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Boeing, FAA both faulted in certification of the 737 Max
A panel of international aviation regulators found that Boeing withheld key information about the 737 Max from pilots and regulators, and the Federal Aviation Administration lacked the expertise to un...
Oct 11, 2019 A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for India-based Jet Airways lands following a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle. (AP File Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Former envoy defies Trump, testifies he pushed to oust her
WASHINGTON (AP) - Testifying in defiance of President Donald Trump's ban, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told House impeachment investigators Friday that Trump himself had pressur...
Oct 11, 2019 Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, arrives on Capitol Hill on Oct. 11, 2019, in Washington, to testify before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
More than 100,000 ordered to evacuate as wildfires rage in southern California
LOS ANGELES -- A wildfire raged out of control along the northern edge of Los Angeles early Friday, forcing thousands of people from their homes as firefighters battled flames from the air and on the ...
Oct 11, 2019 Firefighters battle the Saddleridge fire in Sylmar, Calif., on Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
Colorado jury clears Uber driver in passenger’s death
DENVER - A Colorado jury on Thursday found an Uber driver not guilty of murder in last year's killing of a passenger that he said attacked him before he fired 10 shots at him. Jurors sided with Michae...
Oct 11, 2019 An Uber sign displayed in a vehicle in Regina on May 15, 2019 (Andrew Shepherd/980 CJME)
Deaths, displacement as Turkey’s Syria offensive in 3rd day
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Turkish forces pushed deeper into northeastern Syria on Friday, the third day of Ankara's cross-border offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters that has set off another mass d...
Oct 11, 2019 People in Akcakale Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border with Syria, watch smoke billowing inside Syria, during bombardment by Turkish forces, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Turkey's foreign minister says Turkish troops intend to move some 30 kilometers (19 miles) deep into northern Syria and that its operation will last until all "terrorists are neutralized," a reference to Syrian Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Ukraine president: ‘No blackmail’ in conversation with Trump
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Thursday there was "no blackmail" in the phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump that helped spark an impeachment inquiry. Zelensk...
Oct 10, 2019
‘Is this your turd?’: Missouri city’s cleanup flags dog poop
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Officials in a southwest Missouri city are planting small flags in piles of abandoned dog poop as part of a campaign to get residents to clean up after their pets downtown. The poli...
Oct 10, 2019
For first time, Joe Biden calls for Trump to be impeached
ROCHESTER, N.H. - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own re-el...
Oct 09, 2019
German synagogue is attacked on holy day; 2 dead nearby
HALLE, Germany - A heavily armed assailant shouting anti-Semitic sentiments tried to force his way into a synagogue in eastern Germany on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day, then killed two people as h...
Oct 09, 2019 Police officer runs on a road in Halle, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. One or more gunmen fired several shots on Wednesday in the German city of Halle. Police say a person has been arrested after a shooting that left two people dead. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)
Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria
AKCAKALE, Turkey - Turkey launched airstrikes and fired artillery aimed at crushing Kurdish fighters in northern Syria on Wednesday after U.S. troops pulled back from the area, paving the way for an a...
Oct 09, 2019
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