NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is suing the state of California over its decision to ban the import and sale of alligator products, saying the ban will hurt an important Louisiana industry and ultimately could hurt the state's wetlands.
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Louisiana said the economy surrounding alligators has played a key role in bringing back the American...
DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country where the Christian minority is increasingly a target of attacks. The victims included the pastor and several teenage boys; regional authorities attributed the attack to "unidentified armed men" who, according to...
IRVINE (AP) — California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter on Friday said she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
The freshman California lawmaker revealed her decision in a tweet.
"The facts are clear: the articles of impeachment against the President are warranted. I will vote yes," she posted, adding she has grown more concerned by Trump's conduct over the past six...
ALEXANDRA JAFFE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders retracted his endorsement for online news personality Cenk Uygur in a California congressional race on Friday after coming under fire from supporters for backing someone who had made demeaning and controversial comments about women, Muslims and African Americans.
"I hear my supporters who were frustrated and understand their concerns. Cenk today said...
WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — All seven Democratic presidential candidates who qualified for next week's debate threatened on Friday to skip the event if an ongoing labor dispute forces them to cross picket lines on the campus hosting it.
The Democratic National Committee said it is trying to come up with an "acceptable resolution" to the situation so the...
EMILY SCHMALL and CLAIRE GALOFARO
Associated Press
KAPURTHALA, India (AP) — Reports rolled in with escalating urgency — pills seized by the truckload, pills swallowed by schoolchildren, pills in the pockets of dead terrorists.
These pills, the world has been told, are safer than the OxyContins, the Vicodins, the fentanyls that have wreaked so much devastation. But now they are the...
BEATRICE DUPUY, ARIJETA LAJKA and RAFAEL CABRERA
Associated Press
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the real facts:CLAIM: A video circulating online shows a person firing an...
MATTHEW PERRONE
AP Health Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators approved a second drug for a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, a surprise decision after the medication was rejected for safety concerns just four months ago.
The ruling marks the second time the Food and Drug Administration has granted preliminary approval for the disease based on early results and is...
JONATHAN LEMIRE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him "an embarrassment to our country" and refused to back away from the charge that first ensnared him in the scandal. Almost simultaneous to the vote, Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, turned up at the White House.
With a vote by the full...
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear President Donald Trump's pleas to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major confrontation between the president and Congress that also could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.
Arguments will take place in late March, and the justices are poised to issue decisions in June...