Nebraska measure could tip the number of states with casinos
Jul 01, 2019
By GRANT SCHULTE LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters may decide next year whether to legalize casino gambling in a ballot measure that could tip the number of states that allow commercial gambling into the…
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Takeaways from night 2 of the Democratic debate
Jun 28, 2019
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JUANA SUMMERS MIAMI (AP) — The roster for Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate demonstrated some of the party’s major divisions — even before candidates started talking. __ BAD MOMENT FOR BIDEN…
Health care, immigration top issues at Democrats’ 1st debate
Jun 27, 2019
By JUANA SUMMERS and STEVE PEOPLES MIAMI (AP) — Ten Democrats railed against a national economy and a Republican administration they argued exist only for the rich as presidential candidates debated onstage for the first…
Border official resigns amid uproar over migrant children
Jun 26, 2019
By NOMAAN MERCHANT HOUSTON (AP) — The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the…
Government moves migrant kids after AP exposes bad treatment
Jun 25, 2019
By MARTHA MENDOZA and GARANCE BURKE The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 children were detained there, caring for…
Tuskegee Airman who flew 142 WWII combat missions dies at 99
Jun 24, 2019
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — World War II pilot Robert Friend, one of the last original members of the famed all-black Tuskegee Airmen, has died at the age of 99. Friend’s daughter, Karen Friend Crumlich, told…
Restaurants could be 1st to get genetically modified salmon
Jun 21, 2019
By CANDICE CHOI NEW YORK (AP) — Inside an Indiana aquafarming complex, thousands of salmon eggs genetically modified to grow faster than normal are hatching into tiny fish. After growing to roughly 10 pounds (4.5…
AP-NORC poll: Asteroid watch more urgent than Mars trip
Jun 20, 2019
By MARCIA DUNN and EMILY SWANSON CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back…
33K pounds of cocaine seized in one of biggest US drug busts
Jun 19, 2019
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MATT ROURKE PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. authorities seized 33,000 pounds, or 15,000 kilograms, of cocaine from a ship at Philadelphia’s port in what they described as one of the largest drug…
Louisiana governor: Upriver floods a disaster for fisheries
Jun 18, 2019
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor says floodwaters from the Midwest are severely hurting people who make their living from coastal seafood, so he’s asking the federal government to declare a fisheries…