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Kennedy seems conflicted in Supreme Court wedding cake case
WASHINGTON (AP) — On a sharply divided Supreme Court, the justice in the middle seemed conflicted Tuesday in the court's high-stakes consideration of a baker who refused to make a wedding case for a same-sex couple in 2012. The court's fault lines w...
Two-day Gulf summit ends within hours amid Qatar crisis
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — A planned two-day summit of Gulf Arab countries fell apart within hours of starting Tuesday over the ongoing boycott of Qatar, underscoring the difficulty of ending the crisis and suggesting that unifying the bloc of U.S. allies i...
In Europe, Tillerson carries on but with diminished standing
BRUSSELS (AP) — What do you do when you're America's top diplomat, fourth in line to the presidency, and the White House makes it publicly known you're living on borrowed time? If you're Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, you brush it off, pack a s...
Tribes: Trump's monument order disrespects native people
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump's rare move to shrink two large national monuments in Utah triggered another round of outrage among Native American leaders who vowed to take the fight to court to preserve protections for land they c...
Gun maker's exploding rifle leaves trail of injured hunters
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was the opening day of deer hunting season, and Ronald Hansen says he loaded his rifle the same way he had countless times before, aimed at a target and fired a shot. This time, the gun barrel exploded, knocking the f...
GOP leaders now backing Moore, despite allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in Washington are coming to grips with the possibility — perhaps even probability — that Alabama's Roy Moore will win his special election next Tuesday and join them in the capital. Looking past allegations of se...
AP Interview: Russian lawmaker wonders why Flynn lied to FBI
BERLIN (AP) — A senior Russian lawmaker said Tuesday he can't understand why President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to immediately reveal the whole truth about his contacts with the Russian ambassador. Flynn l...
Q&A: Tax bill impacts 'Obamacare' and potentially Medicare
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tax overhaul Republicans are pushing toward final votes in Congress could undermine the Affordable Care Act's health insurance markets and over time add to the financial squeeze on Medicare. Lawmakers will meet this week to r...
Trump science job nominees missing advanced science degrees
WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to filling jobs dealing with complex science, environment and health issues, the Trump administration is nominating people with fewer science academic credentials than their Obama predecessors. And it's moving s...
Not a final ruling, but justices OK travel ban enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not a final ruling, but the Supreme Court is letting the Trump administration fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. Challenges to the policy are winding through the f...
Poll finds many Harvey victims saying they still need help
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — More than three months after Hurricane Harvey walloped Texas, many affected residents say they're still not getting help they need and President Donald Trump is getting low marks for his handling of the disaster, according to a...
Assault charge against former Kansas football player dropped
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped an assault charge against a former University of Kansas football player accused of threatening his girlfriend with a gun. The charge against 20-year-old Maciah Long was dropped Tuesday after he agreed t...
GOP plan expands college savings plans to cover K-12 costs
A late amendment to the Republicans' tax overhaul plan would allow parents to put money they save for their children's college costs toward K-12 education, including private school tuition and homeschool expenses, in a proposal hailed as a win by...
Security guard accused of assaulting teacher at school
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A security officer working at a Las Cruces middle school has been arrested and accused of sexually assaulting a teacher in her classroom. Police say 59-year-old Tom M. Trujillo was arrested Monday on suspicion of k...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's curious case for shrinking monuments
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made a curious case for stripping federal protections from vast stretches of two of America's national monument lands. For one, he said his decision will give Native Americans back their "rightful voice o...
Oil companies to attempt salt water contamination cleanup
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two oil companies with operations that may be shut down by the Environmental Protection Agency will try to clean up a contaminated section of an Oklahoma creek. Warren American Oil Co. and Jireh Resources LLC will pump salty w...
Monsanto moves to stop Arkansas from banning weed killer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Monsanto asked a judge Tuesday to prevent Arkansas from enforcing a proposal going before lawmakers next week that would ban the use of a weed killer that farmers in several states have said drifts onto their crops and c...
Residents of Freeport remember Kansas' smallest city
FREEPORT, Kan. (AP) — The conversation varied at the old bank building, where 15 folks gathered around a table for the most recent Freeport coffee. Some talked about the cotton harvest. Others admired the newly paved road - and first ever - which r...
Hundreds of thousands of poor people detained in hospitals
BENI, Congo (AP) — Faida Mwenge's baby boy is nearly 3 months old but she and her son are still not allowed to leave the hospital — not until their bill is paid. The 20-year-old in eastern Congo has been detained since giving birth via an eme...
Ex-GOP chair accused of voter fraud blames diabetic episode
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party on trial for voter fraud is blaming a "major diabetic episode" for casting his ex-wife's ballot in the 2016 presidential election. In opening arguments Tuesday in Greeley, S...
FDA approves diabetes drug that also helps with weight loss
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday approved a new diabetes drug that reduces blood sugar levels and also helps people lose significant weight. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said the Food and Drug Administration approved its o...
Google blocks YouTube on Amazon devices in escalating feud
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is pulling its popular YouTube video service from Amazon's Fire TV and Echo Show devices in an escalating feud that has caught consumers in the crossfire. The decision to block YouTube is retaliation for Amazon's r...
YouTube says over 10,000 workers will help curb shady videos
NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube is hiring more people to help curb videos that violate its policies. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said "some bad actors are exploiting" the Google-owned service to "mislead, manipulate, harass or even harm." Google will have mor...
Have you been 'pwned' in a data breach? Troy Hunt can tell
Troy Hunt has collected a trove of 4.8 billion stolen identity records pulled from the darkest corners of the internet — but he isn't a hacker. Instead, he uses that repository to help ordinary people navigate the growing scourge of the corporate d...
Suburban Denver fossil re-identified as rarer torosaurus
DENVER (AP) — After a month of cleaning and studying what looked like a triceratops' skull and skeleton, researchers have re-identified the fossil found at a suburban Denver construction site. The Denver Museum of Nature and Science said Tuesday s...
