The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s eldest son changed his account over the weekend of a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, saying Sunday that the woman told him she had information about Democrat Hillary Clinton. A statement from Donald Trump Jr. one […]
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By Jill Colvin @Byline 2:The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of working with Russia to create a “cyber security unit” to guard against election hacking. Trump tweeted Sunday morning about discussing such a unit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Yet […]
By Rahim Faiez The Associated Press KABUL — Six female students from war-torn Afghanistan who had hoped to participate in an international robotics competition in the U.S. this month will have to watch via video link after their visa applications were denied not once, but twice. The girls wanted to […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press You need a vacation. All of you. Even if you just got home from a 20-day Caribbean cruise, you probably still need a vacation. But as the graphs and charts and news reports have been reminding us, Americans aren’t great at […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. has shared a new doctored video of his father attacking CNN. Trump Jr. tweeted a video of a doctored clip of the 1986 military thriller “Top Gun” Saturday. In it, President Donald Trump’s face is superimposed over Tom Cruise’s character as he […]
The Associated PressLinda A. Johnson The maker of opioid painkiller Opana ER is pulling the drug off the market at the request of federal regulators because it’s being abused. Endo International PLC said yesterday it will voluntarily stop selling the pills, approved for use in patients with severe, constant pain, […]
The Associated PressJennifer McDermott PROVIDENCE, R.I.–Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that he’ll meet with U.S. governors at a summer summit in Rhode Island. Trudeau said in a statement that he plans to deliver the keynote address at the National Governors Association meeting that begins July 13 in Providence. […]
The Associated PressHyung-Jin Kim SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of–South Korea’s president reiterated he’s willing to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even as he condemned the North’s first intercontinental ballistic missile test-launch this week as a “reckless” move that incurred punishment by the international community. During a speech yesterday ahead […]
The Associated Press WEST BRANCH, Mich.–A 76-year-old woman riding a mobility scooter down the shoulder of Interstate 75 in northern Michigan received a warning and a ride home from a Michigan State Police trooper. State police say the woman had finished shopping in West Branch on Wednesday afternoon and instead […]
The Associated PressKelly P. Kissel Hobby Lobby, the arts-and-crafts chain whose devout Christian owners won a landmark Supreme Court ruling on religious freedom, is caught up in an antiquities-smuggling scandal that has opened the company to accusations of hypocrisy. The Oklahoma City-based business agreed to pay a $3 million fine […]
The Associated Press The president of the U.N. conference drafting what could be the first treaty to ban nuclear weapons says 129 countries have agreed on the text, which is expected to be formally adopted Friday although all nuclear-armed nations are boycotting the effort. Elayne Whyte Gomez, Costa Rica’s ambassador […]
By Kelly P. Kissel The Associated Press Hobby Lobby, the arts-and-crafts chain whose devout Christian owners won a landmark Supreme Court ruling on religious freedom, is caught up in an antiquities-smuggling scandal that has opened the company to accusations of hypocrisy. The Oklahoma City-based business agreed to pay a $3 […]
