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Trump, Manchin trading barbs as impeachment feud boils over

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | February 10, 2020

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A post-impeachment spat between President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has sunk to name-calling and insults.The moderate Democrat took to cable news Monday to hurl barbs at the president after a weekend of back-and-forth...

Coast Guard brings $338M of seized cocaine to San Diego

February 10, 2020

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine seized in the eastern Pacific Ocean has been brought to San Diego.The drug haul estimated to be worth about $338 million was offloaded from the cutter Munro at Naval Base San...

Former Chicago cop sentenced to 10 years in fatal shooting

February 10, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police officer found guilty of second-degree murder in the off-duty shooting of an unarmed man in 2017 was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.Lowell Houser, 60, sat slumped in a chair between his lawyers as Cook County...

Trump’s $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts

By ANDREW TAYLOR | February 10, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan on Monday that recycles deep, previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and housing as the recipe for wrestling the federal budget...

Oscar parties: Pitt goes right in, Phoenix engraves-and-runs

By ANDREW DALTON | February 10, 2020

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Brad Pitt, tux still on but tie gone and best supporting actor Academy Award stowed away somewhere, stepped out of a car with a few friends at the quiet back entrance to Vanity Fair's annual post-Oscars party.“Do you want...

AP Explains: Why isn’t there a winner of Iowa’s Dem caucuses

By The Associated Press | February 10, 2020

On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, how can it be there is still no winner of last week's Iowa caucuses?Final results of the Democratic caucus were released late Sunday, after the Iowa Democratic Party made a series of corrections to a tally initially...

Amazon wants to question Trump over losing $10B contract bid

By MATT O'BRIEN | February 10, 2020

Amazon wants President Donald Trump to submit to questioning over the tech company's losing bid for a $10 billion military contract.The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October. Amazon later sued, arguing that Trump's interference...

Buttigieg, Sanders campaigns request Iowa caucus recanvass

By ALEXANDRA JAFFE | February 10, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders' and Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaigns filed requests Monday for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa's Democratic caucuses.The Sanders campaign cited "mathematical errors and inconsistencies" in more than...

Electrical issue in attic started house fire that killed 7

February 10, 2020

CLINTON, Miss. (AP) — A house fire that killed seven people in Mississippi over the weekend was accidental and it was caused by an electrical issue in the attic, the state fire marshal said Monday.“It also appears there were no working smoke alarms...

Fetal remains tied to Indiana abortion doctor to be buried

February 10, 2020

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — More than 2,400 sets of fetal remains found last year in the Illinois garage and a car of an Indiana abortion doctor after he died will be buried Wednesday at a northern Indiana cemetery.The 2,411 sets of fetal remains that resulted...

Police: 9 homicides in Chicago’s deadliest weekend of year

By DON BABWIN | February 10, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago recorded nine homicides between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Sunday, a weekend police said was the deadliest of the year for a city that has seen the number of fatal shootings surge this year after a previous decline.Twenty-three...

State reviews LA police use of California gang database

By STEFANIE DAZIO | February 10, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Department of Justice is reviewing the Los Angeles Police Department's records and policies regarding use of the state's gang member database after allegations emerged that officers in an elite crime suppression team...