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Pope: Women have ‘legitimate claims’ for justice, equality
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said in a document released Tuesday that women have “legitimate claims” to seek more equality in the Catholic Church, but he stopped short of endorsing recent calls from his own bishops to give women leadership roles. In the text, Francis also told young adults they...
Trump puts off vote on health-care bill until after next year’s elections
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled Monday night that he will not press for a vote on a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act until after next year’s elections, apparently heeding warnings from fellow Republicans about the perils of such a fight during campaign season. In a series of...
Blast injures 3 at top military school in Russia
MOSCOW — Russia’s Defense Ministry says three people have been injured in an explosion inside an elite military academy in Russia’s second-largest city. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that an unidentified “object” went off early afternoon inside the prestigious Mozhaisky Academy in St. Petersburg, which trains officers...
Narcan available in vending machines in Las Vegas
Vending machines dispense just about anything these days — snacks, soda, aspirin, laundry products. Add anti-overdose medication to that list. In Las Vegas, health officials have begun offering Narcan, the life-saving nasal spray that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. It’s the brand-name version of naloxone. The Center for...
Los Angeles police identify suspect in Nipsey Hussle slaying
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are seeking a 29-year-old man who they believe shot and killed Nipsey Hussle outside the rapper’s clothing store where he was trying to remake his community. Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore has scheduled a briefing Tuesday morning in which he will discuss how...
U.S. officials worry paralyzing illness may grow more common
NEW YORK — One morning last fall, 4-year-old Joey Wilcox woke up with the left side of his face drooping. It was the first sign of an unfolding nightmare. Three days later, Joey was in a hospital intensive care unit, unable to move his arms or legs or sit up....
Man convicted of killing woman out jogging in NYC parkVideo
NEW YORK — A man was convicted Monday of killing a woman out running near her New York City home in a case that stirred urban fears, helped change the state’s DNA-investigation rules and raised questions about race and police procedures. News station video showed Karina Vetrano’s loved ones erupting...
61-year-old serves as surrogate mother for son, his husband
OMAHA, Neb. — A 61-year-old Nebraska woman who served as a surrogate mother for her son and his husband has given birth to a baby girl. Matthew Eledge and Elliot Dougherty were talking about becoming parents when Eledge’s mother and Dougherty’s sister offered to help. Cecile Eledge was 60 at...
4 dead in ‘multiple homicide’ at North Dakota businessVideo
MANDAN, N.D. — Four people were found dead Monday in what police called a “multiple homicide” at a North Dakota property-management business. Three men and a woman were found dead inside RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, a city of about 22,000 just across the Missouri River west of Bismarck,...
Georgia boy, 6, dies of heart attack; collapsed during team pictures
CHICKAMAUGA, Ga. — A 6-year-old boy who collapsed at a baseball field in Georgia while taking pictures with his teammates has died. WTVC-TV reports Brantley Neal Chandler died Thursday, hours after suffering a heart attack. Brantley’s mother Meghan Bryson says he was with the other Rock Spring Mustangs getting ready...
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh takes leave of absence amid scandal
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh will take a “temporary” leave of absence at midnight, her spokesman said Monday, amid a growing scandal involving profits she made from selling a children’s book to businesses and entities intertwined with the government she oversees. James Bentley, the mayor’s spokesman, said she will step aside...
Colorado bill would let authorities take guns if person deemed threat
DENVER — The Democrat-controlled Colorado Legislature sent a “red flag” bill Monday to the governor that calls for taking firearms from people who could pose a threat to themselves or others. Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat, has pledged to sign the measure that would place the state among 13...
Jeff Bezos investigator says Saudis hacked into Amazon CEO’s phone
The feud between Jeff Bezos and the National Enquirer took another stunning turn over the weekend when a personal investigator for the Amazon.com chief executive officer accused Saudi Arabia of accessing Bezos’ phone data before the tabloid exposed his extramarital affair. Gavin de Becker, a security consultant for Bezos, made...
Meteor likely cause of bright flash in Florida night sky
ERIDU, Fla. — The National Weather Service says a bright flash across the Florida night sky over the weekend was likely a falling meteor. News outlets report people in southern Georgia and the Big Bend area of northern Florida reported seeing a flash shortly before midnight Saturday. The National Weather...
More officers may be reassigned to help border crush
EL PASO, Texas — The Trump administration says it may pull as many as 2,000 inspectors from border crossings to handle a surge of families arriving at the U.S.- Mexico border, many of them Central American asylum seekers. The temporary reassignments, up from 750 inspectors previously, threatens to slow the...
‘Harry Potter’ books burned at Catholic parish in Poland
WARSAW, Poland — Priests at a Catholic parish in northern Poland have burned books, including the “Harry Potter” series, and other items that their owners said had evil forces. Images from the burning at Gdansk’s Mother of Church parish on Sunday were posted on Facebook by a Catholic foundation that...
Father vows safety push after daughter’s ride sharing death
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The father of a University of South Carolina student killed when police say she got into the wrong car thinking it was her Uber ride says he will dedicate his life to increasing safety with ride sharing services. Seymour Josephson says he thinks his 21-year-old daughter Samantha...
U.S. safety agency opens probes into Hyundai, Kia fires
DETROIT — The U.S. government’s highway safety agency has decided to open two new investigations into fires involving Hyundai and Kia vehicles after getting complaints of more than 3,100 fires and 103 injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it granted a petition seeking the investigations from the nonprofit...
Official: Trump team overruled 25 security clearance denials
WASHINGTON — A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump’s administration were granted security clearances despite “disqualifying issues” in their backgrounds, such as concerns about foreign influence, drug use and criminal conduct. Tricia Newbold, an 18-year government employee who oversees the...
U.S. retail sales declined 0.2% in February
WASHINGTON — U.S. retail sales fell in February, as consumers pulled back their spending on building materials, groceries, furniture, electronics and clothing amid signs of a slowing economy. The Commerce Department said Monday that retail sales fell 0.2% in February, after posting an upwardly revised gain 0.7% in January. Over...
Technical outage causing flight delays for airlines
NEW YORK — A technical outage is impacting major airlines and causing flight delays that may impact travel. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that several airlines were dealing with computer issues. The agency recommended people contact their airline directly for flight information and updates. There are delays already at...
Barbara Bush saw Trump as a ‘symbol of greed’
WASHINGTON — Barbara Bush didn’t bite her tongue in recent years when it came to Donald Trump: She just didn’t like him. But a new biography of the former first lady finds that her disdain for the Republican president, who transformed the party her own family had embodied for generations...
TSA’s social media highlight weird stuff in travelers’ bags
WASHINGTON — David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: A glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a grenade. A rusted circular saw blade. A pocket-sized pitchfork. None of those are quite right. Then Johnston sees...
Trump White House doubles down on threat to close U.S.-Mexico borderVideo
WASHINGTON — The White House doubled down Sunday on President Trump’s threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico, despite warnings that the move would inflict immediate economic damage on American consumers and businesses while doing little to stem a tide of migrants clamoring to enter the United States. Sealing...
One of Russia’s richest women dies in plane crash in Germany
FRANKFURT, Germany— One of Russia’s richest women, S7 Group co-owner Natalia Fileva, died Sunday in a plane crash in Germany, the airline operator said. Fileva, 55, was aboard a single-engine, six-seat Epic LT aircraft that crashed and burned in a field as it approached the small airport at Egelsbach, a...
