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Senators offer bill to limit heavy truck speeds to 65 mph

DETROIT - Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would electronically limit tractor-trailer speeds to 65 miles per hour, a move they say would save lives on the nation's highways. Sens. Johnny ...

Jun 28, 2019

Jony Ive, the designer behind the iPhone, is leaving Apple

SAN FRANCISCO - In a story June 27 about Jony Ive leaving Apple and an Aug. 26, 2011, profile on Ive, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he had founded a design company called Tangerine. I...

Jun 28, 2019

Britney Spears' conservatorship sues blogger for defamation

LOS ANGELES - The conservatorship that oversees Britney Spears' personal life and career sued the creator of a blog devoted to the pop superstar Wednesday in an increasingly aggressive effort to push ...

Jun 28, 2019

Elton John blasts Putin for saying liberalism is 'obsolete'

NEW YORK - Elton John is calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for saying that liberalism is "obsolete" and conflicts with the "overwhelming majority" in many countries. In a story published by...

Jun 28, 2019

Family to paddle out into ocean for Beth Chapman memorial

HONOLULU - A Hawaii memorial service for "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV show co-star Beth Chapman will feature a prayer followed by family and friends paddling out into the ocean. Chapman died Wed...

Jun 28, 2019

Coal train derails into Great Dismal Swamp wildlife refuge

CHESAPEAKE, Va. - A coal train has derailed in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia, raising concerns about its wildlife and the fragile peat soil that has accumulated there ove...

Jun 28, 2019

German tourists run over, killed at Washington swimming hole

WASHOUGAL, Wash. - Two German tourists visiting family in nearby Portland, Oregon, were run over and killed by a local man as they sunbathed by a swimming hole, police in Washington state said Wednesd...

Jun 28, 2019

NRA splits with PR firm, lobbyist and TV amid infighting

Infighting at the National Rifle Association exploded Wednesday, when the powerful association severed ties with its longtime public relations firm, suspended operations of its fiery online TV station...

Jun 28, 2019

Dominican police arrest 'mastermind' in David Ortiz shooting

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have arrested the mastermind behind the shooting of baseball great David Ortiz earlier this month in an apparent case...

Jun 28, 2019

'Dog the Bounty Hunter' co-star Beth Chapman dies at 51

HONOLULU - Beth Chapman, who co-starred with her husband on the "Dog the Bounty Hunter" reality TV show and later spoke out against some bail reform measures as a leader of a national bail agents' org...

Jun 28, 2019