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Poll: Low marks for Trump’s Puerto Rico response

WASHINGTON – Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of President Donald Trump’s handling of the Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort. According to a poll by the Assoc...

Vegas gunman transferred $100K, set up cameras at hotel room

Investigators still searching for motive in rampage

FDA hints it may look into medical marijuana health claims

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that marijuana has health benefits that haven’t been proven, the agency’s commissioner said Tuesday. ...

Acts of heroism emerge in chaos of Las Vegas shooting

LAS VEGAS – Rob Ledbetter’s battlefield instincts kicked in quickly as bullets rained overhead. The 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served as a sniper in Iraq immediately began ...

Calendars detail EPA chief’s close ties to industry he regulates

Most of his time is spent with industry reps, not with environmental or consumer groups

Trump ignores critics on Puerto Rico trip, sees ‘miracle’ efforts

FEMA says more than 10,000 officials on the island

New Mexico city gets funds to process sex assault evidence

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest city has been awarded a $2.5 million federal grant to address a backlog in the processing of DNA evidence kits from sexual assaults. Albuquerque...

Trump, first lady, arrive in Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON – The Latest on President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico (all times local): 11:50 a.m. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have arrived in storm-dama...

The shale boom’s dark secret, ruined old wells in Oklahoma

Not every oilman is gaining from the U.S. shale boom. Just ask Joe Warren. Warren, a partner at Brown & Borelli Inc., is caught in a historical hiccup, of sorts. More than a third...

45-foot statue of a naked woman could be coming to Washington Mall for 4 months

WASHINGTON – A 45-foot-tall statue of a nude woman, weighing in at 16,000 pounds, will greet visitors on the Mall for four months if activists have their way. They say the steel statue would...

Protest leaders: We’re not going away, in spite of arrests

ST. LOUIS – The arrest of a clergyman who was taken to the ground and subdued with pepper spray is the latest incident in which police have been responsible for “unnecessary and dangerous vi...

Marseille suspect released from custody day before attack

PARIS – A man who fatally stabbed two women outside Marseille’s main train station had been detained for shoplifting and released the day before the attack, and used seven fake identities in...