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Trump chooses Jeffrey Rosen for deputy attorney general
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he intends to nominate Jeffrey Rosen, a longtime litigator and deputy transportation secretary, to replace Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general.
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Feds share watchlist with 1,400 private groups
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FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence
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Fouled waters reveal lasting legacy of US mining industry
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Judge to consider Weinstein appeal of sex trafficking ruling
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Police dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police investigated but dismissed a tip that on the night “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men he was in an elevator of his apartment building with…
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N. Carolina elections board calls challenged House candidate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The apparent Republican winner of the country’s last undecided congressional election is expected to explain why he stuck with a North Carolina political operative with a shady track record that even…
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‘Fight Back!’ consumer reporter David Horowitz dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Horowitz, whose “Fight Back!” syndicated program made him perhaps the best-known consumer reporter in the U.S., has died. He was 81. Horowitz had dementia and died on Thursday in Los…
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Judge to consider Weinstein appeal of sex trafficking ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge who ruled that an aspiring actress can use sex trafficking laws to sue Harvey Weinstein will hear lawyers argue whether his decision can be appealed before trial. U.S. District…
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Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Disputes over President Donald Trump’s border wall and California’s bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and the nation’s most populous state. The Trump administration on Tuesday said…
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Nurse charged in fatal drug-swap error to appear in court
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee nurse charged with criminal homicide after a medication error killed a patient is scheduled to appear in court. Nurses have rallied online in defense of Radonda Vaught, who has…
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Funeral being held for NYC detective killed by friendly fire
HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. (AP) — A New York City police detective killed by friendly fire last week in Queens is being laid to rest. Det. Brian Simonsen’s funeral Wednesday at the Roman Catholic Church of…
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Fouled waters reveal lasting legacy of US mining industry
RIMINI, Mont. (AP) — Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding…
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Woman says man told her to kill fiancee before fatal beating
DENVER (AP) — After urging a woman he was having an affair with for months to kill his fiancee, investigators say a Colorado man did it himself on Thanksgiving Day, bludgeoning her to death with…
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AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI developed a backup plan to protect evidence in its Russia investigation soon after the firing of FBI Director James Comey in the event that other senior officials were dismissed as…
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Trump wants California to pay back billions for bullet train
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California’s high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has…
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Today in History
Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2019. There are 314 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 20, 2003, a fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke…
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Trump chooses Jeffrey Rosen for deputy attorney general WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he intends to nominate Jeffrey Rosen, a longtime litigator and deputy transportation secretary, to replace Rod Rosenstein as…
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Fouled waters reveal lasting legacy of US mining industry Woman says man told her to kill fiancee before fatal beating Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates The Latest: Smollett gave false information in…
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CALIFORNIA-TRUMP Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Disputes over President Donald Trump’s border wall and California’s bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and the nation’s…
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