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FBI asks Apple for phone data from Saudi shooting suspect

WASHINGTON — The FBI asked Apple this week to help extract data from iPhones that belonged to the Saudi aviation student who investigators say fatally...
20:44 8 January 2022
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NFL bound: QB Jake Fromm leaving Georgia to enter draft

ATLANTA — Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm is heading to the NFL, despite some struggles during a junior season that led to speculation he might return ...
20:20 8 January 2022
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California lawmakers eye back-up power for cellphone towers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When the nation's largest electric utility preemptively shut off power last fall to prevent wildfires in California, customers lo...
20:19 8 January 2022
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New US autonomous vehicle plan lets industry regulate itself

The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its most recent round of guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers that still rely on the industry to po...
19:45 8 January 2022
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Lakers’ Anthony Davis to travel after negative MRI from fall

LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis plans to travel with the Los Angeles Lakers on their upcoming road trip after he bruised his buttocks in a nasty fall.
19:25 8 January 2022
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Weinstein lawyers want judge off rape case over texting jabs

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein's lawyers asked the judge in his New York City rape case to step aside Wednesday, a day after he threatened to jail the di...
19:15 8 January 2022
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Man saves California’s oldest weekly newspaper from closure

DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. — A retiree has canceled an around-the-world trip to save California's oldest weekly newspaper, which was set to shut down when it...
18:44 8 January 2022
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Trump vows new sanctions on already heavily sanctioned Iran

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration will immediately impose new economic sanctions on Iran in response to Iranian mi...
18:41 8 January 2022
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Electric scooter injuries surge along with their popularity

Electric scooter injuries have surged along with their popularity in the United States, nearly tripling over four years, researchers said in a study p...
18:40 8 January 2022
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Gunman gets life term in `Fast and Furious’ border killing

TUCSON, Ariz. — A man convicted of shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent nine years ago in a case that exposed a botched federal gun operation known as ...
18:18 8 January 2022
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Husband in missing mom case ordered held on $6 million bail

Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of a missing mother of five, was ordered detained on $6 million bail Wednesday on new murder and kidnapping charges...
18:04 8 January 2022
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Ivanka Trump’s appearance at CES tech show draws criticism

LAS VEGAS — The nation's largest consumer electronics show hosted Ivanka Trump as a keynote speaker — a choice that drew scorn from many women in tech...
18:03 8 January 2022
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Lizzo, Billie Eilish, Aerosmith to perform at Grammy Awards

NEW YORK — Billie Eilish and Lizzo, both nominated for the top four prizes at the Grammy Awards, are slated to perform at the live show later this mon...
17:58 8 January 2022
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Leaders of Turkey, Russia urge Jan. 12 cease-fire in Libya

BRUSSELS — Turkey and Russia called for a Jan. 12 cease-fire in war-torn Libya on Wednesday while European Union officials intensified diplomatic effo...
17:52 8 January 2022
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Hollywood-backed Quibi thinks you’ll pay for its video bites

LAS VEGAS — A startup heavily backed by Hollywood is wagering that you're ready to set aside YouTube and TikTok to watch star-studded short videos on ...
17:42 8 January 2022
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CES tech show: Voice for the gas pump, sensors for the plant

LAS VEGAS — A connected world means paying for gas with your voice and sensing when a plant needs water.
17:21 8 January 2022
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US sanctions South Sudan’s vice president over abuses

JOHANNESBURG — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, citing his involvement in seriou...
17:02 8 January 2022
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Cardi B’s pledge to seek Nigerian citizenship sparks rivalry

LAGOS, Nigeria — Cardi B's announcement that she wants to seek Nigerian citizenship has set off a Twitter feud between her West African fans in friend...
16:47 8 January 2022
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How Jeremy Sisto keeps the CBS drama ‘FBI’ moving briskly

NEW YORK — Kojak has his lollipop. Sherlock Holmes has his deerstalker cap. Jeremy Sisto has his pencil.
16:39 8 January 2022
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Stabbings, shootings, assaults weigh on US Jewish youth

NEW YORK — When a man spewed anti-Semitic slurs and spat on her face, Shoshana Blum remembered her ancestors who survived the Holocaust, and instead o...
14:57 8 January 2022
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Poll: World skeptical Trump will do right in global affairs

WASHINGTON — The world is still skeptical that after nearly three years in office President Donald Trump will do the right thing on foreign affairs, a...
14:38 8 January 2022
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Erdogan, Putin launch new gas line, vow Mideast diplomacy

ISTANBUL — The presidents of Turkey and Russia inaugurated the dual natural gas line connecting their countries Wednesday, opening up a new export pat...
14:25 8 January 2022
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‘Looks like a movie!’ Traveling back in time to Tombstone

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. — “Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”
14:02 8 January 2022
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ASK A DESIGNER: Easy ways to brighten rooms in winter

When home designer and builder Marnie Oursler talks with clients about building their dream homes along the Delaware coast, their No. 1 request is ha...
13:57 8 January 2022
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Greece retains negative yield in first debt auction of year

ATHENS, Greece — Greece has raised 487.5 million euros ($544.4 million) in a treasury bill sale that saw the country maintain its negative interest ra...
13:12 8 January 2022
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Cancer group finds biggest one-year drop in U.S. death rate

NEW YORK — Researchers on Wednesday reported the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate, a drop they credited to advances in lung...
12:39 8 January 2022
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Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions

NEW DELHI — Commercial airlines on Wednesday rerouted flights crossing the Middle East to avoid possible danger amid escalating tensions between the U...
12:19 8 January 2022
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Fears of Sanders win growing among Democratic establishment

DES MOINES, Iowa — Increasingly alarmed that Bernie Sanders could become their party's presidential nominee, establishment-minded Democrats are warnin...
10:29 8 January 2022
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Key events leading up to US-Iran confrontation

Iran's missile attack on two American bases in Iraq in response the the U.S. strike that killed its top general is the culmination of nearly two years...
9:43 8 January 2022
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Car bomb kills 3, wounds 6 at checkpoint in Somali capital

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali official says a car bomb has killed three people and wounded six others at a checkpoint in the capital.
9:35 8 January 2022