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DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family
The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner railed against Trump adminis…
Pentagon veteran picked for Defense job
Wyoming, feds to appeal wolf ruling
House OKs defense bill with public lands package
New U.S. spacecraft flies high
NASA reschedules Orion launch due to weather
Study: Killing wolves means more attacks
Montana, other states file suit over immigration action
HOUSTON — Texas, Montana and 15 other states sued the federal government and immigration agencies in U.S. District Court on Wednesday to try to derail President Barack Obama’s executive action deferring deportation…
N.Y. officer cleared in chokehold death
NEW YORK — A grand jury cleared a white New York City police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes — a case that sparked outrage a…
Justices weigh bias claim of pregnant UPS driver
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the three women on the Supreme Court vigorously questioned a UPS lawyer Wednesday over the company’s refusal to give lighter duty to a pregnant worker, a closely watched case with potential…
House may vote on immigration order
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House may vote this week to undo President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, House Speaker John Boehner told lawmakers Tuesday as he sought to give outraged conservat…
Ashton Carter is Obama's likely Pentagon pick
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Pentagon official Ashton Carter is likely to be President Barack Obama’s nominee for defense secretary, according to administration officials, putting him in line to take over a sprawling d…
Malmstrom nuclear officer charged in drug probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is court-martialing a nuclear missile launch officer on drug and obstruction-of-justice charges stemming from a criminal investigation that led to the disclosure last winter of a sep…
Petition questions killing of popular bear
MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming wildlife managers decided to euthanize a popular grizzly bear in the Jackson Hole area after Grand Teton National Park officials asked them to capture and relocate the animal, the officia…
1.2 million holiday lights set Guinness record
CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian lawyer has set a world record by stringing up almost 1.2 million Christmas lights in the center of the national capital.
McDonald's in a church? McMass wants to build one
Would you be more inclined to go to church if services came with a Big Mac and a side of fries? That’s the idea behind McMass, a group whose goal is to put a McDonald’s franchise in a church.