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Plane skids off wet runway in Myanmar; pilot, 3 others hurt

YANGON, Myanmar - A plane operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines skidded off the runway while landing Wednesday evening at Myanmar's Yangon International Airport, injuring at least four people includin...

May 08, 2019

Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'

DENVER - Voters have made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Preliminary results show that the citizen-led initiative narrowly pa...

May 08, 2019

Florida governor signs bill allowing more armed teachers

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday that immediately implements recommendations from a ...

May 08, 2019

Santa Fe Opera announces plans to stage world premieres

SANTA FE, N.M. - World-premiere operas derived from the gender-bending Broadway hit "M. Butterfly" and from meditations on Victorian-era repression in Bram Stroker's "Dracula" are coming to the Santa ...

May 08, 2019

Refusal to hand over Trump's tax returns sets up legal fight

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won't be turning President Donald Trump's tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House. Mnuchin told Ways...

May 08, 2019

Can fines rein in Big Tech? Privacy regulators spur a debate

WASHINGTON - As they negotiate a record fine against Facebook, federal privacy regulators sparked a debate in Congress Wednesday over how effective such penalties can be in preventing future abuses by...

May 08, 2019

Police arrests end sit-in against policing at Johns Hopkins

Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...

May 08, 2019

Deborah Dugan, CEO of (RED), picked to lead the Grammys

NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...

May 08, 2019

Trump administration seeks to target nationwide injunctions

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence will announce Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue nationwide injunctions. He'll make the a...

May 08, 2019

Ice Cube, others mourn director Singleton at private funeral

LOS ANGELES - Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters were among those mourning director John Singleton at his Los Angeles funeral on Monday. ...

May 08, 2019