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October 16, 2019

California earthquake alerts to become available statewide

Earthquake early warning alerts will become publicly available throughout California this week, the Governor's Office of ...

October 16, 2019

The Latest: Trump told Erdogan, 'Don't be a tough guy'

The Latest on President Donald Trump and Syria (all times local): 5:20 p.m. Two days after President Donald Trump ordered U.S

October 16, 2019

US resumes assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras

The Trump administration is resuming targeted foreign assistance funding for El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras after the ...

October 16, 2019

Pricey pot, few stores in Canada after 1 year of legal sales

The weed is expensive, the selection is limited, the black market persists, and licensed stores are scarce. It's one year ...

October 16, 2019

Census confirms drivers' records request tied to citizenship

The U.S. Census Bureau is acknowledging that its nationwide request for state drivers' license records is the result of ...

October 16, 2019

Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case

One of California's largest hospital systems has reached an agreement to settle a massive class-action lawsuit over ...

October 16, 2019

Mormon church opposes Utah LGBTQ conversion therapy ban

A proposed conversion therapy ban in Utah is in danger of being derailed after the influential Church of Jesus of Christ of ...

October 16, 2019

Another man is arrested in probe of Giuliani associates

A Florida man wanted in a campaign finance case involving associates of Rudy Giuliani is in federal custody after flying ...

October 16, 2019

Trump dismisses US stakes in Syria: "We're 7,000 miles away"

Washing his hands of America's presence in Syria, President Donald Trump declared Wednesday the U.S. has no stake in ...

October 16, 2019

US to require Chinese officials to report American contacts

The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will soon require Chinese officials in the U.S. to notify the State ...

October 16, 2019

Aid groups scramble to reach Syrians as battle lines shift

Humanitarian groups in northeastern Syria are scrambling to provide aid to hundreds of thousands of people as rapidly ...

October 16, 2019

Trump boasts that US would win tariff war with Europe

President Donald Trump voiced confidence Wednesday that the U.S. could not lose a tariff war with the European Union as the U

October 16, 2019

In Iraq, concern that Syria chaos would bring back IS

Iraq's defense minister on Wednesday expressed concerns that the Islamic State group could take advantage of Turkey's ...

October 16, 2019

Syrian forces enter key border town, blocking Turkish plans

Syrian forces on Wednesday night rolled into the strategic border town of Kobani, blocking one path for the Turkish military ...

October 16, 2019

No classes, parents scramble as Chicago teacher strike looms

Parents and community groups are scrambling to prepare for an expected strike by Chicago teachers that prompted city ...

October 16, 2019

Biden jabs Warren on foreign policy, compares Trump to Nixon

Joe Biden is punching left and right coming out of the Democrats' latest presidential debate, casting his top primary rival, ...

October 16, 2019

Kansas lawmaker who left GOP running for Senate as Democrat

One of four Kansas legislators who made headlines last year by defecting from the Republican Party is running for the U.S.

October 16, 2019

Democrats protest $200M in additional border wall transfers

President Donald Trump has quietly transferred more than $200 million from Pentagon counterdrug efforts toward building his ...

October 16, 2019

Correction: Mexico-Violence story

In a story Oct. 15 about two shootouts between Mexican security forces and suspected drug cartel gunmen, The Associated Press ...