US: Free Speech No Excuse For Crimes Of Wikileaks’ Assange
LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government began outlining its extradition case against Julian Assange in a London court on Monday, arguing that the WikiLeaks founder is not a free-speech c...
Sanders Would Use Wealth Tax For Universal Child Care, Pre-K
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders has joined fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren in proposing that a “wealth tax” can fiance government-funded child care from infancy through age 3 ...
Buffett Says Economy Is Slowing Amid Virus Fears
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett says the viral outbreak in China has slowed economic growth, but he remains confident in the long-term future of American business.
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Report Says Intuit Nearing $7 Billion Deal For Credit Karma
NEW YORK (AP) — Intuit Inc. is reportedly close to a $7 billion deal to acquire personal-finance portal Credit Karma Inc. and beef up its position in the consumer-finance market.
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Buttigieg Questions 3rd Place Finish In Nevada, Cites Errors
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has questioned his third-place finish in Nevada’s caucuses and called for the state’s Democratic party to release a more detailed breakdo...
Reliability Of Pricey New Voting Machines Questioned
SOUTH CAROLINA (AP) — In the rush to replace insecure, unreliable electronic voting machines after Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, state and local officia...
Moderates Hustle To Blunt Sanders’ Momentum After Nevada Win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of anxiety for establishment Democrats worri...
Schumer Raises Security Concerns On TSA’s Use Of TikTok App
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat is raising questions about the Transportation Security Administration’s use of the China-owned video app TikTok, citing potential nation...
US ‘Honor Roll’ Of Historic Places Often Ignores Slavery
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of H...
Helicopter Pilot In Bryant Crash Had FAA Violation In 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a Southern California hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, was reprimanded five years ago for flying witho...
US To Lay Out Case Against Assange At Extradition Hearing
LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face off Monday in a high-security London courthouse, a decade after WikiLeaks infuriated American offic...
Analysis: Sanders’ Path Has Echoes Of Trump’s 2016 Campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — A burn-it-down candidate is topping a splintered field of more moderate contenders and setting the party’s establishment wing on edge.
It’s how Donald Trump be...
Netanyahu: Blue And White Won’t Follow Through On Trump Plan
JERUSALEM (Israel Hayom) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said over the weekend that his Likud Party’s main rival, Blue and White, would not follow through on the U.S. “...
School History Lesson Compares Trump To Nazis, Communists
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Maryland are criticizing a history lesson at a public high school near Baltimore that compared President Donald Trump with Nazis and comm...
New Jersey Governor Reveals Likely Cancerous Kidney Tumor
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has what is probably a cancerous tumor on his kidney and will undergo surgery next month to remove it, he said Saturday.
“Friend...
Opioid Settlement Still Elusive As Some Lawyers Criticize It
WEST VIRGINIA (AP) — State attorneys general are finding a national settlement over the toll of opioids to be elusive, as some lawyers for state and local governments are renewing ...
Ex-US Envoy To Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch Has Book Deal
NEW YORK (AP) — Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling accoun...
The US Holocaust Museum Asked New Yorkers For Their Family Artifacts From WWII. Here Are 9 Incredible Donations
NEW YORK (JTA) — A hand-drawn portrait of a young man in a French internment camp. A photo of a Jewish girl who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a monastery. A letter detailing ...
Sanders Wins Nevada Caucuses, Takes National Democratic Lead
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bernie Sanders scored a commanding victory in Nevada’s presidential caucuses on Saturday, cementing his status as the Democrats' national front-runner but escalati...
Judge Halts Plan To Move Virus Patients To California City
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A court temporarily blocked the U.S. government from sending up to 50 people infected with a new virus from China to a Southern California city for quaran...