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Ex-worker says Oklahoma prosecutor ordered illegal probe

OKLAHOMA CITY — A former investigator for an Oklahoma prosecutor has accused his ex-boss of ordering an illegal investigation into supporters of crimi...
18:37 26 October 2021

FBI will seek ‘way forward’ on body cams for task forces

CHICAGO — FBI Director Christopher Wray vowed Saturday to "find a way forward" to allow police officers who serve on federal task forces to wear body ...
18:02 26 October 2021

Johnson’s NIreland allies vow to keep rejecting Brexit deal

LONDON — Boris Johnson's allies in Northern Ireland vowed Saturday to keep rejecting the British prime minister's divorce deal with the European Union...
17:17 26 October 2021

Prince’s anticipated, posthumous memoir is ready for fans

NEW YORK — Panic, joy, shock: Dan Piepenbring felt them all when Prince plucked him to collaborate on his first memoir, followed by more shock and pro...
16:44 26 October 2021

‘I’m dying’: Relatives await answers in smuggling case

DO THANH, Vietnam — One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying. Another grieving family set up a m...
16:34 26 October 2021

Critics gear up for response to lease sale in Arctic refuge

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Opponents of oil drilling in America's largest wildlife refuge have a message for oil drillers and the people who finance them: Do...
16:06 26 October 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s takes on impeachment, Syria, climate

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is persisting in a claim that goes to the heart of the U.S. military withdrawal from Syria — that he's bringing th...
16:00 26 October 2021

Russia calls US move to protect Syrian oil ‘banditry’

MOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry on Saturday harshly criticized the United States decision to send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern S...
15:33 26 October 2021

Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US

MOSCOW — The Russian woman convicted in the United States of being a Russian agent returned to Moscow on Saturday and declared that she has no desire ...
15:24 26 October 2021

The Latest: Irish police arrest 5th person in truck deaths

LONDON — The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local):
15:09 26 October 2021

‘It’s a fine target’: Census bureau to fight misinformation

CHICAGO — Worried about internet trolls and foreign powers spreading false news, census officials are preparing to battle misinformation campaigns for...
13:53 26 October 2021

Far right expected to make gains in German regional vote

BERLIN — Political opponents say he's a Nazi and a court recently ruled he can be called a fascist, but to many Germans angry about immigration Bjoern...
13:48 26 October 2021

Discord over deal to settle Houston-area bail lawsuit

HOUSTON — Both law enforcement officials and advocates in Texas' most populous county say they support efforts to change a bail system that was deemed...
13:32 26 October 2021

Special needs families hope Chicago strike will bring change

CHICAGO — For seven school days, Mila Cohen's 14-year-old daughter retrieved her backpack and urged her mother toward the door — her usual morning rou...
13:24 26 October 2021

Snow jobs: In tight labor market, ski areas up the ante

WARREN, Vt. — It used to be that a free ski pass was enough to lure workers to seasonal jobs at mountain resorts. No longer.
12:11 26 October 2021

House Democrats get a legal victory in impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON — A judge has ordered the Justice Department to give the House secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia inv...
5:40 26 October 2021

Q&A: Explaining the fast-moving impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON — The Democrat-led impeachment investigation is only a few weeks old, but it's moving fast as lawmakers hear from a series of current and f...
5:37 26 October 2021

Native Hawaiian heiress faces court test to control millions

HONOLULU — A 93-year-old heiress doesn't need a guardian to take care of her, but a hearing will be held to determine whether she needs a conservator ...
2:52 26 October 2021

Venezuelans buy gas with cigarettes to battle inflation

CARACAS, Venezuela — Motorists in socialist Venezuela have long enjoyed the world's cheapest gasoline, with fuel so heavily subsidized that a full tan...
1:33 26 October 2021

Pentagon hands Microsoft $10B ‘war cloud’ deal, snubs Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO — The Pentagon awarded Microsoft a $10 billion cloud computing contract , snubbing early front-runner Amazon, whose competitive bid drew...
1:05 26 October 2021

Acting Homeland Security Secretary McAleenan fights subpoena

WASHINGTON — Kevin McAleenan, the acting Homeland Security secretary, is challenging a subpoena to appear before a congressional committee to discuss ...
0:44 26 October 2021

Bolivia reveals final vote results, but no winner declared

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia's official vote tally was revealed Friday pointing to an outright win for incumbent Evo Morales in a disputed presidential e...
0:40 26 October 2021

For Joe Biden, South Carolina is the key to 2020 nomination

The spotlight of presidential primary politics shines brightest on Iowa and New Hampshire. But for Joe Biden, there's an even more important venue in ...
0:32 26 October 2021

Russian woman who infiltrated US politics out of prison

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A tantalizing chapter in Russia's efforts to collect intelligence on American politics came to a close on Friday as a woman who wo...
23:30 25 October 2021

What’s new: 3 more Trump officials subpoenaed to testify

WASHINGTON — For only the fourth time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives has started a presidential impeachment inquiry. House committees a...
23:11 25 October 2021

US deficit hits nearly $1 trillion. When will it matter?

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration reported a river of red ink Friday.
23:07 25 October 2021

Trump’s company exploring sale of landmark Washington hotel

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's company said Friday it is exploring the sale of its landmark Washington hotel after nearly three years of ethics...
23:05 25 October 2021

Firefighters race to control blazes before winds roar back

LOS ANGELES — Howling winds that fueled destructive wildfires across California began to die down Friday, but residents in the northern part of the st...
22:47 25 October 2021

Protests rattle the postwar order in Lebanon and Iraq

BAGHDAD — Tens of thousands of people, many of them young and unemployed men, thronged public squares and blocked main streets Friday in the capitals ...
22:44 25 October 2021

Racial bias in health care software aids whites over blacks

A widely used software program that helps guide care for millions of patients is flawed by unintentional racial bias that leads to blacks getting pass...
21:51 25 October 2021