Articles from the November 10, 2017 edition
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AP Exclusive: Russia Twitter trolls deflected Trump bad news
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media and Hillary Clinton's c...
Asian leaders deliver pageantry-plus to woo Trump
BEIJING (AP) — Custom hats. Gauzy videos. Jumping children, declaring their love. The first half of President Donald Trump's whirlwind tour of Asia has been an exercise in the art of flattery, as world leaders woo the man who was introduced at the S...
UN, aid groups warn of 'starvation and death' in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The United Nations and more than 20 aid groups said Thursday that the Saudi-led coalition's tightening of a blockade on war-torn Yemen could bring millions of people closer to "starvation and death." The U.N.'s humanitarian c...
20 GOP House members urge Speaker Ryan to act on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two dozen House Republicans on Thursday pressed Speaker Paul Ryan to act quickly on legislation that would protect some 800,000 young immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children. The lawmakers said e...
As caliphate crumbles, US builds outposts in western Iraq
QAIM, Iraq (AP) — The US-led coalition's newest outpost in the fight against the Islamic State group is in a dusty corner of western Iraq near the border with Syria. Here, several hundred American Marines operate close to the battlefront, a key f...
CMA Awards highlighted by political, emotional moments
The 2017 Country Music Association Awards marked one of its most political and emotional shows in years, as the night offered powerful moments focused on unifying as a country during a year dominated by gun violence, divisive politics and natural...
IS militants evacuate last stronghold in Syria to government
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic State militants withdrew Thursday from their last stronghold in Syria, a strategic town near the border with Iraq, following a government offensive that has effectively left the extremist group's fighters dispersed in villages a...
Clue, Wiffle Ball, paper airplane enter Toy Hall of Fame
The board game Clue. In the National Toy Hall of Fame. With the Wiffle Ball and paper airplane. The mystery of which toys earned the status of toy superstardom was solved Thursday with the announcement of the hall of fame's Class of 2017. The...
US and them: America, the elephant in room at climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — How's this for awkward? The United States has a delegation at international climate talks in Bonn that will be telling other nations what they should do on an agreement that the president wants no part of. President Donald Trump has...
Putin: Russian doping scandals could be US election meddling
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin is suggesting that a recent flurry of Russian sports doping allegations could be an American attempt to interfere in next year's Russian presidential election. On Thursday, four Russian cross-country skiers w...
Prosecutors: German nurse may have killed over 100 patients
BERLIN (AP) — A nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders may have killed more than 100 patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said Thursday. Investigators have completed toxicological e...
'So many babies in there': church shooting claims 8 children
LA VERNIA, Texas (AP) — By the time Paul Brunner rolled up in his ambulance to the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the First Baptist Church was a chaotic triage scene. Parents cried and kids screamed, and nearly all the victims appeared to h...
Undignified spat rips through Romania's proud royal family
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Three generations of Romania's royal family were embroiled in a very public row Thursday as a disinherited prince's attempts to see his ailing grandfather led his own mother to renounce him. Princess Elena accused her s...
'Real-life Iron Man,' Harlem Globetrotter set Guinness marks
NEW YORK (AP) — A British inventor billed as a real-life version of the superhero Iron Man has hit the fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine power suit at 32 mph (51 kph), a Guinness world record. The record keeper announced Tuesday's feat o...
Sri Lanka says it will investigate alleged torture of Tamils
NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka says it will investigate allegations by more than 50 ethnic Tamils that they were abducted and tortured by police or army soldiers long after the end of the island nation's civil war. An Associated Press investigation publi...
Oklahoma prosecutors seek death penalty in officer's death
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a 36-year-old man accused of shooting a police officer to death. Byron James Shepard is charged with first-degree murder in the March 27 death of 22-year-old Tecumseh P...
Catholic university in Oklahoma to close
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — The only Roman Catholic university in Oklahoma will close at the end of the fall semester because of financial difficulties. Students at St. Gregory's University were told about the closure during an emergency meeting W...
Town official: Officer knew Taser risked igniting fire
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma police officer who fired a Taser at a man who then caught fire and was burned beyond recognition inside a gasoline-soaked van took a "calculated risk" of igniting a fire, according to the city manager. "This was a c...
No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 8 TCU to face off for Big 12 lead
No. 8 TCU (8-1, 5-1 Big 12, CFP No. 6) at No. 5 Oklahoma (8-1, 5-1, CFP No. 5), Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (Fox). Line: Oklahoma by 6½. Series record: Oklahoma leads 11-5 WHAT'S AT STAKE The winner will take sole possession of the Big 12 lead and gain...
No. 12 Oklahoma State faces must-win at No. 24 Iowa State
No. 12 Oklahoma State (7-2, 4-2 Big 12, CFP No. 15) at No. 24 Iowa State (6-3, 4-2, No. 21 CFP), Saturday, noon ET (ABC/ESPN2). Line: Oklahoma State by 6 ½. Series record: Oklahoma State leads 30-18-3. WHAT'S AT STAKE The playoffs are likely out of...
Oklahoma State, Iowa State fighting to stay in Big 12 race
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Oklahoma State and Iowa State can still reach the Big 12 title game. But Saturday's meeting might be an elimination game for two teams coming off losses that altered the trajectory of their season. The 12th-ranked Cowboys (7-2, 4...
Big 12 outright lead on line; No. 5 Oklahoma hosts No. 8 TCU
Some things to watch in the Big 12 Conference during Week 11, with two of the five games Saturday being Top 25 matchups: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 5 Oklahoma (8-1, 5-1, No. 5 CFP) vs No. 8 TCU (8-1, 5-1, No. 6 CFP). The Big 12 co-leaders meet with sole...
Prosecutor wants probe of detective in wrongful conviction
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor has asked for help in investigating a retired white police detective accused of preying on black women for sex over decades and pursuing the wrongful murder conviction of the son of one of the women. W...
Police release reports related to shooting of Topeka man
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two days after a newspaper story questioned why police hadn't compiled a report on the fatal shooting of a black man by Topeka officers six weeks ago, they released two records. Lawrence police released a one-page report T...
Kansas lawmakers question effects of welfare reduction
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas lawmakers are questioning the impact of recent welfare policies after new data showed a growing number of people ineligible for cash assistance. The joint Legislative Budget Committee was briefed Wednesday on the n...
