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Kendrick Castillo, who charged attackers, was lone death in Colorado school shootingVideo
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — When a gunman burst into his high school classroom, Kendrick Castillo did not hesitate. The 18-year-old immediately charged, pinning the attacker to the wall before he was fatally shot protecting classmates, witnesses said. As Castillo charged, so did two other students. One of them, Brendan Bialy,...
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran as tensions escalate
WASHINGTON — The United States is announcing new sanctions on Iran as tensions escalate between Washington and Tehran. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday announced new sanctions targeting Iran’s steel, aluminum, copper and iron sectors, which provide foreign currency earnings for Iran’s crippled economy. Earlier Wednesday, Iran...
Volkswagen names its new electric car ID.3 and starts preorders
Volkswagen’s upcoming electric car has a name. The ID.3 will not make it’s official debut until September but VW spilled the model name Wednesday. The company says the ID. portion of the name stands for intelligent design “intelligent design, identity and visionary technologies.” VW opens preorders for the ID.3, its...
More visitors could hike The Wave in Arizona
SALT LAKE CITY — A new proposal could mean bigger crowds at one of the most exclusive hiking spots in the southwestern United States. The federal Bureau of Land Management proposed changes Wednesday that would increase daily visitor limits from 20 people to 96 people per day at The Wave,...
Newborn found alive in trash bin after walkers hear her crying
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Florida sheriff’s deputies say a newborn girl has been found alive inside a trash bin. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says two people walking at an apartment complex near Boca Raton heard crying coming from the bin and found the baby Wednesday morning. Spokeswoman Teri...
Report: U.S. energy consumption, production and exports hit record highs in 2018
U.S. energy consumption, production and exports all reached record levels in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The United States produced a record amount of energy from various sources in 2018, reaching 96 quadrillion British thermal units — an 8% increase from 2017, EIA said. The increase in...
Harlem apartment fire kills 6, including 4 children
NEW YORK — Six family members, including four children, were killed early Wednesday when a fire that apparently started on a stove ravaged a Harlem apartment, authorities said. Firefighters, who were called at about 1:40 a.m., pushed quickly and aggressively into the flames and thick smoke and found a man...
1 killed, 4 injured when motorcycle hits Amish buggy in Ohio
MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio — Authorities say a motorcycle has struck an Amish buggy in Ohio, killing the man driving the motorcycle and injuring all four people in the horse-drawn vehicle. A State Highway Patrol release says 26-year-old Brandon Lee, of Middlefield, died at the scene of the crash that occurred around...
Trump invokes ‘privilege,’ aims to block full release of Robert Mueller’s report
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is invoking executive privilege, reserving the right to block the full release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia probe, escalating President Donald Trump’s battle with Congress. The administration’s decision was announced just as the House Judiciary Committee was gaveling in to...
At least 2 handguns used in Denver-area school shooting that killed 1
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Two high school students used at least two handguns in the shooting at a charter school that killed one of their classmates and injured eight others in a Colorado community that just weeks ago marked the 20th anniversary of one of the nation’s worst school shootings,...
Royal baby is dubbed Archie — here are the most popular names in Pa.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle — Duke and Duchess of Sussex — gave the world the first glimpse of their baby boy this morning. And after introducing him to the queen, announced his name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Throughout Pennsylvania, parents often settle on the same popular names year...
Meghan, Harry name baby son Archie HarrisonVideo
LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan have named their son Archie. Buckingham Palace says that the baby’s full name is Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The palace made the announcement hours after the couple posed with the two-day-old for the media. He also met his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, for the first...
Trump says report he lost over $1 billion is ‘inaccurate’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says a New York Times report that his businesses lost more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994 is “highly inaccurate.” The newspaper, citing information from Trump’s tax transcripts, reported business losses of $46.1 million in 1985, and a total of $1.17 billion in losses...
Ex-White House lawyer Don McGahn defies House subpoena for Mueller docs
WASHINGTON — A former White House lawyer defied a congressional subpoena Tuesday, setting the Trump administration on course for another collision with the Democratic-led House over its pursuit of documents related to the Russia investigation. Don McGahn’s refusal to provide the documents to the House Judiciary Committee came at the...
Appeals court: Trump can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico
SAN DIEGO — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for immigration court hearings while the policy is challenged in court, handing the president a major victory, even if it proves temporary. The order by the 9th U.S. Circuit...
Sandra Bland’s own video of 2015 Texas traffic stop surfacesVideo
AUSTIN, Texas — Cellphone video recorded by Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail after a confrontational 2015 traffic stop, shows for the first time her perspective as a white state trooper draws his stun gun and points it at close range while ordering her out...
1 dead, 8 hurt in Colorado school shooting, 2 in custodyVideo
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — Two students opened fire Tuesday inside a charter school in an affluent suburban Denver community not far from Columbine High School , killing a teenager, wounding eight and spreading minutes of terror before they were taken into custody with no injuries, authorities said. Douglas County Sheriff...
U.S. asylum screeners to take more confrontational approach at southern border
The Trump administration has sent new guidelines to U.S. asylum officers, directing them to take a more skeptical and confrontational approach during interviews with migrants seeking refuge. It is the latest measure aimed at tightening the nation’s legal “loopholes” Homeland Security officials blame for a spike in border crossings. According...
Adult-only resort in Key Largo destroyed by massive fire
A spectacular blaze on Sunday destroyed the main building of a new resort in Key Largo, Florida. No one was injured as flames engulfed the Bungalows resort just before 5 a.m., reported the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Office deputies responded along with multiple Upper Keys fire/rescue stations to a...
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters freed from Myanmar prison
HONG KONG — Two Pulitzer-winning Reuters journalists held in Myanmar for more than 500 days for their coverage of the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims were freed from jail Tuesday, ending a prolonged detention that has tainted Myanmar and its Nobel laureate civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Wa Lone and...
Nestle to cut 4,000 jobs in delivery changes
Nestle SA’s U.S. unit will lay off about 4,000 workers as it stops delivering frozen pizza and ice cream directly to stores and instead transitions to a warehouse model that’s becoming an industry standard for Big Food companies looking to trim costs. The company said Tuesday that it’s shutting down...
Cuba cancels Conga Against Homophobia parade
HAVANA — The Cuban government has cancelled a parade widely seen as a sign of progress on gay rights. The state-run Center for Sex Education run by Mariela Castro, the daughter of Communist Party First Secretary Raul Castro, said in a Facebook post Tuesday that the Conga Against Homophobia scheduled...
Google offers cheaper Pixel phones to spur sales
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is releasing cheaper versions of its smartphone in an effort to appeal to budget-minded consumers who aren’t willing to spend $800 on the Pixel 3. The more affordable phones are a response to a worldwide slowdown in smartphone sales, which has been partially driven by...
Georgia governor signs abortion ban after fetal heartbeat
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed into law one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion laws, a measure that bans the procedure once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks, before many women know they are pregnant. Kemp, a Republican,...
China marriage market targets Pakistan’s Christian minority
GUJRANWALA, Pakistan — Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Muqadas is back in her home country, pregnant and seeking a divorce from a husband she says was...
