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Key takeaways from Democratic presidential debate in L.A.
LOS ANGELES — Democratic presidential candidates offered two very different debates during their final forum of 2019. In the first half, they spent much of their time making the case for their electability in a contest with President Donald Trump. The second half was filled with friction over money in...
Truck slams through baggage carousel at Florida airportVideo
BRADENTON, Fla. — A man slammed his pickup truck through a baggage carousel area and into a car rental counter at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport early Thursday, narrowly missing two employees. Police spotted 40-year-old Juan Monsivis driving recklessly and tried to pull him over, but weren’t successful. Monsivis smashed through a...
Evangelical magazine Christianity Today: Trump must go; Trump blasts back
NEW YORK — A major evangelical Christian magazine founded by the late Rev. Billy Graham on Thursday published an editorial calling for President Donald Trump’s removal from office. The editorial in Christianity Today — coming one day after the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives made Trump the third president in American...
Report: Washington lawmaker engaged in ‘domestic terrorism’
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington state lawmaker took part in “domestic terrorism” against the United States during a 2016 standoff at a wildlife refuge in Oregon and traveled throughout the West meeting with far-right extremist groups, according to an investigative report released Thursday. The report prepared for the state Legislature...
Wawa says data breach affected thousands over 10 monthsVideo
WAWA — The Wawa convenience store chain says a data breach may have collected debit and credit card information from thousands of customers. Pennsylvania-based Wawa Inc. said Thursday that its information security team discovered malware on its payment processing servers on Dec. 10 and stopped the breach on Dec 12....
Food poisoning linked to hard-boiled eggs in food service
NEW YORK — Pregnant women, people over the age of 65 and people with weakened immune systems should throw away store-bought hard-boiled eggs because of a food poisoning outbreak linked to a Georgia company, health officials said Thursday. They said the same goes for products like egg salad that contain...
Jerry Rice leads 10 wide receivers on NFL’s all-time teamVideo
Career receiving leader Jerry Rice is among nine Pro Football Hall of Famers selected to the NFL’s All-Time Team on Friday night. Rice, who holds nearly every major receiving record, is joined by one active player, Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald (Pitt), now in his 16th season. A select panel of NFL...
After impeachment, House bestows big trade victory on TrumpVideo
WASHINGTON — One day after its historic impeachment votes, the Democratic-led House gave President Donald Trump an overwhelming bipartisan victory Thursday on a renegotiated trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. By a 385-41 vote, the House approved a bill that puts in place terms of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The...
Trump: Rep. Van Drew, who voted against impeachment, joining GOPVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Democrat who broke with his party to vote against Trump’s impeachment, is becoming a Republican. “Jeff will be joining the Republican Party,” Trump announced during an Oval Office appearance with Van Drew, who t old...
Jaret Patterson rushes Buffalo’s expectations and Bahamas BowlVideo
AMHERST, N.Y. — Jaret Patterson’s eye-popping production might not be the most notable aspect involving Buffalo’s sophomore running back. Sure, his 31 career touchdowns rushing arefour short of breaking the school record held by former NFL-er James Starks. It’s equally impressive how Patterson has combined for 490 yards and 11...
More election security funds headed to states as 2020 looms
Congress is poised to give states a last-minute infusion of federal funds to help boost election security with voting in early caucus and primary states slated to begin in February. Under a huge spending bill, states would receive $425 million for upgrading voting equipment, conducting post-election audits, cybersecurity training and...
UK’s Johnson unveils legislative plan to end Brexit deadlock
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson signaled an end to Britain’s era of Brexit deadlock Thursday, announcing a packed legislative program intended to take the U.K. out of the European Union on Jan. 31, overhaul everything from fishing to financial services and shore up the country’s cash-starved public services. The...
Erie coke plant shuts down amid mounting pollution concernsVideo
ERIE — A coke plant abruptly shut down Thursday morning amid mounting regulatory pressure over its environmental record. Erie Coke Corp. employed more than 130 people at the plant, which uses coal to produce foundry coke, a key ingredient in the steelmaking process. Workers who showed up at the plant...
Authorities find 15 horses fatally shot in eastern KentuckyVideo
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — At least 15 horses have been fatally shot at a strip mine site in eastern Kentucky, authorities said. The horses were found on a site along U.S. 23 near the Floyd-Pike County line, WYMT-TV reported Tuesday. A $500 reward is being offered for information on the shootings....
2 reported trapped in Philadelphia row house collapse, fireVideo
PHILADELPHIA — Two people were reported to be trapped inside a Philadelphia row home that collapsed and caught fire Thursday, authorities said. More than 100 firefighters battled flames that shot out the top of the collapsed home and spread to three or four adjacent homes in south Philadelphia. News video...
2 dead, 2 others shot at Rhode Island housing complex
WESTERLY, R.I. — A shooting at a Rhode Island affordable housing complex for elderly and disabled residents left two people dead and two others injured Thursday morning, police said. Westerly Police Chief Shawn Lacey said a 66-year-old gunman killed a 47-year-old woman at the Babcock Village apartment complex and injured...
Senate passes anti-robocalls bill, sending it to Trump
The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that cracks down on robocalls, a persistent and costly problem for Americans, and is sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature. The bill is one of several measures that federal and state government and the telecom industry are taking to protect...
Senate advances $1.4 trillion spending deal in drive to adjourn
WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to advance a $1.4 trillion government spending package in a last, bipartisan burst of legislating before bolting for the holidays from a Capitol that’s toxic with impeachment. The 71-21 procedural vote is a likely prelude to an easy final set of votes later Thursday....
EU court finds grounds for airline damages in spilled coffee
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that an airline can be held liable if a passenger is burned by hot coffee even if turbulence or other flight-related factor didn’t cause the spill. The European Court of Justice said such injuries don’t have to be linked to issues...
1,200 detained in India amid ban on citizenship law protests
NEW DELHI — Police detained more than 1,200 protesters in some of India’s biggest cities Thursday after they defied bans on assembly that authorities imposed to stop widespread demonstrations against a new citizenship law that opponents say threatens the country’s secular democracy. At least three people were reported killed as...
Teen girl sneaks into small plane, drives it into fenceVideo
FRESNO, Calif. — A 17-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday after authorities say she sneaked into a small plane at a central California airport and drove it into a chain-link fence. The teenager climbed a fence topped with barbed wire at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport, started up the plane and...
Radio show canceled after host makes school shooting comment
DENVER — A Denver radio station has canceled a scheduled program after one of the hosts said a school shooting would help break up media coverage of impeachment proceedings. Chuck Bonniwell from the show “Chuck & Julie” was complaining Tuesday about an abundance of media coverage on the impeachment of...
EU top court: Airbnb not subject to real estate agent rules
BRUSSELS — Airbnb scored a big win in its long-standing fight with French hoteliers as the European Union’s highest court rejected Thursday an argument that Airbnb should be subject to the strict rules that govern French real estate agents. The case was submitted by a French court after a major...
Just 7 Democrats on stage for the latest presidential debate
LOS ANGELES — A winnowed field of Democratic presidential contenders takes the debate stage for a sixth and final time in 2019, as candidates seek to convince anxious voters that they are the party’s best hope to deny President Donald Trump a second term next year. Thursday night’s televised contest...
U.S. probes 4 automakers in new Takata air bag recall
DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has launched an investigation into four automakers that have a potentially deadly type of Takata air bag inflator in their vehicles but have yet to recall them. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in documents posted Thursday that it is investigating...
