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For Trump lookalike, crops worry more than social media fame

MADRID — A woman in Spain has found unexpected fame on social media after many found she bore a striking resemblance to President Donald Trump.

Apr 25, 2018 1:16 PM Read more >

Correction: Waffle House Shooting story

NASHVILLE — In a story April 24 about the Waffle House shooting suspect, The Associated Press, relying on a statement from the suspect's former employer, erroneously reported that the FBI called them.

Apr 25, 2018 1:05 PM Read more >

Police: Man killed deputy, stole his car and robbed store

NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine — A gunman in Maine killed a sheriff's deputy, stole his cruiser and robbed a convenience store early Wednesday, triggering an intensive manhunt in a heavily wooded rural town, officials said. Somerset County Cpl.

Apr 25, 2018 12:52 PM Read more >

Kuwait expels Philippines ambassador amid maid abuse dispute

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait on Wednesday expelled the Philippines ambassador and recalled its own envoy from Manila over a growing diplomatic dispute sparked by complaints of the abuse of Filipina housemaids and workers in the country.

Apr 25, 2018 12:52 PM Read more >

Jury gets case after Cosby painted as predator, victim

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case began deliberating Wednesday in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, weighing charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home 14 years ago.

Apr 25, 2018 12:52 PM Read more >

Fats, food and fun: 1st weekend of Jazz Fest kicks off

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of people are converging on the Crescent City this week for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Apr 25, 2018 12:46 PM Read more >

Waffle House suspect: Erratic behaviour years before shooting

NASHVILLE — Travis Reinking's erratic behaviour began years before police say he showed up without pants at a Waffle House restaurant and killed four people with an assault-style rifle.

Apr 25, 2018 12:29 PM Read more >

Waffle House suspect's ex-bosses asked feds to help him

SALIDA, Colo. — The co-owner of a Colorado crane company that once employed the Waffle House shooting suspect said they urged the Secret Service to try to help him after he was arrested at the White House last year.

Apr 25, 2018 12:25 PM Read more >

Postponement talk raised for Nobel Literature Prize

COPENHAGEN — The Swedish Academy's permanent secretary has indicated that the recent crisis within the body that hands out the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature, may mean postponing this year's prize.

Apr 25, 2018 12:20 PM Read more >

Attorneys urge appeals court to block Iraqi deportations

CINCINNATI — A civil rights attorney contends that the Trump administration tried to rush deportations of Iraqis who faced torture, sexual slavery and beheadings in their home country. A 6th U.S.

Apr 25, 2018 11:55 AM Read more >