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Japan premier in Iran as Yemen rebels strike Saudi airport

Published on June 12, 2019 | Updated 8:25 a. m.

TEHRAN, Iran — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe landed in Tehran on Wednesday on a mission to ease tensions between the U.S. and Iran, just hours after Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen launched an attack on an airport in Saudi Arabia, wounding →

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Businesses showing discontent with Trump's trade policies

Published on June 12, 2019 | Updated 8:16 a. m.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's aggressive and wildly unpredictable use of tariffs is spooking American business groups, which have long formed a potent force in his Republican Party. Corporate America was blindsided last week when →

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Analysis: Even being injured, Kevin Durant leads free-agent pack

Published on June 12, 2019 | Updated 8:02 a. m.

OAKLAND, Calif. — This was already going to be a summer filled with fireworks in the NBA. Nothing has changed. Kevin Durant's Achilles injury, the severity of which isn't yet confirmed, means he probably won't be able to play much — if →

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Ex-slugger David Ortiz had counted on fans to protect him

Published on June 12, 2019 | Updated 7:52 a. m.

Beloved in his hometown in the Dominican Republic, former Boston Red Sox David Ortiz traveled the dangerous streets of Santo Domingo with little or no security, trusting in his fans to protect him. It was at a bar on Sunday night where he shot and wounded. Now he lies in intensive care in a Boston hospital, and investigators are trying to determine what made him the target of what appeared to an assassination attempt. →

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Watchdog: Neglect and abuse unreported in nursing facilities

Published on June 12, 2019 | Updated 7:45 a. m.

WASHINGTON — Nursing facilities have failed to report thousands of serious cases of potential neglect and abuse of Medicare beneficiaries even though the federal government requires such reporting, says a watchdog report due out Wednesday that →

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10 things to know, Tuesday, June 11

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 1:04 p. m.

Your daily look at late breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. →

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AP analysis: Broad legalization cuts into medical marijuana

Published on June 11, 2019

PORTLAND, Ore. — When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The →

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Prosecutors crack down on clergy abuse as bishops gather

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 11:10 a. m.

DETROIT — Hundreds of boxes. Millions of records. From Michigan to New Mexico this month, attorneys general are sifting through files on clergy sex abuse, seized through search warrants and subpoenas at dozens of archdioceses. They're looking →

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Biden and Trump head to Iowa in a potential 2020 preview

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 10:54 a. m.

DES MOINES, Iowa — After months of jabbing each other from afar, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will overlap Tuesday in Iowa, a state that's critical to their political futures. For Biden, a convincing win in next year's →

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House resolution would make it easier to enforce subpoenas

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 10:48 a. m.

WASHINGTON — A resolution being voted on Tuesday in the House would make it easier for Democrats to sue President Donald Trump's administration and other potential witnesses who refuse to comply with subpoenas. The House resolution would →

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Hong Kong braces for further political turmoil

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 10:24 a. m.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong residents braced for further political turmoil as the territory's government prepared to send the legislature a widely opposed bill that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. The legislation →

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David Ortiz back in Boston after being shot in Dominican bar

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 8:10 a. m.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — David Ortiz was back in Boston on Monday night for medical care, a day after authorities said the former Red Sox slugger affectionately known as Big Papi was ambushed by a gunman at a bar in his native →

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Bodies recovered as sunken Danube boat is raised in Hungary

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 7:25 a. m.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Several bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a tour boat that sank in the Danube River as it was lifted out of the river Tuesday morning in the Hungarian capital. A huge floating crane, barges and rescue personnel →

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When disaster hits, Indonesia's Islamists are first to help

Published on June 11, 2019 | Updated 7:21 a. m.

PALU, Indonesia — The flags hanging outside Anwar Ragaua's house have drawn warnings from police, but the wiry 50-year-old vows he's not taking them down. After all, the police weren't there to help when he was the sole fisherman in his →

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Japan premier in Iran as Yemen rebels strike Saudi airport

Businesses showing discontent with Trump's trade policies

Analysis: Even being injured, Kevin Durant leads free-agent pack

Ex-slugger David Ortiz had counted on fans to protect him

Watchdog: Neglect and abuse unreported in nursing facilities

10 things to know, Tuesday, June 11

AP analysis: Broad legalization cuts into medical marijuana

Prosecutors crack down on clergy abuse as bishops gather

Biden and Trump head to Iowa in a potential 2020 preview

House resolution would make it easier to enforce subpoenas

Hong Kong braces for further political turmoil

David Ortiz back in Boston after being shot in Dominican bar

Bodies recovered as sunken Danube boat is raised in Hungary

When disaster hits, Indonesia's Islamists are first to help

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