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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Candy maker says THC-laced product in donations was fake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Candy infused with the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that sickened Utah children after it was donated to a food bank was a counterfeit version of a Nerds product, the company said Tuesd…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Families protest as veterans nursing home emptied for virus

ATLANTA (AP) — With her husband's Veterans Affairs nursing home closed to visitors to guard against the

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Judge: Man wrongly convicted can take Detroit cops to trial

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has cleared the way for a trial or financial settlement in the case of a Detroit man who spent

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Court find ex-Ecuador president guilty of corruption

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian court found former President Rafael Correa guilty of corruption Tuesday and sentenced him to eight years in prison, further sullying the legacy of one of the nation’s most enduri…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Trump removes watchdog tapped for virus rescue oversight

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has removed the inspector general who was tapped to chair a special oversight board of the $2.2 trillion economic package intended to help businesses and individuals affecte…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: Norway plans to open kindergartens this month

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Lawyers list drugs in driver's system in motorcycle deaths

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A truck driver charged in a crash that killed seven motorcyclists had fentanyl, morphine and a chemical found in cocaine in his system that day, and told authorities he often would take drugs b…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Pakistani security forces kill 7 militants near Afghanistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces acting on intelligence raided two militant hideouts in former Taliban strongholds in the country's northwest near Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing seven militants,…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
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Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Germany, Luxembourg to take in migrant children from Greece

BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to take in up to 50 unaccompanied minors staying at overcrowded refugee camps in Greece, while Luxembourg has agreed to accept 12, government officials said Tuesday.

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Mother of 5-year-old found dead pleads not guilty to abuse

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old girl

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Holdout governors: Some states don't need stay-at-home order

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even as most Americans are under orders from their governor to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, leaders in a handful of states have steadfastly refused to take that action…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
Epidemiologist's COVID-19 death raises concern in Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Less than three weeks ago, respected Bosnian epidemiologist Sefik Pasagic was fielding calls from journalists on how to prepare for the approaching coronavirus pandemic in the Ba…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest: NFDA looking to help New York funeral directors

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe ill…

Updated 6 years, 5 months ago
3 fatally stabbed, suspect killed by deputy at travel center

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man fatally stabbed three people and wounded a fourth at a Tennessee travel center Tuesday morning before a deputy shot and killed him, authorities said.