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Black voters say they won’t forget Trump’s racist tweets
DETROIT — Robin D. Stephens lived through Jim Crow and thought the worst days of racism were behind her. Then President Donald Trump told four American congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they came from. “It was very hurtful to see the person who is the leader of...
FTC fines Facebook $5B, adds oversight for privacy mishaps
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have fined Facebook $5 billion for privacy violations and are instituting new oversight and restrictions on its business. But they are only holding CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally responsible in a limited fashion. The fine is the largest the Federal Trade Commission has levied on a tech...
Meek Mill launches new record label with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation
Meek Mill is in a Jay-Z state of mind: The Philadelphia rapper-turned-entrepreneur is launching a new record label in a joint venture with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation. The two hip-hop players celebrated the launch of Dream Chasers Records on Tuesday at the Roc Nation headquarters in New York City, signing contracts...
Documents: $6 million to family of Neil Armstrong in wrongful death
CINCINNATI — An Ohio hospital paid the estate of astronaut Neil Armstrong $6 million in a confidential agreement to settle allegations that post-surgical complications led to Armstrong’s 2012 death, according to court documents and a report in the New York Times. The 2014 settlement went to 10 family members, including...
Robert Mueller testifies before Congress about Trump investigationVideo
WASHINGTON — Former Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller finally faced congressional interrogators Wednesday, testifying in televised hearings that Democrats hope will weaken President Donald Trump’s reelection prospects in ways that Mueller’s book-length report did not. Republicans were ready to defend Trump and turn their fire on Mueller and his team...
Girl tossed in air after bison charges Yellowstone touristsVideo
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park officials say a bull bison tossed a 9-year-old Florida girl into the air when the animal charged a group of about 50 tourists. Park officials say the bison rushed the group Monday after some of the tourists approached to within 5 to...
Judge temporarily blocks new Arkansas anti-abortion laws
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions from taking effect Wednesday in Arkansas, including a measure that opponents say would likely force the state’s only surgical abortion clinic to close. U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker granted a 14-day temporary restraining order shortly before midnight Tuesday....
Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being remembered
America in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened. It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Ark., in medium-size places such as Annapolis, Md., and Syracuse, N.Y., and in big cities like Washington...
Mueller takes the TV stage; Democrats hope America tunes inVideo
WASHINGTON — Democrats are pretty sure America didn’t read the Mueller report. On Wednesday, they’re hoping the nation will be glued to the TV version. Former Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller’s appearance before two House committees promises to be the TV event of the year in the U.S. House, where...
USDA rule would cut food stamp benefits for 3.1 millionVideo
WASHINGTON — About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration’s proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program. The Agriculture Department said Tuesday that the rule would close “a loophole” that enables people receiving only minimal benefits from the Temporary Assistance for...
Justice Department launches antitrust probe of Big Tech
The Department of Justice has opened a sweeping antitrust investigation of big technology companies and whether their online platforms have hurt competition, suppressed innovation or otherwise harmed consumers. It comes as a growing number of lawmakers have called for stricter regulation or even breaking up of the big tech companies,...
CEO: Pennsylvania school board rejects offer to pay students’ late lunch bills
The president of a Pennsylvania school board whose district had warned parents behind on lunch bills that their children could end up in foster care has rejected a CEO’s offer to cover the cost, the businessman said Tuesday. Todd Carmichael, chief executive and co-founder of Philadelphia-based La Colombe Coffee, said...
Collecting easy for Pro Football Hall of Fame — displaying is challengeVideo
Visitors to the Pro Football Hall of Fame can see the football Drew Brees threw in becoming the NFL’s all-time passing yards leader and the uniform the New Orleans Saints quarterback wore while making history. Hall of Fame officials had been monitoring Brees’ chase of Peyton Manning’s record, hoping the...
ICE releases Francisco Erwin Galicia, 18, wrongfully detained near borderVideo
HOUSTON — A U.S.-born 18-year-old was released from immigration custody Tuesday after wrongfully being detained for more than three weeks. Francisco Erwin Galicia left a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pearsall, Texas, on Tuesday. His lawyer, Claudia Galan, confirmed he had been released, less than a day...
Police: Man intending to visit Taylor Swift’s home arrested
WESTERLY, R.I. — Police in Rhode Island have arrested an Iowa man they say intended to visit singer Taylor Swift’s beachfront mansion in the state and was carrying a backpack containing a baseball bat and items commonly used in burglaries. Westerly Chief Shawn Lacey tells The Sun of Westerly that...
Diplomats’ brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery
CHICAGO — Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussionlike symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what may have happened to them, a new study says. Extensive imaging tests showed the workers had less white matter than...
Man pleads guilty to vandalizing Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. — The National Park Service says a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to vandalizing the more than century-old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse by carving initials into its bronze door with a pocketknife. A park service news release Tuesday said 39-year-old Jamie Lester Underwood of Winston-Salem etched the...
Doug Ferguson: Shane Lowry’s British Open caps off big year in majorsVideo
PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Winning the British Open didn’t sink in right away for Shane Lowry. It apparently didn’t take long. A celebration that began on the 18th fairway of Royal Portrush extended well into the night in Dublin. The European Tour posted a video on Twitter of Lowry, still...
Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev, 28, dies after brain injury in ring
MOSCOW — Boxer Maxim Dadashev died Tuesday, two days after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland. He was 28. The Russian Boxing Federation said Dadashev suffered a brain swelling in Friday’s light-welterweight fight with Subriel Matias at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md....
Ex-Pitt, Clairton star Tyler Boyd signs $43M extension with BengalsVideo
CINCINNATI — Former Clairton and Pitt receiver Tyler Boyd signed a four-year contract extension on Tuesday after a breakthrough season with the Cincinnati Bengals. ESPN reported the deal was worth $43 million. Boyd, 24, was a second-round pick in 2016 and was entering the final year on his contract. The...
Tokyo 2020 — Japan’s capital 1-year until Olympics
The Summer Olympics will return to Tokyo next year for the first time since 1964. The world’s best athletes will be on display, of course, but so will Japan’s sprawling capital — a dense mix of the traditional and the eccentric. Small shrines and ancient temples nestle alongside gleaming towers...
Man who followed Tree of Life shooter pleads guilty to gun charge
WASHINGTON — A man whose relatives reported concerns about his behavior and far-right extremist rhetoric after last year’s Pittsburgh synagogue massacre pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge Tuesday. Jeffrey Clark Jr. of Washington, D.C., faces a maximum of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of...
Lawmakers approve $1 billion financial rescue for Ohio’s nuclear plants
TOLEDO, Ohio — A roughly $1 billion financial rescue for Ohio’s two nuclear power plants is on the way after lawmakers and the governor signed off on a plan Tuesday that will add a new fee to every electricity bill in the state. Backed mostly by Republicans, the legislation will...
Miss America pageant leaving Atlantic City for Connecticut
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Miss America pageant is leaving one casino town for another. The Miss America Organization says this year’s pageant will be held at the Mohegan Sun Connecticut in Uncasville, Conn. It will be broadcast on NBC Dec. 19, in a switch from recent broadcaster ABC. The...
Pakistan PM says he’ll work with U.S. on Afghanistan accord
WASHINGTON — After years of tension between Washington and Islamabad, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan insisted Tuesday the two are now on the same page and said he will do his best to convince the Taliban to open negotiations with the Afghan government to resolve the war. The U.S. has...
