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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…
New plan proposed to save bull trout
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Obama administration is offering a new approach to saving the bull trout, a fish whose need for clean and cold water has put it in conflict with logging, mining and grazing in the Northwest.
Plane crashes southeast of Great Falls; 1 killed
GREAT FALLS (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed when a plane carrying four people crashed about 30 miles southeast of Great Falls.
Bieber charged with assault
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian pop star Justin Bieber faces new charges after he was arrested for dangerous driving and assault following a collision between a minivan and an ATV that led to a physical altercation involvi…
Medical group says world is losing battle against Ebola disease
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The international group Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that the world is losing the battle against Ebola and lamented that treat…
Five protesters arrested after blocking oil train
SEATTLE (AP) — Five people were arrested Tuesday after tying themselves to poles erected over the railroad tracks at a BNSF yard in Everett that about a dozen demonstrators blocked to protest train shipments of oil…
Video purports to show new beheading
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State extremists released a video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning …
Home Depot probes possible credit-card data breach
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot may be the latest retailer to suffer a credit card data breach.
Apple says some celebrity info was compromised
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is acknowledging that computer hackers broke into the accounts of several celebrities to steal personal photos that have been posted online, a security breakdown that the iPhone maker bl…
California lawmakers pass first US plastic bag ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have approved a measure that would make the state the first to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags.
EU threatens Russia with more sanctions over Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia’s increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away.
Dog turns on stove, starts house fire
LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police say a New Jersey family’s dog turned on the stove, which caught the laptop resting on the burner on fire and sent smoke through the roof.
Corvette Museum to fill in sinkhole
BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky (AP) — A massive sinkhole that swallowed eight sports cars won’t be a permanent attraction at the National Corvette Museum.
Girl dies, was trapped in sand
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) — Police in the Oregon coastal town of Lincoln City say a 9-year-old girl trapped when a sand hole collapsed on her has died.
Rally held at Ohio Walmart where cops shot man
BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — Some 200 people held signs and chanted Saturday outside a Wal-Mart where a young man with an air rifle was fatally shot by police.
Marines deactivate decorated 'Walking Dead' unit
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Decades before the television show, a Marine Corps battalion decorated for extensive combat in World War II and Vietnam earned the nicknam…