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Barr warns against Chinese ‘dominance’ in wireless networks

By ERIC TUCKER | February 6, 2020

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 the market of next-generation,...

Storms sweep over Southeast with rain, wind, floods; 4 dead

By JAY REEVES | February 6, 2020

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A powerful winter storm raked the Southeast on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed at least four people and injured several more across a dozen states. Rescue crews repeatedly pulled people from cars that got...

Warren apologizes to 6 women of color who left Nevada office

February 6, 2020

DERRY, N.H. (AP) — Elizabeth Warren is apologizing to six women of color who left her presidential campaign office in Nevada before the state's caucuses because they felt marginalized and because their concerns weren't addressed by supervisors.“I...

Walmart shooting suspect charged with federal hate crimes

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and CEDAR ATTANASIO | February 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in the border city of El Paso, Texas, has been charged with federal hate crimes.Patrick Crusius, 21, has been charged with 90 counts...

Official: US citizen believed kidnapped in Afghanistan

By ERIC TUCKER | February 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American citizen has been kidnapped in Afghanistan by a Taliban-affiliated group, a U.S. official said Thursday, and authorities are working to rescue him.U.S. officials believe Mark Frerichs of Lombard, Illinois, was kidnapped...

House passes bill easing bids by workers to form unions

By MATTHEW DALY | February 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that supporters said would help working families, the Democratic-controlled House has approved a bill that would make it easier for workers to form unions and bargain for higher wages, better benefits and improved working...

Virginia lawmakers pass protections for LGBTQ people

By SARAH RANKIN | February 6, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers passed comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation Thursday that advocates said makes the state the first in the South to enact such protections for LGBTQ people.The measures advanced on bipartisan votes, 59-35...

Trump tweets reversal of push for Nevada nuclear waste dump

By MICHELLE L. PRICE | February 6, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to reverse his position on a proposal to create a national nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada after his administration tried for several years to revive the mothballed project.“Nevada,...

Texas executes man who killed 5, including wife, children

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK | February 6, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Dallas man was executed Thursday evening for a shooting in which he killed his wife, two children and two other relatives during a drug-fueled rage nearly 18 years ago.Prosecutors say Abel Ochoa was high on crack cocaine and...

Trump administration moves ahead on shrinking Utah monuments

By BRADY McCOMBS | February 6, 2020

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

California lawmaker wants labor law for freelancers changed

By DON THOMPSON | February 6, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The author of a sweeping new California labor law said Thursday that she intends to ease its restrictions on freelance journalists and others after months of protests that it is already costing people their jobs.Democratic...

Auditor: More than $4M stolen from Mississippi welfare funds

By JEFF AMY and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | February 6, 2020

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's state auditor said Thursday that investigators believe at least $4 million in federal welfare money was stolen by the former head of the state welfare agency and others in the nation's poorest state.At least $48,000...