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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on Saturday mourned the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, remembering him as a man of “sound judgment, common sense and unflappable leadership.” In a statement issued hours after Bush’s death on Friday night, the Trumps …

By RACHEL D’ORO and DAN JOLING, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.7 shattered highways and rocked buildings Friday morning in Anchorage, sending people running into the streets and briefly triggering a warning to residents in Kodiak to flee to higher ground for fear of a …

PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that moved so fast that firefighters couldn’t hope to stop it quadrupled in size Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and leveling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, authorities said. Only a day after it began, the fire near the …

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at a Southern California bar that left 13 dead including the gunman (all times local): 8:10 p.m. A survivor of the mass shooting at a Southern California bar was also at the Las Vegas music festival that ended in a …

By BILL BARROW and BEN NADLER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Brian Kemp’s campaign declared victory Wednesday in the Georgia governor’s race, though Democrat Stacey Abrams insists that enough ballots remain to leave open the possibility of a runoff in a race that Kemp oversees as secretary of state. The …

By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country’s chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions told the president in a …

By JOSEPH PISANI, DAVID KLEPPER and ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After a yearlong search for a second home, Amazon is now reportedly looking to build offices in two cities instead of one, a surprise move that could still have a major impact on the communities it ultimately …

Please DO stop the music. Pop singer Rihanna took to Twitter after learning her 2007 single “Please Don’t Stop the Music” was played numerous times for the waiting crowds at the Trump campaign rally held in UTC’s McKenzie Arena. According to the singer, she will be taking action towards having …

Oct 29, 2018 3:04PM (GMT 19:04) – 1222 words By MARYCLAIRE DALE, CLAUDIA LAUER and ALLEN G. BREED ,  Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre appeared briefly in federal court in a wheelchair and handcuffs Monday to face charges he killed 11 people in …

UPDATE Sunday Oct 28th By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40 hits in a nightclub where he’d found work …