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St. Louis-area cop indicted for shooting shoplifting suspect
CLAYTON, Mo. - A suburban St. Louis police officer who says she meant to use her stun gun but mistakenly grabbed her service revolver was indicted on a second-degree assault charge Wednesday for shoot...
May 01, 2019

Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach scratched
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Favourite Omaha Beach was scratched from the Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem Wednesday night. Trainer Richard Mandella told The Associated Press the colt developed a co...
May 01, 2019

Kentucky Derby favourite Omaha Beach scratched
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Favourite Omaha Beach was scratched from the Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem Wednesday night. Trainer Richard Mandella told The Associated Press the colt developed a co...
May 01, 2019

Budget office: Caveats to government-run health system
WASHINGTON - Congressional budget experts said Wednesday that moving to a government-run health care system like "Medicare for All" could be complicated and potentially disruptive for Americans. The r...
May 01, 2019

Texas officer charged with homicide for shooting black man
DALLAS - A Texas grand jury indicted a suburban Dallas police officer Wednesday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide for fatally shooting a black man during a traffic stop last year. The Tarra...
May 01, 2019

Trump's GOP allies press for action on disaster aid bill
WASHINGTON - The White House is displaying new flexibility on giving disaster aid to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico as President Donald Trump's GOP allies increasingly lose patience with a weekslong st...
May 01, 2019

Kamloops Montana's, Milestones locations to close this month
KAMLOOPS - Two chain restaurants in Kamloops will be closing up shop before the end of the month.Montana's and Milestones, each run by Recipe Unlimited, are set to shutter. According to Kamloops Monta...
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Alaska marijuana regulators vent over investigative help
JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska marijuana regulators expressed frustration Wednesday with the limited co-operation they say they're receiving with investigations from the state Department of Public Safety. Th...
May 01, 2019

Police, FBI thwart Army veteran's plan to bomb Nazi rally
LOS ANGELES - An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retri...
May 01, 2019

Man pleads guilty, sentenced for 2017 Coquihalla crash that killed international student
VANCOUVER - A guilty plea and a fine for the man behind the wheel in a deadly crash on the Coquihalla.In April, 2017, Melissa Mimura, a 21-year-old UBC-Okanagan international student from Japan was on...
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