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FCC: At least 1 phone company broke law by sharing location

By MATT O'BRIEN | January 31, 2020

At least one U.S. phone company likely broke the law by sharing data that can pinpoint the location of smartphone users, the Federal Communications Commission said Friday.FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a letter to Congress that one or more wireless companies...

Key witness could be in doubt in landmark church retrial

By MARYCLAIRE DALE | January 31, 2020

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An aging monsignor who was the first U.S. church official ever tried and sent to prison over his handling of priest-abuse complaints could soon be retried in the 2011 case with one thing missing — the victim.The only accuser whose...

Prosecutors: Owner of shuttered organic dairy ran $60M fraud

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | January 31, 2020

READING, Pa. (AP) — The owner of an award-winning organic dairy in Pennsylvania that abruptly closed its doors last fall is accused of milking investors to the tune of nearly $60 million.Philip Riehl, the majority owner of Trickling Springs Creamery,...

Iowans, they’re just like us. Sometimes.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI | January 31, 2020

Right about now, on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, when the nation's political microscope turns to inspect the small state's DNA, people start to complain about this quirk of American presidential politics. Why Iowa? It doesn't look like America, they...

Iraqi cleric condemns use of force, 11 protesters wounded

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB | January 31, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's most powerful religious figure, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, reiterated Friday his condemnation of the use of force against anti-government protesters as the mass movement enters a critical juncture and political blocs tussle...

Letter with apparent fentanyl sickens 11 at Dannemora prison

January 31, 2020

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Employees at a maximum security New York prison fell ill Friday after a letter was opened that contained a substance believed to be fentanyl, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.Eleven people were taken to a hospital from the Clinton Correctional...

US sanctions Tanzanian official for targeting gays, others

January 31, 2020

The United States has sanctioned a Tanzanian official who sparked fear in the gay community by announcing plans to track and punish homosexuals in the East African nation.The U.S. statement Friday said Paul Christian Makonda, regional commissioner for...

Rights groups to Italy: Don’t renew migrant deal with Libya

January 31, 2020

ROME (AP) — Human rights advocates and aid groups slammed Italy on Friday for deciding to extend a deal that facilitates the return of Europe-bound migrants to detention centers in Libya where detainees are at risk for getting raped and tortured.Amnesty...

Judge allows AP to be heard in dispute over Saints emails

By JIM MUSTIAN | January 31, 2020

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that The Associated Press may be heard in a court dispute over whether to release hundreds of confidential emails that detail the New Orleans Saints' behind-the-scenes public relations work to help area Roman...

Michigan couple sues airline after getting kicked off flight

January 31, 2020

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan couple is suing American Airlines for discrimination after being removed from a flight because the airline said the Orthodox Jewish couple smelled bad.Yehuda Yosef Adler, Jennie Adler and their then-19-month old daughter...

Charities steered $65M to Trump lawyer Sekulow and family

By MICHAEL BIESECKER | January 31, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White House.The Pennsylvania Avenue box appears...

Anne Cox Chambers, wealthy newspaper heiress, dies at 100

By JEFF MARTIN | January 31, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country's richest women, died Friday at the age of 100.Chambers' nephew James Cox Kennedy announced her death to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,...