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January 25, 2020

Parts of Phoenix airport briefly evacuated; flights delayed

Hundreds of travelers were temporarily evacuated from parts of Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Friday after American Airlines ...

January 25, 2020

2 killed, 20 injured when warehouse explosion shakes Houston

A massive explosion Friday leveled a warehouse in Houston, killing two workers, damaging nearby buildings and homes and ...

January 25, 2020

Use of 'rescues' by Mexican migration officials criticized

The headline on a statement from Mexico’s National Immigration Institute read: “INM rescues 800 Central American migrants who ...

January 25, 2020

AP Exclusive: Feds plan to move Epstein warden to prison job

The warden in charge when Jeffrey Epstein ended his life in his jail cell is being moved to a leadership position at another ...

January 25, 2020

Officials identify remains found in burnt-out Hawaii home

The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the remains of two people found in a burnt-out home where a man ...

January 25, 2020

New Orleans: Protesters demand action on damaged hotel

Dozens of protesters marched from the site of the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel on the edge of the French Quarter to ...

January 25, 2020

3 Americans killed in Australia all had military backgrounds

Growing up in a small rural community on Colorado's plains, Ian McBeth went to work as a ranch hand in neighboring Nebraska ...

January 25, 2020

Protesters fear rising costs if firm buys dot-org universe

The company that controls the dot-org universe is trying to sell the online registry to an investment firm for more than $1 ...

January 25, 2020

US fines Delta $50,000 for booting off 3 Muslim passengers

Delta Air Lines is being fined $50,000 for ordering three Muslim passengers off planes even after the airline's own security ...

January 24, 2020

Athletes warily embrace progress as USA Gymnastics evolves

The dread was familiar. The fear too. They gripped MyKayla Skinner shortly after she decided to return to elite gymnastics ...

January 24, 2020

Homeowner: Airbnb guest threw party that trashed island home

The owner of an island home off South Carolina's coast is suing Airbnb, claiming it only reimbursed him for a “fraction” of ...

January 24, 2020

Normalcy returns to Guatemala-Mexico border after caravan

From the roadside stand where his family sells mole, barbecue and chicken stew, Miguel Ángel Vázquez has seen all the ...

January 24, 2020

No criminal charges to be filed in deadly propane blast

A Maine company that severed an underground propane line that caused a deadly propane explosion was cited for violating the ...

January 24, 2020

Convicted NYC bomber gets life term for New Jersey shootout

An Afghan-born U.S. citizen already serving life in prison for a bombing in New York City was sentenced Friday to an ...

January 24, 2020

Agents recover stolen 500-year-old copy of Columbus letter

Federal agents in Delaware have recovered a more than 500-year-old copy of a letter penned by Christopher Columbus that ...

January 24, 2020

Australia works to recover bodies of 3 from air tanker crash

The American tanker plane that crashed while fighting Australian wildfires had just dropped a load of retardant on a fire ...

January 24, 2020

Mayor, police pledge action after deadly Seattle shooting

A shootout in downtown Seattle that left a woman dead and a 9-year-old boy injured was the third violent incident this week ...

January 24, 2020

Mexican guardsmen break up migrant caravan along highway

Eight hundred Central American migrants were rounded up and hauled onto buses by Mexican national guardsmen and immigration ...

January 24, 2020

'Sopranos' actress says Weinstein raped her in the mid-1990s

“Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand Thursday, testifying that the former ...

January 24, 2020

Prosecutor: DNA match leads to Florida 'pillowcase rapist'

Prosecutors announced Thursday that a sophisticated DNA match has led to the cold case arrest of a Florida man believed to ...