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Weak legal case could still benefit Trump in Congress clash

WASHINGTON - For all President Donald Trump's talk of winning, his lawyers are using a legal argument that many scholars say is a pretty sure loser to try to defy congressional attempts to investigate...

May 18, 2019

US warns airliners flying in Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being "misidentified" amid heightened tensions between the U.S...

May 18, 2019

Prince William says Diana's death was 'pain like no other'

LONDON - Prince William has spoken candidly about the death of his mother, Princess Diana, describing his bereavement as a "pain like no other pain." Speaking in a BBC documentary on mental health, Wi...

May 18, 2019

Shuttle bus driver sues NHL's Senators in harassment case

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL hockey team were sued for negligence on Friday over allegations he harassed a hotel shuttle bus driver last year in Buffa...

May 17, 2019

Author of flattering Trump biography gets pardon from Trump

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. Black's media empire onc...

May 17, 2019

Utility, regulatory failures led to biggest US gas leak

LOS ANGELES - A blowout at a Los Angeles natural gas well in 2015 that led to the largest-known release of methane in U.S. history was the result of a corroded pipe casing, safety failures by a utilit...

May 17, 2019

Texas officer fired after shooting black man in traffic stop

ARLINGTON, Texas - A Texas police officer has been fired after he was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop last year. In a statement Fr...

May 17, 2019

Kim Kardashian West reveals Psalm as new baby's name

NEW YORK - To messages of support and puzzlement, Kim Kardashian West has, seemingly, revealed her newborn's name: Psalm West. The beauty mogul, reality star, law student and wife of Kanye West took t...

May 17, 2019

Officials: PG&E equipment sparked deadly California wildfire

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. power lines sparked a Northern California blaze that killed 85 people last year, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, state fire officia...

May 17, 2019

'Jersey Shore' star's ex-girlfriend accused of battering him

LAS VEGAS - A lawyer says "Jersey Shore" star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro's on-again-off-again girlfriend will fight a misdemeanour domestic battery charge alleging she attacked Ortiz-Magro at a Las Vegas club...

May 17, 2019