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September 30, 2016

Man who shot, killed New Mexico officer gets life sentence

A judge sentenced a New Mexico man who shot and killed a suburban Albuquerque police officer to life in prison without parole ...

September 30, 2016

Historic takeover of Puerto Rico's finances, agencies begins

A federal control board on Friday took over Puerto Rico's finances and several government agencies for the first time in the ...

September 30, 2016

White House snafu: Obama transcript puts Jerusalem in Israel

The White House rushed Friday to correct a diplomatic blooper after an official transcript listed Jerusalem as part of ...

September 30, 2016

Witness to Milwaukee police shooting confirms friend had gun

A witness to a fatal police shooting that led to riots in Milwaukee last month said his friend was carrying a gun when he was ...

September 30, 2016

Police killing shakes diverse San Diego suburb

The family of an unarmed black man fatally shot by police is like thousands who have transformed the suburban San Diego city ...

September 30, 2016

Pentagon chief urges Southeast Asia security cooperation

Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Friday opened talks in Hawaii with his counterparts from 10 Southeast Asian nations, even as ...

September 30, 2016

The Latest: NAACP leader praises release of shooting videos

The Latest on a police shooting of an unarmed black man in a San Diego suburb (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The head of the ...

September 30, 2016

5 soldiers killed in attack on Mexican army convoy

The sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman were likely behind a brazen ambush on a military convoy using ...

September 30, 2016

Lawmaker: Olympic tax bill popular but 'bad policy'

U.S. Olympic medal winners will soon get a tax break, but not everyone thinks getting rid of the so-called victory tax is a ...

September 30, 2016

Ex-Christie aide's lawyer paints government witness as liar

The attorney for one of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former aides raised questions Friday about the credibility of the ...

September 30, 2016

California governor OKs sex crime bill tied to Stanford case

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two sexual assault laws in response to national outrage over the six-month jail ...

September 30, 2016

Clinton in a landslide _ in endorsements: Do they matter?

"A clear and present danger to our country." ''Xenophobia, racism and misogyny." ''Beneath our national dignity." Those ...

September 30, 2016

Somalia accuses US over airstrike

The Somali government has accused U.S. forces of carrying out an airstrike earlier this week which killed 13 Somali soldiers.

September 30, 2016

Clinton calls Trump Twitter tirade 'unhinged, even for him'

Hillary Clinton is criticizing Donald Trump's Twitter tirade against a former beauty pageant winner, calling it "unhinged, ...

September 30, 2016

'Guac the Vote:' Houston taco trucks seek to register voters

At Tacos Tierra Caliente — a food truck parked in a section of Houston where Spanish is spoken as often as English — $1.

September 30, 2016

Alabama justice off bench for defying feds on gay marriage

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the bench Friday for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, more ...

September 30, 2016

US website: NKorea may be building new missile submarine

North Korea may be building a new submarine for launching missiles, a U.S. website that monitors the isolated nation's ...

September 30, 2016

13K people text woman, not C-SPAN, about presidential debate

A Virginia woman says she received more than 13,000 text messages and 600 calls after C-SPAN accidentally plastered her ...

September 30, 2016

US teen summer program sparks national backlash in Cuba

A few months after President Barack Obama visited Cuba in March, a group of teenagers left the island for a month-long visit ...

September 30, 2016

N Carolina senator: Judge will release video if mayor won't

A top North Carolina legislator is warning that a judge likely will force Charlotte's mayor to release all videos chronicling ...