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33K pounds of cocaine seized in one of biggest US drug busts
Jun 19, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MATT ROURKE PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. authorities seized 33,000 pounds, or 15,000 kilograms, of cocaine from a ship at Philadelphia’s port in what they described as one of the largest drug…
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Louisiana governor: Upriver floods a disaster for fisheries
Jun 18, 2019 by Rick Watts
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor says floodwaters from the Midwest are severely hurting people who make their living from coastal seafood, so he’s asking the federal government to declare a fisheries…
Why US-China trade war risks hurting firms in both countries
Jun 17, 2019 by Rick Watts
By PAUL WISEMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses are imploring President Donald Trump not to expand his tariffs to $300 billion in goods from China that have so far been spared in his trade war…
Cuba Gooding Jr. to plead not guilty to groping woman at bar
Jun 13, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr. turned himself in to police Thursday and was charged with forcible touching after a woman accused the actor of groping her at a New…
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…
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…
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