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September 26, 2020

Judges: Alaska Native corporations ineligible for aid funds

Alaska Native corporations are not eligible to receive a share of the $8 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding set ...

September 26, 2020

HUD secretary's notes show he's upset with WH appointments

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson inadvertently made public his anger with the White House hiring office ...

September 26, 2020

The Latest: Police block way of Breonna Taylor protest march

The Latest on a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charges directly related to Breonna Taylor's ...

September 26, 2020

Family demands release of evidence in Breonna Taylor's case

Breonna Taylor’s family demanded Friday that Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files and the ...

September 26, 2020

US senators demand action after AP exposes palm oil abuses

Lawmakers said Friday that the U.S. government needs to ban the import of products made with child or forced labor after an ...

September 26, 2020

NYPD should stop making traffic stops, attorney general says

New York's attorney general on Friday recommended the New York Police Department get out of the business of routine traffic ...

September 26, 2020

As campaign heats up, Trump woos Latino, Black voters

With fewer than 40 days left before the election, President Donald Trump unveiled his second policy plan in as many days as ...

September 26, 2020

1 hurt, car crashed in fights at Los Angeles protest

One person was hurt when a truck ran into a small crowd of people protesting police brutality in Los Angeles Thursday night, ...

September 26, 2020

Former congressman Ron Paul hospitalized, says he's OK

Former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul posted a picture of himself in a hospital Friday but said he was OK after video ...

September 25, 2020

Kentucky lawmaker arrested during protests in Taylor case

A Kentucky lawmaker who spent a night in jail after her arrest during protests demanding justice for Breonna Taylor says ...

September 25, 2020

Mexico wants to pay US water debt, stay out of US election

Mexico’s president called on politicians and angry farmers in northern Mexico Friday to allow the country to pay its water ...

September 25, 2020

Judge says 2020 census must continue for another month

A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at month's end and suspended a year-end deadline for delivering ...

September 25, 2020

Largest California wildfire threatens marijuana growing area

California’s largest wildfire is threatening a marijuana growing enclave, and authorities said many of the locals have ...

September 25, 2020

Teen charged in Kenosha shootings fights extradition

The 17-year-old charged in the shooting deaths of two protesters in Wisconsin is fighting his extradition from Illinois, but ...

September 25, 2020

Court revives House's challenge of Trump wall funding

A federal appeals court on Friday revived a House challenge of President Donald Trump’s use of Defense Department money to ...

September 25, 2020

Appeals court hears fight over Trump tax returns — again

A federal appeals court tested the waters on a potential compromise, but didn't immediately rule Friday after arguments in ...

September 25, 2020

Election 2020 Today: Trump sows voting doubt; Biden lays low

Here’s what’s happening Friday in Election 2020, 39 days until Election Day: HOW TO VOTE: AP’s state-by-state interactive has ...

September 25, 2020

White House again criticizes FBI director for voting remarks

FBI Director Christopher Wray was the target of White House criticism for the second time in a week Friday as Chief of Staff ...

September 25, 2020

Trump camp hopes Mideast pacts translate to Jewish support

Jewish American voters have leaned Democratic for decades, but Republicans are hoping the recent steps toward normalized ...