Associated Press Female spacewalking duo uplifted by excitement belowAssociated Press - By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts who took part in the first all-female spacewalk are still uplifted by all the excitement down on Earth. International Space Station resident Jessica Meir said
Associated PressSaad Hariri Protesters remain despite Lebanese PM's reform packageAssociated Press - By BASSEM MROUE, Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — Facing escalating mass protests, the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri approved Monday a package of economic reforms and a 2020 budget without new taxes, hoping to appease
Associated PressFacebook Facebook ramps up election security efforts ahead of 2020Associated Press - By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology WriterWith just over a year left until the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Facebook is stepping up its efforts to ensure it is not used as a tool to interfere in politics and democracies around the world. efforts
Associated PressU.S. Politics US diplomat in Ukraine text messages to testify to CongressAssociated Press - By LYNN BERRY, Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — William Taylor has emerged as an unlikely central player in the events that are at the heart of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The retired career civil servant
Associated PressForests Study finds US public land workers facing assaults, threatsAssociated Press - By MATTHEW BROWN, Associated PressBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period marked by heightened tensions with anti-government groups dwindling
Associated PressU.S. Politics Trump blasts critics who pushed him to cancel G-7 at DoralAssociated Press - By JILL COLVIN and BERNARD CONDON, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Monday at critics who prompted him to move next year's Group of Seven summit from his golf club in Florida, saying "Democrats went crazy" with criticisms
Associated Press California tribe regains island it calls center of universeAssociated Press - By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated PressIndian Island off the coast of Northern California was the site of a massacre, a place that was contaminated by a shipyard and flush with invasive species. It's also the spiritual and physical center the
Associated PressU.S. Politics US may now keep some troops in Syria to guard oilfieldsAssociated Press - By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. may leave some forces in Syria to secure oilfields and make sure they don't fall into the hands of a resurgent Islamic State, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday,
Associated Press Klobuchar tries to turn debate spotlight into momentumAssociated Press - By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, Associated PressDAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Several days removed from a marathon Democratic presidential debate, Amy Klobuchar was still feeling an afterglow. On the debate stage, the Minnesota senator repeatedly hit Elizabeth
Associated PressBenjamin Netanyahu Israel's Netanyahu gives up on forming new coalitionAssociated Press - By JOSEF FEDERMAN, Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that he had failed to form a majority government in parliament, marking a major setback for the embattled Israeli leader that plunges
Associated PressAlaska Natives Distinctive accent on torture video leads police to suspectAssociated Press - By MARK THIESSEN, Associated PressANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The suspect in a torture killing in Alaska's biggest city ended up leading police right to him, first by losing a digital memory card labeled "Homicide at midtown Marriott" that
Associated PressNews (U.S.) Tornado slams Dallas; 4 killed in Arkansas, OklahomaAssociated Press - By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG, Associated PressDALLAS (AP) — A tornado tore homes and businesses apart in a densely populated area of Dallas, where only minor injuries were reported, but four people were killed in Arkansas and Oklahoma as a late-night
Associated PressBusiness $260 million deal averts 1st federal trial on opioid crisisAssociated Press - By JULIE CARR SMYTH and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated PressCLEVELAND (AP) — The nation's three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker agreed to an 11th-hour, $260 million settlement Monday over the deadly toll taken by opioids in two Ohio counties, averting
Associated PressNews 'America is running away': Syrian withdrawal turns chaoticAssociated Press - By SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH, Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — The crowd hurled potatoes that thudded on the sides of the hulking U.S. armored vehicles. "What happened to Americans?" one man shouted in English up at the sole U.S. soldier visible on back
Associated PressEuropean Parliament The Latest: UK speaker deals new blow to govt Brexit planAssociated PressLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Britain's impending departure from the European Union (all times local): The speaker of Britain's House of Commons has turned down the government's bid for a new vote on its
Associated PressBusiness US: Russian hackers use Iranians to mask their identitiesAssociated PressLONDON (AP) — The United States and the U.K. say they have exposed how a group of Russian hackers hijacked the tools of their Iranian counterparts to attack dozens of countries around the world. The so-called
Associated PressWorld News 4 suspects indicted in case of slain Slovak journalistAssociated PressBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia prosecutors have indicted four suspects in the slaying of an investigative reporter and his fiancee, a case that brought down the government. The four include the mastermind,
Associated PressCelebrity News Duchess of Sussex calls 1st year of marriage difficultAssociated Press - By DANICA KIRKA, Associated PressLONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex says her first year of marriage to Britain's Prince Harry has been difficult because of the pressure from Britain's tabloid press. The former Meghan Markle told ITV
Associated PressPedro Sánchez AP Interview: Catalan head says only talks can stop protestsAssociated Press - By JOSEPH WILSON, Associated PressBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Catalonia's leader said Monday that the recent massive protests in the region, which often spiraled into violent clashes with police, won't cease until the Spanish government agrees
Associated PressJulian Assange Wikileaks founder Julian Assange loses bid to delay hearingAssociated Press - By GREGORY KATZ, Associated PressLONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a U.K. court Monday to fight extradition to the United States on espionage charges, and he lost a bid to delay proceedings so that his legal would
Associated PressFrancisco Franco Spain to exhume dictator Franco's remains to discreet graveAssociated Press - BY CIARÁN GILES and ARITZ PARRA, Associated PressMADRID (AP) — Spain's Socialist government says it will exhume and relocate the remains of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco on Thursday, bringing closer to an end a move that has sparked much criticism legal
Associated PressUnited Kingdom UK Commons speaker deals new blow to Johnson's Brexit planAssociated Press - By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA, Associated PressLONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to lead Britain out of the European Union at the end of this month hit another roadblock Monday when the speaker of the House of Commons rejected his to
Associated PressNews Clusters of illness linked to CBD vapes share 2nd connectionAssociated Press - By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated PressCARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun. What the vapors delivered instead was
Associated PressNews US takes step to require DNA samples from asylum-seekersAssociated Press - By COLLEEN LONG, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to collect DNA samples from asylum-seekers and other migrants detained by immigration officials and will add the information to a massive FBI database
Associated PressU.S. Politics Public, election officials may be kept in the dark on hacksAssociated Press - By COLLEEN LONG and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — If the FBI discovers that foreign hackers have infiltrated the networks of your county election office, you may not find out about it until after voting is over. And your governor and
Associated PressMick Mulvaney Mulvaney getting second-guessed over his defense of TrumpAssociated Press - By ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — For Mick Mulvaney, the hits just keep on coming. First, President Donald Trump's acting chief of staff stirred up a tempest by acknowledging that the administration had held up aid to
Associated PressNews 1st federal opioid crisis trial to focus on distributionAssociated Press - By JULIE CARR SMYTH and GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated PressCLEVELAND (AP) — The case is about the conduct of a group of companies in two Ohio counties, but far more than that is riding on the first federal trial on the opioid crisis, expected to open Monday in
Associated PressHong Kong Hong Kong leaders apologize for water cannon use at mosqueAssociated Press - By KELVIN CHAN, Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials apologized to Muslim leaders Monday after riot police sprayed a mosque and bystanders with a water cannon while trying to contain turbulent weekend pro-democracy demonstrations
Associated PressPierre Trudeau Canada votes in election that could see Trudeau lose powerAssociated Press - By ROB GILLIES, Associated PressTORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced the threat of being knocked from power after one term as the nation held parliamentary elections on Monday. The 47-year-old Trudeau channeled
Associated PressEvo Morales Bolivia election uncertainty: Evo Morales win or runoff?Associated Press - By PAOLA FLORES and CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated PressLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A sudden halt in release of presidential election returns led to confusion and protests in Bolivia on Monday as opponents suggested officials were trying to help President Evo Morales
