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Judge: Gay couple's child was US citizen at birth in Canada

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the State Department must recognize that the daughter of a gay couple in Maryland has been a U.S. citizen since her birth in Canada via a surrogate las…

The Latest: 2 Florida cities tighten pandemic reopening

ST. PETERSBERG, Florida — Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez says that due to a rise COVID-19 cases enforcement will be stepped up to shut down businesses not following rules put in place to safely reopen durin…

DNA leads to arrest in long-ago California rape cases

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in Arizona was charged Wednesday with committing a series of Southern California rapes and other crimes at gunpoint or knifepoint as long ago as 1996.

US Marine killed in parachute jump training at Georgia base

A U.S. Marine has died during a parachute training jump exercise at Fort Benning, the Army installation in Georgia, officials said Wednesday.

NASA's next Mars rover honors medical teams fighting virus

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s next Mars rover is honoring all the medical workers on the front lines of the coronavirus battle around the world.

Report: Kobe Bryant pilot may have been disoriented in fog

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, reported he was climbing when he actually was heading for the ground, federal investigators …

Trump OKs bill to punish China over ethnic crackdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that seeks to punish China for a crackdown on ethnic minorities, even as a new book by former national security adviser John Bolton said the Ame…

Congressional delegation blasts DOE transgender ruling

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A group of Congressional Democrats is condemning a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Education that threatens to withhold federal funds over a Connecticut policy allowing transgender …

Pompeo meets Chinese officials amid Bolton book revelations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged China to reveal all it knows about the coronavirus outbreak in a meeting with a top Chinese official in Hawaii on Wednesday as new revelations about President …

Sudan says talks on Ethiopia's Nile dam fail to produce deal

CAIRO (AP) — The latest round of talks between three key Nile basin countries have failed to resolve a contentious dispute over construction of a giant $4.6 billion hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia, Sudan’s irrigation…

Investigators: Just before crash, Kobe Bryant's pilot reported he was climbing out of fog but actually was descending

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators: Just before crash, Kobe Bryant's pilot reported he was climbing out of fog but actually was descending.

Norway and Ireland win UN council seats in COVID-19 UN vote

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Norway and Ireland won contested seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council Wednesday in a series of U.N. elections held under dramatically different voting procedures because of the COVID-19…

Denver neighborhood with ties to KKK recommends name change

DENVER (AP) — A Denver neighborhood voted Wednesday to recommend changing its name after a yearslong debate over its association with a former mayor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan.

California mayor: Nooses found in city park, origin unclear

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Several nooses were found hanging on trees a city park, and the finding is being investigated as a hate crime, Oakland's mayor said Wednesday.