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Mexican suspect once lived with dead girl’s family

February 20, 2020

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A woman who allegedly took a seven-year-old girl away from school to be killed may have lived with the girl's family for a while in Mexico City to escape domestic violence.The revelation may explain why the girl identified only as...

Suspect, 1 other found dead after 9 people killed in Germany

By MICHAEL PROBST | February 20, 2020

HANAU, Germany (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting nine people in the German city of Hanau was found dead at his home early Thursday, hours after the attacks in and outside two hookah lounges, police said.Officers also found another body at the...

US judge sides with migrants in case against Border Patrol

By ASTRID GALVAN | February 19, 2020

PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. judge in Arizona sided Wednesday with migrants who have long-complained about inhumane and unsanitary conditions in some U.S. Border Patrol facilities in the state.The ruling came weeks after the conclusion of a seven-day trial...

Ex-NYC police commish Kerik says he cried at being pardoned

By LARRY NEUMEISTER | February 19, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's police commissioner during the Sept. 11 attacks said Wednesday he started crying when President Donald Trump pardoned him for felony convictions that put him behind bars for three years, aware he got a break other ex-convicts...

Police chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm

February 19, 2020

CROYDON, N.H. (AP) — The police chief in a New Hampshire town took it literally when he was stripped of his duties at a local board meeting, disrobing to his underwear and walking out into a snowstorm.Richard Lee has been chief in the small town of...

Trump says he’s the nation’s top cop, a debatable claim

By MARK SHERMAN | February 19, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump asserts that he is the nation’s top cop, a title more typically accorded the attorney general.Even the Trump-cheerleading White House website sides with the attorney general, describing him as the “chief...

Abbott says top Malaysian leaders suspected pilot of MH370

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE | February 19, 2020

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said the “top levels” of the Malaysian government long suspected that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 almost six years ago was a mass murder-suicide by the...

The Latest: Klobuchar revisits flub about Mexico’s leader

February 18, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):7:35 p.m.Amy Klobuchar is trying to make amends for not being able to name Mexico’s president recently -- but she's still making a small mistake.The Minnesota senator...

Vatican police stage new raids in London real estate case

By NICOLE WINFIELD | February 18, 2020

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican police on Tuesday raided the home and office of the Vatican monsignor who signed the contracts related to a botched London real estate venture that is under investigation by Holy See prosecutors.Documents and computers were...

AP Exclusive: Agency memo contradicts Greyhound on bus raids

By GENE JOHNSON | February 14, 2020

SEATTLE (AP) — A Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by The Associated Press confirms that bus companies such as Greyhound do not have to allow Border Patrol agents on board to conduct routine checks for immigrants in the country illegally,...

UK judge: Police probe of ‘transphobic’ tweets was unlawful

February 14, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A British court ruled Friday that police infringed a man’s right to free expression when they showed up at his workplace to quiz him over his Twitter posts about transgender people.Humberside Police in northeast England investigated...

President Trump to give command to start engines at Daytona

February 13, 2020

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump will give the command for drivers to start their engines before the Daytona 500.Daytona International Speedway officials named Trump the grand marshal for NASCAR's season opener, meaning he will deliver...