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JONATHAN LEMIRE, MATTHEW PERRONE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

Trump backing off banning vaping flavors popular with teens

Despite efforts by the First Lady and Ivanka Trump, President Trump reverses course on a ban on vaping flavors popular with teens.
7 years ago
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Arizona county prepares for role as landing site for capsule

Cochise County officials in Arizona are getting ready for a special landing. The southeastern Arizona county is one of five preferred landing zones for Boeing's Starliner capsule which include Utah's Dugway Proving Ground.
7 years ago
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JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press

Kanye West talks about serving God during visit with Osteen

Rapper Kanye West told parishioners at Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch on Sunday that his recent spiritual awakening has made him realize he’s no longer in the service to fame and money but “in service to God.”
7 years ago
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Hong Kong police storm university held by protesters

Police breached a Hong Kong university campus held by protesters early Monday after an all-night siege that included firing repeated barrages of tear gas and water cannons.
7 years ago
Parent Mirna Herrera kneels with her daughters Liliana, 15, and Alexandra, 16 at the Central Park m...
Associated Press

Vigil planned for victims of California school shooting

A candlelight vigil is planned Sunday evening to remember two students shot and killed by a classmate at his Southern California high school as investigators try to determine what prompted the deadly attack that left three other teens wounded.
7 years ago
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Associated Press

Salt Lake City police: Boy struck, killed at intersection

Salt Lake City police say a 5-year-old boy died Saturday after he and his mother were struck by a car at an intersection.
7 years ago
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Disney+ may become a benefit for East High

East High School may again become a big draw for tourists due to the "High School Musical" series on Disney's new streaming service.
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Utah State Prison inmate charged with killing cellmate

A Utah State Prison inmate has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his cellmate.
7 years ago
USU's "True Aggie Night" tradition up in the air during the pandemic...
Associated Press

Utah State holds off Wyoming 26-21

Jordan Love passed for 282 yards and two touchdowns and the Utah State defense forced a late turnover to hold off Wyoming for a 26-21 win on Saturday.
7 years ago
In this picture taken on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, visitors view the exhibition "The Technology in Di...
Associated Press

Prague museum displays totalitarian-era surveillance tech

Technology used by the totalitarian regime to control its citizens — and the innovative means they used to undermine the omnipresent control is the focus of a museum exhibition in Prague.
7 years ago
Police investigate the scene after a gunman shot into a crowd of people during a football game at P...
Associated Press

Man, young boy shot at New Jersey high school football game

A gunman opened fire at high school football game on Saturday night. One of the two people who was injured were airlifted to a children's hospital with serious injuries.
7 years ago
Students embrace during a vigil at Central Park in the aftermath of a shooting at Saugus High Schoo...
By Stefanie Dazio and Jon Antczak - Associated Press

Officials looking for motive in California school shooting

Investigators are working to determine why a high school student opened fire at a Southern California high school. Two people are confirmed dead after the shooting.
7 years ago
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Verdict reached in Roger Stone trial

Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump who was charged with lying to Congress and witness tampering.
7 years ago
Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) hits Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolp...
TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer

Garrett loses cool, hits Steelers QB with helmet in brawl

The Browns were seconds away from a season-changing win when Myles Garrett lost his composure in a moment of rage rarely seen on an NFL field.
7 years ago
Students are escorted out of Saugus High School after reports of a shooting on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2...
STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press

Student opens fire in California high school, killing 2

A student pulled a gun from his backpack and opened fire at a Southern California high school, killing two students and wounding three others.
7 years ago
Jesse Osborne listens to testimony from his grandfather Tommy Osborne at a sentencing hearing at th...
JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press

Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first-grader on a school playground in South Carolina after killing his father in their home was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole. Jesse Osborne targeted Townville Elementary School because he had spent seven years there. Prosecutors, who pushed for […]
7 years ago
President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the Wh...
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Trump wants the Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes

President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president’s ability to defy investigations.
7 years ago
Career Foreign Service officer George Kent and top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, right, ...
LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

Battle lines harden as Trump impeachment inquiry goes public

With historic impeachment hearings underway, Democrats and Republicans are hardening their arguments over the actions of President Donald Trump as they set out to win over a deeply polarized American public.
7 years ago
Pope Francis is given a newborn baby to bless as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. ...
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Pope demands tech companies prevent kids from viewing porn

Pope Francis is demanding that Facebook, Apple, Google and other tech companies urgently take measures to remove child porn from the web and to prevent children from accessing pornography online.
7 years ago
Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019.  Israeli aircraf...
FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press

New Gaza rockets disrupt Israel, Islamic Jihad cease-fire

Gaza militants fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Thursday, hours after a cease-fire was declared to end two days of intense fighting between Israel and the Islamic Jihad group, the heaviest escalation in months that killed at least 34 Palestinians, including three women and eight children, and paralyzed parts of Israel.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Utah lawmaker sues US for $10M over trespassing conviction

A former San Juan County commissioner has sued a federal land agency after he spent 10 days in jail for trespassing during an illegal all-terrain vehicle protest ride in a closed southern Utah canyon five years ago.
7 years ago
FILE - This June 12, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington. On Wednesday, Nov....
MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer

US budget deficit surges to $134.5 billion in October

The federal government, which ended the 2019 budget year with its largest deficit in seven years, began the new budget year with a deficit in October that was 33.8% bigger than a year ago as spending hit a record.
7 years ago
Dr. Hassan Nemeh, Surgical Director of Thoracic Organ Transplant, shows areas of a patient's lungs ...
COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press

Michigan teen who vaped received double lung transplant

A Michigan teenager was the recipient of what could be the first double lung transplant on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from vaping, health officials said Tuesday.
7 years ago
A photographer sets a white balance in the hearing room where the House will begin public impeachme...
LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent

Impeachment hearings go live on TV with the 1st witnesses

The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing on Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the world will have the chance to see and hear for themselves for the first time about President Donald Trump's actions toward Ukraine and consider whether they are, in fact, impeachable offenses.
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