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Dutch hostage held by Filipino militants killed in gunbattle

MANILA, Philippines - A long-held Dutch hostage was fatally shot by his militant captors Friday when he tried to escape during a gunbattle in the jungles of the southern Philippines, military official...

May 31, 2019

Record flooding causes levee breach in western Arkansas

DARDANELLE, Ark. - Officials say a levee along the Arkansas River has breached, prompting an evacuation of a rural area in the western part of the state. The levee breached early Friday at Dardanelle,...

May 31, 2019

Oregon, awash in marijuana, takes steps to curb production

SALEM, Ore. - Oregon is awash in pot, glutted with so much legal weed that if growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to smoke or eat it all. Now, the state is lo...

May 31, 2019

Severe weather forecasts continue as Ohio, Kansas, clean up

DAYTON, Ohio - People from Kansas to Pennsylvania picked up the pieces from a swarm of tornadoes and braced for more violent weather Wednesday in a storm that's seen a record number of twisters with n...

May 30, 2019

Police were told deal was in works with Jussie Smollett

CHICAGO - New documents on the Jussie Smollett case show that prosecutors told Chicago police detectives that a possible deal with the "Empire" actor was in the works a month before charges against hi...

May 30, 2019

US emergency aid for Venezuela to be distributed in Colombia

BOGOTA - U.S.-supplied humanitarian aid that was earmarked for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaid will now be distributed in Colombia, officials said Thursday. Colombia's government said it had r...

May 30, 2019

Trump hitting Mexico with 5% tariff in response to migrants

WASHINGTON - In a surprise announcement that could compromise a major trade deal, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is slapping a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the count...

May 30, 2019

Enbridge offers 2024 finish for Great Lakes tunnel project

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it could have a proposed oil pipeline tunnel built and operating beneath a crucial Great Lakes channel by early 2024, responding to demands from Mich...

May 30, 2019

Speller balances bee with reality TV, social media stardom

OXON HILL, Md. - Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he's the only member of...

May 30, 2019

Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana's Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy Thursday, a move that puts him squarely in line with the leaders of other conservative So...

May 30, 2019