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FILE - In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump is weighing in on the most recent controversy involving Omar, retweeting video edited to suggest that the Minnesota congresswoman was dismissive of the significance of the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
April 14, 2019 - 10:39 pm

Omar cites more death threats against her since Trump tweet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's faced increased death threats since President Donald Trump spread around a video that purports to show her being dismissive of the 2001 terrorist attacks. "This is endangering lives," she said, accusing Trump of fomenting right-wing extremism. "It has to...
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Dreamstime
April 14, 2019 - 3:37 pm

Man sues parents for getting rid of his vast porn collection

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — An Indiana man is suing his parents for getting rid of his vast pornography collection, which he estimates is worth $29,000. The 40-year-old man last week filed a lawsuit in federal court in Michigan, where he moved in with his parents in 2016 following a divorce. He says...
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FILE - In a March 13, 2019 file photo, an American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits at a boarding gate at LaGuardia Airport in New York. American Airlines is canceling 115 flights per day through mid-August because of ongoing problems with the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
April 14, 2019 - 2:49 pm

American Airlines cancels Max flights through mid-August

NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines announced Sunday that it was canceling 115 flights per day through mid-August because of ongoing problems with the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The announcement made American the second major carrier to cancel Max flights through the busy summer season. Southwest...
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FILE - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers construction and maintenance conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
April 14, 2019 - 1:58 pm

Biden to campaign as extension of Obama's political movement

BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden is finalizing the framework for a White House campaign that would cast him as an extension of Barack Obama's presidency and political movement. He's betting that the majority of Democratic voters are eager to return to the style and substance of that era — and that...
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Eau Claire Police Department
April 14, 2019 - 1:15 pm

Police: Mom did karate moves, tore apart Walmart as son stripped, scooted around store

A woman and her adult son have been charged after a bizarre episode in a Wal-Mart that involved public nudity, karate, a loaner scooter and a box of Jiffy cornbread muffin mix.
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This undated photo provided by the Bloomington, Minn., Police Department, shows Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, who was arrested in connection with an incident at the Mall of America where a 5-year-old boy plummeted three floors Friday, April 12, 2019, after being pushed or thrown from a balcony. (Bloomington Police Department via AP)
April 14, 2019 - 12:21 pm

Boy thrown from Mall of America balcony still hospitalized

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy who was seriously injured when he was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized. Friends of the family have started a crowdfunding effort to help with medical bills. The GoFundMe campaign had raised...
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Jens Domschky
April 13, 2019 - 11:42 am

Pre-cut melon sold at Whole Foods and other stores recalled

Caito Foods LLC is voluntarily recalling pre-cut melon sold in Kroger, Whole Foods and other stores in 9 states, the CDC and FDA announced Friday.
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In this image made from a video taken on Friday, April 12, 2019, by North Korean broadcaster KRT, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers his speech at parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the state-run media said Saturday. (KRT via AP)
April 13, 2019 - 9:49 am

Kim open to another summit with Trump, with conditions

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the North's state-run...
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April 13, 2019 - 8:00 am

'Game of Thrones' Locations You Can Visit

’Game of Thrones’ Locations You Can Visit …
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April 13, 2019 - 7:00 am

The New Volkswagen Bus Is All Electric

The original Volkswagen Bus was a symbol of the Woodstock generation, and as we close in on this year’s music festival season stretching from the desert polo grounds of Coachella to Bonaroo’s Great Stage Park, VW has a bus for a new generation of festival road trippers. And this one is all electric...
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