San Francisco to open tent treatment center for meth users

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A center for people experiencing methamphetamine-induced psychosis will open in San Francisco as the city struggles with a rise in drug overdoses and rampant street drug use.

Lithuanian tourist killed in attack at Brazilian beach

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Lithuanian tourist was killed and his partner was allegedly raped in an attack near a popular seaside town south of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian police said Thursday. One suspect was arrested.

Final plans done for 2 Utah national monuments Trump shrunk

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government implemented final management plans Thursday for two national monuments in Utah that President Donald Trump downsized. The plans ensure lands previously off-limits to energy…

Wisconsin teacher charged in Minnesota hidden camera case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Wisconsin high school teacher leading a business club trip to Minnesota was accused in a criminal complaint of placing surveillance cameras hidden in air fresheners and a smoke detector in stud…

Clarification: Election 2020-Milwaukee story

MILWAUKEE (AP) — In a story published February 1, 2020, The Associated Press reported on the Wisconsin Republican Party opening its first-ever office in Milwaukee as part of a strategy to connect with voters in tra…

Man body-slammed by police sues Chicago, officer

CHICAGO (AP) — A 29-year-old man who was knocked unconscious when a Chicago police officer body slammed him onto a street curb sued the city and the officer on Thursday, saying the officer should have known the man…

Experts scramble, but new virus vaccine may not come in time

WASHINGTON (AP) — The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine against a surprise health threat, with no guarantee one will arrive in time.

DHS cuts New Yorkers off from 'trusted traveler' programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York residents will be cut off from “trusted traveler” programs that speed their re-entry into the country, a senior Homeland Security official said Thursday, blaming a new state law that proh…

Officials: 70 China evacuees to be quarantined in Nebraska

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials said Thursday that 70 Americans being evacuated from China over a viral outbreak will be flown into Omaha and quarantined at a nearby Nebraska National Guard training base.

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Kansas case spurs House panel inquiry on judicial harassment

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Thursday questioned the adequacy of the protections against workplace harassment and misconduct in the judicial branch after a federal judge in Kansas was …

Mideast violence flares as anger mounts over Trump plan

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and a third in Jerusalem after he opened fire at police, hours after a car-ramming attack elsewhere in the ci…

NIreland police say IRA dissidents planned Brexit truck bomb

LONDON (AP) — Irish Republican Army dissidents planted a bomb on a truck that was intended to explode on the day Britain left the European Union last week, police in Northern Ireland said Thursday.

Police: 4 young people slain in Indianapolis apartment

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four young people were fatally shot inside an apartment in Indianapolis, an apparent targeted attack that is the state capital's latest tragedy “fueled by senseless violence,” the city’s mayor s…

Barr warns against Chinese 'dominance' in wireless networks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr waded into ongoing diplomatic tensions between the United States and China on Thursday, decrying what he said was Beijing's determination to establish “dominance” in …