By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he wants to do away with government support for the sugar industry — a veiled dig at… Read more »
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Obama awards Medal of Honor to Army captain
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that a young Army captain who is the newest Medal of Honor recipient had the instincts and the courage… Read more »
Fast-moving system sprinkles snow on Rockies, menaces Plains
(DENVER, AP) — A strong storm system dropping light snow on Denver was making travel hazardous as it headed east Wednesday morning, menacing the Plains with heavy snow and threatening… Read more »
Senate blocks legislation to undercut EPA clean water rules
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Democrats have blocked a Senate bill that would have forced the Obama administration to withdraw new federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries… Read more »
Half of black millennials know victim of police violence
By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Years before the high-profile deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, more than half of African-American millennials indicated they, or someone… Read more »
A 5-state look at officer decertification for sex incidents
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and REESE DUNKLIN Associated Press An Associated Press investigation into sexual misconduct by law enforcement officers in the U.S. identified some 1,000 in six years who lost… Read more »
Broken system lets problem officers jump from job to job
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press Law enforcement officers accused of sexual misconduct have jumped from job to job — and at times faced fresh allegations that include… Read more »
Obama welcomes budget and debt deal to keep government open
By ANDREW TAYLOR and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama said he’s eager to sign the two-year budget deal passed by the Senate in the pre-dawn hours… Read more »
Immigrants caught at border believe families can stay in US
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Hundreds of immigrant families caught illegally crossing the Mexican border told U.S. immigration agents they made the dangerous journey in part because they… Read more »
Show me your hands, or moves, dancing officer says to teens
(WASHINGTON, AP) — Show me your hands, or your dance moves. A D.C. police officer helped defuse a fight between teenagers in a Washington park by challenging one of them to a… Read more »