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Authorities: Remains at New Mexico compound are missing boy

Published Friday, August 17, 2018

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.

Colorado husband arrested in deaths of wife, 2 little girls

Published Friday, August 17, 2018

FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — After his pregnant wife and two daughters disappeared, Christopher Watts stood on his porch in Colorado and lamented to reporters how much he missed them.

Former US security leaders blast Trump for yanking clearance

Published Friday, August 17, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. security officials issued scathing rebukes to President Donald Trump on Thursday, admonishing him for yanking a top former spy chief's security clearance in what they cast as an act of political vengeance.

Man arrested after overdoses at downtown city park

Published Thursday, August 16, 2018

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Forty-six people overdosed Wednesday at or near a Connecticut park from a suspected bad batch of "K2" synthetic marijuana, requiring paramedics to be stationed there to provide treatment, authorities said.

US newsrooms to Trump: We're not enemies of the people

Published Thursday, August 16, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Newspapers from Maine to Hawaii pushed back against President Donald Trump's attacks on "fake news" Thursday with a coordinated series of editorials speaking up for a free and vigorous press.

ICE takes into custody defendant in New Mexico compound case

Published Wednesday, August 15, 2018

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A judge's decision to allow the release of an extended family accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound in New Mexico prompted a political uproar Tuesday by prominent Republican lawmakers.

Jordanian immigrant gets death for Houston 'honor killings'

Published Wednesday, August 15, 2018

HOUSTON (AP) — A Jordanian immigrant was sentenced to death on Tuesday after being convicted in what Texas prosecutors described as the honor killings of his daughter's American husband and her friend who was an Iranian women's rights activist.

Compound defendants to be released pending trial

Published Wednesday, August 15, 2018

TAOS, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on 11 children found living in a filthy, makeshift compound in New Mexico (all times local):

Highway bridge collapses in Italy, cars plunge 260 feet

Published Wednesday, August 15, 2018

MILAN (AP) — A bridge on a main highway between Italy and France collapsed Tuesday in the Italian city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 80 meters (262 feet) into a heap of rubble below.

Trump lashes out at Omarosa, calls her 'that dog'

Published Wednesday, August 15, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump escalated his messy clash with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, referring to the longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in his White House, as "that dog!"