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Trump donates 3rd-quarter salary to help fight opioid crisis
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is donating his third-quarter salary to help tackle the nation’s opioid epidemic. A White House official says Trump has given the $100,000 he would be paid in the quarter to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, which oversees federal public health offices and...
Ad business a boon for Amazon but a turn-off for shoppers
NEW YORK — Mike Maddaloni went to Amazon.com knowing exactly what he wanted to buy. But instead of showing him the Synology router he was searching for at the top of his results, Amazon bombarded him with ads for hard drives and routers that he didn’t want. Maddaloni, a web...
One-two punch of storms threatens Thanksgiving travel in U.S.
DENVER — Heavy snow and wind shut down highways Tuesday in Colorado and Wyoming, closed schools in Nebraska and forced more than 1,000 travelers to sleep overnight in Denver’s airport after hundreds of flights were canceled just as Thanksgiving travel moved into high gear. The storm was heading to South...
Sheriff: Feral hogs kill woman outside Texas home
ANAHUAC, Texas — Authorities say feral hogs attacked and killed a woman outside a Southeast Texas home where she worked as a caretaker. Christine Rollins cared for an elderly couple at their home in the small town of Anahuac. Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said Monday the 84-year-old woman she...
Supreme Court rejects call for new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.” The justices did not comment in leaving in place a 4-3 ruling by Maryland’s highest court that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed, who...
Spain working to refloat submarine thought to hold cocaineVideo
MADRID — Spanish police were studying Monday how to refloat a submarine believed to be carrying tons of cocaine, which if confirmed would make it the first time such a vessel has been found to be used in drug trafficking in the country. The submarine was intercepted Sunday in an...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to court after hospital stay
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to the court after a two-night stay in a hospital. The court says the 86-year-old Ginsburg is attending an annual fall classical music program on Monday afternoon. Ginsburg loves the opera and classical music, and she has presided...
West Virginia sportsmen groups oppose national park
FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — West Virginia sportsmen’s groups say they are not happy they could lose about 4,800 acres of hunting land if the New River Gorge National River is designated a national park and preserve. The Register-Herald reports the proposal by Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Democratic U.S....
Priests guilty of abusing deaf children at Argentine school
MENDOZA, Argentina — Two priests were found guilty on Monday of sexually abusing deaf children at a Catholic-run school in Argentina and sentenced to more than 40 years in prison, a case that has shaken the church in Pope Francis’s homeland. A three-judge panel in the city of Mendoza sentenced...
College basketball player in Georgia charged with murder
ATLANTA — A starting point guard for a Georgia university women’s basketball team is one of five people indicted on charges including murder in the July killing of a man who was found shot to death in the parking deck of an Atlanta apartment complex. Kennesaw State University’s Kamiyah Street,...
At White House, Trump honors dog injured in al-Baghdadi raid
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is honoring the U.S. military dog that participated in the operation that ended with the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Trump says: “So this is Conan. Right now, probably the world’s most famous dog,” as he introduced Conan to the news media...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says Trump ordered him to stop SEAL review boardVideo
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper declared Monday that President Donald Trump ordered him to stop a disciplinary review of a Navy SEAL accused of battlefield misconduct, an intervention that raised questions about America’s commitment to international standards for battlefield ethics. Esper’s comments are the latest twist in the case...
France pledges millions to stop deadly domestic violence
PARIS — Under unprecedented public pressure, France’s government pledged Monday to seize firearms from abusive spouses and better train police as part of a broad national plan to reduce the number of women killed by their partners. Such killings happen around the world, every day, so common that they go...
U.K. cinema chains pull gang-themed movie after brawl
LONDON — Two British cinema chains have pulled a film set among London street gangs after a brawl broke out at a movie theater where it was showing. Showcase Cinemas and Vue say they won’t screen “Blue Story,” which centers on two friends on opposing sides of a violent neighborhood...
Police: 2 dead in shooting at North Carolina doctors’ office
DURHAM, N.C. — Two people were found dead Monday with gunshot wounds at a North Carolina doctors’ office, police said. A Durham Police Department news release said officers were called to the building’s parking lot Monday around 8 a.m. and found a man and woman dead. Capt. Melissa Bishop Police...
U.S. calls ambassador to South Sudan back to Washington
JOHANNESBURG — The United States has called its ambassador to South Sudan back to Washington for consultations as Washington reevaluates its relationship with the country after a delay in implementing a fragile peace deal. The unusual public U.S. State Department statement was echoed in a tweet Monday by Secretary of...
Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewel sets from Dresden museum
BERLIN — Thieves broke into Dresden’s Green Vault, one of the world’s oldest museums, early Monday morning, making off with three “priceless” sets of 18th-century jewelry that German officials said would be impossible to sell on the open market. The treasury of Augustus the Strong of Saxony was established in...
Justices reject call for new trial in ‘Serial’ podcast case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Maryland man’s bid for a new trial based on information uncovered by the hit podcast “Serial.” The justices did not comment in leaving in place a 4-3 ruling by Maryland’s highest court that denied a new trial to Adnan Syed, who...
Uber loses license in London over safety, vows to appealVideo
LONDON — London’s transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber’s license to operate, putting the ride-hailing company’s future in the British capital in doubt. It’s the latest chapter in Uber’s rocky history with London transport officials, who have been subjecting the San Francisco-based company to ever tighter scrutiny over...
Highway Patrol: 5 die in wrong-way crash in Ohio
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — The State Highway Patrol says five adults have died in a wrong-way crash in Ohio. The patrol’s St. Clairsville post in eastern Ohio’s Belmont County says a car traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of State Route 7 struck an SUV traveling north around 11 p.m....
Suspect in custody in shooting death of Alabama sheriff
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. — Few details were available Sunday morning about the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of an Alabama sheriff in a community near the state’s capital the night before and the capture of an 18-year-old suspect several hours later. Gov. Kay Ivey tweeted that Lowndes County Sheriff John Williams...
Pentagon chief fires Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over SEAL controversy
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday fired the Navy’s top official for allegedly proposing a deal with the White House behind Esper’s back to resolve the matter of a Navy SEAL whose case that has been championed by President Donald Trump. At Esper’s request, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer...
Secret documents: China detention camps to ‘prevent escapes’
The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there “to prevent escapes.” Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominant Mandarin language and follow strict rules on everything down to bathing and using the toilet, scores that determine...
Official says White House gave Navy go-ahead on Gallagher
WASHINGTON — The Navy has been notified that the White House will not intervene to stop a disciplinary proceeding that could cost a SEAL his position in the elite unit, a senior Navy official said Sunday. Although President Donald Trump had tweeted on Thursday that he would not let the...
Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg released from hospital
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been released from a Baltimore hospital where she had been treated for a possible infection. The 86-year-old Ginsburg has returned to her home in Washington, D.C., and is “doing well,” court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Sunday. Ginsburg spent two...
