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Supreme Court axes suit over Mississippi Confederate emblem

JACKSON, Miss. – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from an African-American attorney who called the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag “an official endorseme...

Many victims still silent on sexual misconduct despite furor

A spate of recent public revelations, including the spontaneous #metoo discussions on social media, is emboldening many victims of sexual harassment to speak up, but many still remain silent...

Shoppers take to their phones for Cyber Monday deals

NEW YORK – Weeks of deals didn’t stop people from heading online to shop on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday was on track to become the biggest U.S. online shopping day...

Trump, honoring Navajos, revives ‘Pocahontas’ jab at Warren

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump returned to his own kind of code talking Monday by deriding Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” at a White House event honoring Native Americ...

FBI leaves US targets of Russian hackers in the dark

WASHINGTON – The hackers’ targets: The former head of cybersecurity for the U.S. Air Force. An ex-director at the National Security Council. A former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency....

Trump straddle: Won’t stump for Moore, yet blasts Dem foe

WASHINGTON – Playing all sides in the Alabama Senate race, President Donald Trump made it known Monday he won’t set foot in the state on behalf of embattled Republican Roy Moore, even as he ...

Justices ponder need for warrant for cellphone tower data

WASHINGTON – Like almost everyone else in America, thieves tend to carry their cellphones with them to work. When they use their phones on the job, police find it easier to do the...

Dictionary.com chooses ‘complicit’ as its word of the year

NEW YORK – Russian election influence, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandal, mass shootings and the opioid epidemic helped elevate the word “complicit” as Dictionary.com’s word of the...

Franken says he let ‘a lot of people down’ with his behavior

WASHINGTON – A contrite Al Franken said Monday he knows he “let a lot of people down” – the people of Minnesota, Senate colleagues and staff – amid accusations of sexually inappropriate beha...

Royal romance: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to wed next year

LONDON – Newly engaged Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Monday lifted the secrecy that had shrouded their 18-month romance, revealing they met on a blind date, bonded during a camping trip ...

Senators consider automatic tax hikes if revenue falls short

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are considering a trigger that would automatically increase taxes if their sweeping legislation fails to generate as much revenue as they expect. It’s an effo...

Old, meet new: Drones, high-tech camera revamp archaeology

ENFIELD, N.H. – Scanning an empty field that once housed a Shaker village in New Hampshire, Jesse Casana had come in search of the foundations of stone buildings, long-forgotten roadways and...