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Georgian businessman offers more texts with Cohen to rebut Mueller footnote
LONDON -- A Georgian-American businessman is accusing Special Counsel Robert Mueller of "glaring inaccuracies" and ... Read More
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Study documents advances in high-speed genetic diagnosis
SAN DIEGO -- Having already set a Guinness world record for delivering a gene-based diagnosis in 19.5 hours, the Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine now must show that such speedy results are possible for the ...Read more
Fla. House passes bill requiring felons to pay up before they can vote
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- After hours of debate, the Florida House on Wednesday passed along party lines its version of a bill implementing Amendment 4, which was supposed to restore the right to vote to more than a million ...Read more
Coming soon to California restaurants: Carbon neutral meals, verified by regulators
LOS ANGELES -- Diners may soon have the chance to nibble away some of their climate guilt by patronizing California restaurants that have pledged to slash their carbon footprints to zero.
Under a new program announced by ...Read more
NRA sues city of LA over its new contract disclosure law
LOS ANGELES -- The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Los Angeles law requiring companies that seek contracts with the city to disclose whether they have ties to the gun rights group.
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Trump's angry tweet about common border incident prompts Mexican investigation
MEXICO CITY -- On April 13, a Mexican military patrol spotted an unmarked vehicle on the south side of the border fence outside El Paso, Texas, and confronted the two people inside.
They turned out to be U.S. Army ...Read more
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Acting Baltimore Mayor Young fires 3 aides to Mayor Catherine Pugh
BALTIMORE -- Acting Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young announced Wednesday that he's fired three aides with close ties to Mayor Catherine Pugh.
A spokesman for Young confirmed the aides are Gary Brown Jr., Poetri ...Read more
Parkland shooter entitled to inheritance; public defender asks to withdraw from case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Broward County public defender's office has asked to withdraw from confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz's death penalty case, court records show.
The teen is entitled to half of a nearly $...Read more
Therapists may have inflamed Parkland shooter, lawyer claims
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Therapists supported the use of violent video games by the teen who later killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
They also agreed that he should get a punching bag, and they did...Read more
Judges appear skeptical of Trump's plan to force asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
A federal appeals court appeared skeptical Wednesday of the legality of a new Trump administration policy that requires some asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while the U.S. considers their applications.
During an hourlong...Read more
Trump's star on Hollywood Walk of Fame is defaced by a vandal — again
LOS ANGELES -- President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which has cemented itself as a battleground for political debate in Los Angeles, was vandalized again early Wednesday.
The vandal strode up to ...Read more
Pain clinics' doctors needlessly tested hundreds of urine samples, court records show
WASHINGTON -- A Tennessee-based chain of pain clinics that abruptly shut down last summer faces five whistleblower lawsuits accusing it of defrauding Medicare and other health insurers by billing for hundreds of ...Read more
Ukraine furious over Russian citizenship decree targeting separatists
MOSCOW -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday accused Moscow of crossing a "red line" by signing a decree to ease the process of obtaining Russian citizenship in eastern Ukraine.
"It's a fact that this is ...Read more
Bodycam shows Florida deputy punching man handcuffed to hospital bed
MIAMI -- Bodycam footage released Wednesday shows a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy punching an arrested man in the face while the man remained handcuffed to a hospital bed.
Deputy Jorge Sobrino claimed in the arrest ...Read more
Psychological report among dozens of long-sealed documents in Jason Van Dyke case made public
CHICAGO -- "Time froze" for Jason Van Dyke as he fired 16 shots at Laquan McDonald, the then-Chicago police officer told a psychologist in 2016 as he prepared for his murder trial.
Van Dyke told Dr. Laurence Miller that ...Read more
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NRA sues city of LA over its new contract disclosure law
LOS ANGELES -- The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging a new Los Angeles law requiring companies that seek contracts with the city to ...Read more
Trump's promise to resist oversight by Congress sets up clash that could last years
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to fight a host of congressional efforts to scrutinize his conduct, business and policies, opening the path toward a constitutional clash that could last for the rest of...Read more
Hillary Clinton says Congress should begin Watergate-style hearings after Mueller findings
WASHINGTON -- Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Congress should begin a Watergate-style investigation into President Donald Trump's attempts to obstruct Robert Mueller's probe of Russian ...Read more
Son says Irwin Jacobs struggled with health before he shot wife, then himself
MINNEAPOLIS -- Mounting health problems left prominent Twin Cities businessman Irwin Jacobs reflective about his fate and distraught in the weeks before he killed his wife and then himself in their Lake Minnetonka home, ...Read more
Democrats' push for gun limits deepens us divide entering 2020
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential hopefuls are embracing gun control as the 2020 campaign accelerates, deepening the divide in U.S. politics between rural areas with a rich gun culture and urban and suburban areas ...Read more
Indonesia is a country divided as both candidates claim victory
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A week after Indonesia's election, the nation remains deeply divided with both candidates continuing to claim victory, prompting the authorities to warn against public displays of discord.
President ...Read more
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