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  • Las Vegas kidnapping victim found in New Mexico

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    (AP) ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — Police in northern New Mexico a woman who had been kidnapped from her Las Vegas, Nevada, home was found bound by chains in the back of a van on Monday. New Mexico State Police say that ...

  • Union-backed Ronald Vitiello named to lead Border Patrol

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    (AP) SAN DIEGO (AP) — A longtime Border Patrol official who is backed by the agents' union has been named chief of the agency, less than a week after his predecessor resigned under pressure. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday ...

  • Texas execution Thursday for fatal $1.25 robbery halted

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    (AP) HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has stopped this week's scheduled execution of a 32-year-old man condemned for the 2004 robbery-slaying of a convenience store worker in Corpus Christi. John Henry Ramirez was set for lethal injection Thursday in ...

  • Trump administration names Ronald Vitiello as the head of the Border Patrol less than one week after predecessor resigns

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    (AP) SAN DIEGO (AP) — Trump administration names Ronald Vitiello as the head of the Border Patrol less than one week after predecessor resigns.

  • Radio stations in several states hacked with anti-Trump rap

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    (AP) SALEM, S.C. (AP) — Radio stations in South Carolina and several other states say their signals were hacked and interrupted by an anti-Donald Trump rap song that contained obscene language. Multiple media outlets report a radio station in Salem, South ...

  • A look at how a president can exercise his authority

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    (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken a total of 18 executive actions since being sworn into office on Jan. 20. Some of the papers he signed were executive orders that dealt with building the wall he promised along ...

  • Profits jump 25 percent at Germany's Siemens

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    (AP) FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Siemens AG, the German maker of gas turbines, trains and medical machines, says net income rose 25 percent to 1.93 billion euros ($2.06 billion) for its most recent quarter. The Munich-based company said Tuesday the strong ...

  • Florida deputies shoot, wound man armed with knife

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    (AP) ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say two Florida deputies shot and wounded a man armed with a knife outside a grocery store. An Orange County Sheriff's Office statement says two deputies feared for their lives Tuesday when they fired shots ...

  • White House: No Americans will be targeted in terror strikes

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    (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday that no American citizen "will ever be targeted" in raids against terror suspects, a blanket statement that appeared to signal a break from the Obama administration's strategy for pursuing and targeting suspects ...

  • Timberwolves starting to find themselves under Thibodeau

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    (AP) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves led by nine-point with under five minutes to play when the Orlando Magic made their charge. Over the next three minutes, that lead disappeared, just as so many others had earlier in the season. ...

  • Trump cancels planned Milwaukee visit on Thursday

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    (AP) MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump has canceled a previously planned trip to Milwaukee on Thursday. Tech. Sgt. Meghan Skrepenski with the 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard in Milwaukee confirmed Tuesday that the visit had ...

  • First of 911 calls from Florida airport shooting released

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    (AP) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A terrified girl trapped in a janitor's closet and a Delta flight crew hiding inside a briefing room are among those who called 911 during the Florida airport shooting spree that killed five people and ...

  • Johnny Depp's former business managers countersue actor

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    (AP) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Depp's former business managers are suing the actor, claiming that his lavish spending is to blame for his recent financial trouble. The countersuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court by The Management Group comes ...

  • Business Highlights

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    (AP) ___ Apple snaps out of iPhone slump, but for what's next? SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has snapped out of the first sales slump in the iPhone's decade-long history, but the upturn doesn't mean that the pioneering company has broken ...

  • Rejuvenated rotation gives St. Louis hope in NL Central

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    (AP) ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carlos Martinez has two hopes for this season, one for himself and one for the Cardinals. "The Cy Young and World Series," he said through an interpreter. How Martinez fares at his first goal is likely ...

  • Some Sept. 11 families speak out against Trump's travel ban

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    (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Some families of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks spoke out Tuesday against President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries. In announcing the temporary ban last week, Trump referenced the 2001 attacks ...

  • Elaine Chao has been sworn in as transportation secretary

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    (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Elaine Chao has been sworn in as transportation secretary.

  • Under Armour and UPS skid; Thermo Fisher jumps

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    (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Tuesday: Under Armour Inc., down $5.87 to $19.22 The athletic apparel maker said higher expenses hurt its results and gave a weak outlook for 2017. United Parcel Service ...

  • A Rolex victory gets Taylor brothers the credit they deserve

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    (AP) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ricky and Jordan Taylor are probably the best two American race car drivers you've never heard of. They aren't household names because they don't race in NASCAR and don't drive in the Indianapolis 500. They ...

  • Amazon picks Kentucky airport as site for air cargo hub

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    (AP) Online retail giant Amazon says it will build an air cargo hub expected to employ more than 2,000 people at a northern Kentucky airport south of Cincinnati. Seattle-based Amazon said in a news release Tuesday that the air hub planned ...

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