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Sheriff: Man stirs the pot by lighting joint in court

LEBANON, Tenn. - The rapper Afroman famously sang about how getting high on marijuana prevented him from going to court. A Tennessee man decided to combine the two when he lit a marijuana cigarette in...

Jan 28, 2020

Trump backs Pompeo against NPR, criticizes CNN and Fox News

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pompeo's battle with National Public Radio and tweeted out more media criticism, one target familiar and the other...

Jan 28, 2020

Sanders' Social Security 'adjustments' undercut Biden attack

DES MOINES, Iowa - As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making "adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the s...

Jan 28, 2020

AP Exclusive: Feds backtrack on transfer of Epstein warden

NEW YORK - The Bureau of Prisons is holding off on transferring the warden who was in charge of the New York City jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. The agency said Tuesday it would defer the ...

Jan 28, 2020

Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties

BOSTON - A Harvard University professor has been charged with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research, fe...

Jan 28, 2020

Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica

HAVANA - A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday. Witnesses reported strong shaking but there was no immediate word of casualties or...

Jan 28, 2020

Pence touts school choice in liberal capital of Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. - Vice-President Mike Pence touted alternatives to a public school education during a visit Tuesday to the state where the private school voucher program began, stopping in battleground ...

Jan 28, 2020

Top San Francisco street clean-up official arrested

SAN FRANCISCO - A top San Francisco official in charge of cleaning up the city's notoriously filthy streets who has promoted portable public toilets to ease public urination has been arrested, jail re...

Jan 28, 2020

EU high official has talks in Poland on rule of law threats

WARSAW, Poland - The vice-president of the European Commission met Polish parliament and justice officials Tuesday to discuss new legislation that restricts judges amid mounting conflict in Poland as ...

Jan 28, 2020

Man accused of killing estranged wife in critical condition

FARMINGTON, Conn. - A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged and missing wife was rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition Tuesday after being found in his garage in distress....

Jan 28, 2020