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Dallas officer on trial had no drugs, alcohol in system
DALLAS — A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment last year had no drugs or alcohol in her system at the time, a police detective testified Tuesday. Detective Eddie Ibarra’s testimony during the second day of Amber Guyger’s murder trial marked the first...
Pirates end 9-game skid, put Cubs on life support
A seven-game losing streak has all but eliminated the Chicago Cubs from playoff contention, and the near finality of that could be felt in their somber clubhouse following the latest defeat. “You don’t ever envision failing,” right fielder Jason Heyward said quietly. “Whether you’re a parent, someone going to work,...
Placido Domingo withdraws from Met Opera after harassment reports
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Placido Domingo had agreed to withdraw from his slate of scheduled performances at the opera house following allegations of sexual harassment made by multiple women in two Associated Press stories. The opera legend indicated that he would never again perform at...
Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead’s poetic lyricist, dead at 78Video
LOS ANGELES — Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead’s finest songs, has died at age 78. Hunter died Monday at his Northern California home with his wife, Maureen, at his side, former Grateful Dead publicist Dennis McNally told The Associated...
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says teen climate activist ‘ill-informed’
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin touted the reliability of fossil fuels and called teen climate activist Greta Thunberg “remarkably ill-informed” during a conference on energy. Bevin was asked about the 16-year-old Swedish activist on Tuesday after he gave a keynote address at the annual meeting of the Southern States...
Nancy Pelosi orders impeachment probe: ‘No one is above the law’Video
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation into an election year clash between Congress and the commander in chief. The probe centers on whether Trump abused his...
Massachusetts temporarily banning sale of vaping products
BOSTON — The governor of Massachusetts is declaring a public health emergency and ordering a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products in the state. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s order Tuesday appears to be the first of its kind in the nation. The ban must be approved by a...
WeWork CEO stepping aside amid questions about company
NEW YORK — WeWork’s charismatic but controversial CEO is stepping aside from the company he founded, another moment of reckoning between a fast-growing tech company and its disenchanted investors. The New York-based company, which runs trendy communal office spaces, said Tuesday that Adam Neumann will remain on its board as...
Google wins case over EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ rules
BRUSSELS — Handing Google a major victory, the European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday that the EU’s “right to be forgotten” rules that allow people to control what comes up when their name is searched online do not apply outside the 28-nation bloc. Over the past five years, people in...
NASA says 1969 moon landing lab to be demolished next year
NASA says the Houston building where Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong and his colleagues emerged from quarantine after their 1969 moon mission has fallen into disrepair and will be demolished. The Houston Chronicle reported Tuesday that the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at Johnson Space Center hasn’t been used for two years...
Unmarried partners in U.S. has tripled in 2 decades
A new U.S. Census Bureau report says the number of unmarried partners living together has tripled in the past two decades because of greater social acceptance. The report released this week says the number went from nearly 6 million in 1996 to 19.1 million in 2018. The report says unmarried...
Gun debate revived in Pennsylvania statehouse
The debate over guns was revived Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature after a year of shocking violence, although Democrats went away frustrated and warning the process could end up actually loosening gun laws. The day marked the start of a two-day Senate committee hearing on gun violence and a slate...
California halts prison gang peacemaking effort
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California prison officials have halted an experiment aimed at trying to force warning prison gangs to get along. Officials tell the Associated Press the temporary halt came after the inmates wound up brawling and even rioting when they were allowed to mingle together in prison recreation yards....
Trump says transcript of Ukraine conversation to be released
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has directed the release on Wednesday of the “unredacted” transcript of his July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump has acknowledged that he discussed former Vice President Joe Biden in the call. Trump tweets Tuesday that “You will see it was...
TV producer Dick Wolf making history with ‘Law & Order: SVU’
NEW YORK — That familiar “cha-CHUNG” sound effect from the opening credits of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” this Thursday will signal the debut of a new season and something else — TV history. The show’s 21st season launch makes it the longest running prime-time live-action series in U.S....
N.Y. Times says it turned to Ireland to rescue journalist
NEW YORK — The New York Times said it turned to the Irish government to rescue a reporter threatened with arrest in Egypt two years ago out of concern that the Trump administration wouldn’t help. Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger revealed the incident during a speech at Brown University and in...
Review: Inspirational Mister Rogers quotes fill new coffee-table book
If you need something to hold you over between the Mister Rogers documentary and the upcoming biopic starring Tom Hanks, a new coffee-table book of his quotes is now in bookstores. “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” is small and short, with the cover featuring...
North Carolina deputy lauded for buying disabled woman’s gas at Sheetz
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy is receiving praise on social media for buying a tank of gasoline for a disabled woman who didn’t have enough money to fill up her car. The Winston-Salem Journal reports Forsyth County sheriff’s deputy Chris Owen said he was checking on security...
Animal rescue operators charged after 150 dead dogs found
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A couple who operated an animal rescue face multiple charges after authorities found about 150 dead dogs on property in Missouri and Texas and rescued hundreds more animals that were packed into cages and living in “unimaginable” conditions, law enforcement said. Tiffany and Steven Woodington operated...
Previously unreleased track by Aretha Franklin is coming out
Christmas is bringing the gift of a previously unreleased Aretha Franklin recording. “Big Band Holidays II” from the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis has a holiday album that will feature the late icon singing “O Tannebaum.” Franklin performed the song as she played the piano at a...
Fox News apologizes for ‘disgraceful’ comment about Greta ThunbergVideo
NEW YORK — Fox News has apologized for a guest who called environmental activist Greta Thunberg mentally ill, and said he would never appear on the network again. Michael Knowles of “The Daily Wire” made the comment Monday during a segment on a Fox evening newscast, also saying Thunberg was...
Trump ordered aid frozen; more Democrats want impeachment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump personally ordered his staff to freeze nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days before a phone call in which he pressured the Eastern European nation’s leader to investigate the family of political rival Joe Biden, a revelation that comes as more Democrats...
‘Greta’: A young activist’s moment, praised and criticized
UNITED NATIONS — She stepped onto the biggest of global stages to face the most diverse of audiences, and she made it count. “How dare you?” she kept saying to some of the world’s most powerful people. “You are failing us,” she told them. Sometimes, a moment and a person...
It’s a vegan world after all, at least at Disney parks
ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s a vegan world after all, at least at Disney’s U.S. theme parks. Disney said Tuesday that plant-based meals would be available at all of its restaurants and quick-meal hubs at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California. The company says on its blog...
Boy, 11, drives 3 hours for Snapchat meeting, gets lost
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Police in South Carolina say an 11-year-old boy took his brother’s car and drove alone for three hours to meet someone he met on Snapchat. Charleston Police spokesman Charles Francis says the boy pulled up to an officer around 12:30 a.m. Monday and said he was lost....
