun 05, 2019 by Rick Watts
By DAVID KOENIG and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration’s new restrictions on travel to Cuba will hit hardest at the cruise industry, taking away a new and increasingly popular destination at…
Trump turns from pomp to business in UK visit
Jun 04, 2019 by Rick Watts
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and KEVIN FREKING LONDON (AP) — Moving from pageantry to policy during his state visit to Britain, President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged embattled Prime Minister Theresa May to “stick around” to…
Kevin Spacey shows up for hearing in groping case
Jun 03, 2019 by Rick Watts
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Kevin Spacey made an unusual appearance Monday at a Massachusetts courthouse where his attorney demanded access to the cellphone of the young man who has accused the…
Year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} ethanol OK’d
May 31, 2019 by Rick Watts
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Trump administration is following through on a plan to allow year-round sales of gasoline mixed with 15{99cd714f394079a7f0ed2eb1518dd31342ff3ceb5b6c267c3ad8acd5b5a7d66b} ethanol. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the change Friday, ending a summertime ban…
The Latest: 200 Illinois guardsmen deployed amid flooding
May 30, 2019 by Rick Watts
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on flooding affecting parts of the United States (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has deployed 200 members of the Illinois National Guard to respond to…
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