Scandal-ridden NRA head LaPierre digs in against gun control
Aug 09, 2019
By LISA MARIE PANE In the aftermath of the back-to-back shooting massacres in Texas and Ohio, the debate over gun control has returned to the National Rifle Association and its immense power to stymie any significant legislation…
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Largest US immigration raids in a decade net 680 arrests
Aug 08, 2019
By ROGELIO V. SOLIS and JEFF AMY MORTON, Miss. (AP) — U.S. immigration officials raided seven Mississippi chicken processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in the largest workplace sting in at least a…
USA Today HQ evacuated after report of man with weapon
Aug 07, 2019
By MATTHEW BARAKAT McLEAN, Va. (AP) — An unconfirmed report of an armed person at the Northern Virginia office building that houses USA Today prompted an evacuation and massive police response Wednesday that found no…
El Paso deaths climb to 22 as mayor prepares for Trump visit
Aug 06, 2019
By ASTRID GALVAN, MORGAN LEE and PAUL J. WEBER EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Texas border city jolted by a weekend massacre at a Walmart absorbed more grief Monday as the death toll climbed…
2 El Paso victims die at hospital, raising death toll to 22
Aug 05, 2019
By CEDAR ATTANASIO, PAUL J. WEBER and MORGAN LEE EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Two more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, died Monday at a hospital, raising…
US is thought to have added a solid 163,000 jobs in July
Aug 02, 2019
By JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers are thought to have sustained a steady pace of hiring in July, a reassuring sign for an economy that’s endured a series of ups and downs. Economists…
ACLU: 911 children split at border since 2018 court order
Jul 31, 2019
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ASTRID GALVAN SAN DIEGO (AP) — More than 900 children, including babies and toddlers, were separated from their parents at the border in the year after a judge ordered the practice…
Body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed
Jul 30, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is set to be exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery more than 85 years after he was killed by FBI agents. The Indiana State Department…
Gunman kills 2 kids, 1 other at Gilroy, California, festival
Jul 29, 2019
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE GILROY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities on Monday were searching for answers to why a 19-year-old opened fire on a popular food festival less than a mile from his parents’ home in California,…
16 Marines arrested in migrant smuggling investigation
Jul 26, 2019
By JULIE WATSON SAN DIEGO (AP) — An investigation into Marines accused of helping smuggle migrants into the United States led to the arrest Thursday of 16 of their fellow Marines at California’s Camp Pendleton,…