WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — Police in northern Texas say a woman has been banned from a local Walmart after she spent several hours driving an electric shopping cart around the store’s parking lot while drinking wine from a Pringles can. Police tell the Times Record News that officers responded to a suspicious person call at about […]
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Winter storm continues to pound its way across U.S.
A winter storm that contributed to at least five deaths in the Midwest pummeled the mid-Atlantic region for a second day Sunday, bringing with it an icy mix that knocked out power, cancelled flights and contributed to hundreds of car accidents. Virginia State Police said the driver of a military surplus vehicle was killed late […]
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Pedestrians, e-scooters clash in struggle for space
By the time John Meuleman noticed the Bird scooter on the ground outside the entrance of San Diego’s SDCCU Stadium, he would later tell relatives, it was too late. The 75-year-old was already writhing on the pavement after tripping over the device, his right knee throbbing in pain, he recalled. Meuleman was taken to a […]
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U.S. approved thousands of child bride requests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for admission for a 15-year-old girl. The approvals are legal: The Immigration […]
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U.S. military has started pulling out of Syria
BAGHDAD (AP) — After days of conflicting statements about a timeline for U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out American troops from Syria, a U.S. military official said Friday that the withdrawal process has begun, declining to comment on specific timetables or movements. Col. Sean Ryan, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic […]
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What you need to know for flying during government shutdown
DALLAS (AP) — The partial government shutdown is starting to affect air travel. Over the weekend, some airports had long lines at checkpoints, apparently caused by a rising number of security officers calling in sick while they are not getting paid. Safety inspectors aren’t even on the job. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said Monday […]
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Donald Trump’s border security speech to air at 9 p.m. from Oval Office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will argue to the nation Tuesday night that a “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border requires the long and invulnerable wall he’s demanding before ending a partial government shutdown that has hundreds of thousands of federal workers fearing missed paychecks on Friday. Trump’s first Oval Office speech will be followed […]
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Tuesday’s snow likely to be followed by more snow Wednesday
Two rounds of snow will impact Maine on Tuesday and Wednesday. After the snow moves in early Tuesday, a slow transition to rain and drizzle is likely first at the coast and then slowly working inland. A few pockets of afternoon freezing rain and freezing drizzle is possible. On Wednesday, a stronger storm will intensify […]
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US economy adds 312,000 jobs in December; unemployment rate is 3.9%
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added 312,000 jobs in December, smashing expectations for year-end growth, and the unemployment rate crept up to 3.9 percent – the highest level since July, federal economists reported Friday. Wages grew 3.2 percent in the year since December 2017 after nearly a decade of tepid growth, the Labor Department’s latest […]
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Jared Golden voted against Nancy Pelosi for U.S. House speaker
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is among 15 Democrats who voted against returning Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker’s office. A spokesman says Golden kept his campaign vow that he would not support Pelosi for speaker. Instead he voted for Rep. Cheri Bustos of Illinois for the leadership position. Golden […]