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Everyone Accounted for After Enbridge Pipeline Explosion in Kentucky
JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (AP) – Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Don Gilliam said the fires are out from a gas line explosion early Thursday that killed a person and sent five others to…
Trump Says he Will put 10% Tariffs on Remaining China Imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump intensified pressure Thursday on China to reach a trade deal by saying that beginning Sept. 1, he will impose 10% tariffs on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn’t already taxed. The…
Survey Suggests Slower Economic Growth in Midwest, Plains
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new report says a July survey of business supply managers suggests economic growth will slow over the next three to six months in nine Midwest and Plains states. The report issued Thursday says the Mid-America…
Senate Confirms Kelly Craft as US Ambassador to UN
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has confirmed Kelly Craft to become the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, ending a more than seven-month vacancy in the position. Craft was confirmed despite Democratic concerns about her inexperience and conflicts of…
US Plan to Allow Prescription Drugs From Canada
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it will set up a system allowing Americans to legally access lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar made the announcement Wednesday morning. Azar, a former drug industry…
Loophole Allows Families to get aid Meant for Needy Students
(AP) - The U.S. Education Department is being urged to close a loophole that has allowed some wealthy families to get federal aid meant for low-income students. Federal authorities have been notified that some parents in Illinois were transferring guardianship…
Capital One Target of Massive Data Breach
SEATTLE (AP) - Capital One says a hacker broke into a database containing details likes home addresses and birth dates. The bank reported the breach is affecting 100 million people that tried to open credit cards. Investigators say 140,000 social…
Three Killed in Garlic Festival Shooting, Including 6-Year-old
GILROY, Calif. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy described by his grandmother as always kind and happy was one of three people killed and at least 15 others injured when a gunman heard to be “really angry” opened fire during the…
Justice Department OKs T-Mobile’s $26.5B Sprint Deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are approving T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, despite fears of higher prices and job cuts. Friday's approval by the Justice Department and five state attorneys general comes after Sprint and T-Mobile agreed to…
Bernie Sanders Calls for Shutdown of Enbridge Line 5 oil Pipeline
DETROIT (AP) - Bernie Sanders has become the second Democratic presidential hopeful to call for shutting down an oil pipeline that crosses a channel linking two of the Great Lakes. The Vermont senator said in a tweet Thursday that Enbridge's…
Man who Kidnapped Jayme Closs Moved To Prison In New Mexico
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The man who kidnapped Jayme Closs and killed her parents in northern Wisconsin has been moved to a prison in New Mexico. Press-Gazette Media reports the New Mexico Corrections Department has confirmed Jake Patterson has been…
Justice Department Will Execute Inmates for First Time Since 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says it will carry out executions of federal death row inmates for the first time since 2003. The department says five inmates will be executed, starting in December. In 2014, President Barack Obama directed…
UPS to Begin Delivering on Sundays, Seeks to fly More Drones
NEW YORK (AP) - UPS is responding to the growth in online shopping and pressures for speedy delivery by seeking to expand its drone deliveries and adding thousands of new spots where customers can pick up packages. The Atlanta-based package…
Trump Calls Mueller Hearings 'All Nonsense'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump says the Russia probe created a "phony cloud'' over his administration and says House committee hearings featuring testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller were "all nonsense.'' He…
WATCH LIVE: Mueller Testifies Before the House Intelligence Committee
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former special counsel Robert Mueller told the House judiciary and intelligence committees that he would decline to quote from his report on the Trump-Russia investigation during his testimony before both panels on Wednesday. That's according to a…
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