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Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years
Oct 03, 2019 by Rick Watts
By JAKE BLEIBERG DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a neighbor’s apartment for her own and fatally shot him in his living room was sentenced to a decade in…
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Johnson & Johnson settles with 2 Ohio counties over opioids
Oct 02, 2019 by Rick Watts
By GEOFF MULVIHILL AP - Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday announced it had reached an agreement worth more than $20 million with two Ohio counties, becoming the latest company to settle a lawsuit to get…
Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbor found guilty of murder
Oct 01, 2019 by Rick Watts
By JAKE BLEIBERG DALLAS (AP) — A white former Dallas police officer could be facing decades in prison after being convicted of murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of her black, unarmed neighbor who she…
Musk unveils SpaceX rocket designed to get to Mars and back
Sep 30, 2019 by Rick Watts
BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk has unveiled a SpaceX spacecraft designed to carry a crew and cargo to the moon, Mars or anywhere else in the solar system and land back on…
Whistleblower probe tests Republicans’ alliance with Trump
Sep 27, 2019 by Rick Watts
By LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — One Republican hadn’t read the whistleblower’s complaint. Another called President Donald Trump’s conversation with the Ukraine leader “thin gruel” for any impeachment effort. A third said…
Census: US inequality grew, including in heartland states
Sep 26, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The gap between the haves and have-nots in the United States grew last year to its highest level in more than 50 years of tracking income inequality, according…
Juul to end product advertising and replace CEO
Sep 25, 2019 by Rick Watts
By MATTHEW PERRONE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN Juul Labs will no longer promote its e-cigarettes in print, digital and TV advertisements and is replacing its CEO amid an escalating backlash against vaping nationwide. The nation’s largest…
‘You are failing us’: Plans, frustration at UN climate talks
Sep 24, 2019 by Rick Watts
By SETH BORENSTEIN UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. As…
Pacific heat wave threatens Hawaii’s iconic coral reefs
Sep 23, 2019 by Rick Watts
By CALEB JONES CAPTAIN COOK, Hawaii (AP) — At the edge of an ancient lava flow where jagged black rocks meet the Pacific, small off-the-grid homes overlook the calm blue waters of Papa Bay on…
Young people lead global climate change protests
Sep 20, 2019 by Rick Watts
By ROD McGUIRK and FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — In Canberra and Kabul, Cape Town and Berlin, and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle…
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