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Ducks hold off LA Kings 4-2 in 1st rivalry meeting of season
ANAHEIM (AP) — Something was missing from the first Freeway Faceoff of the season. Although the game had plenty of goals and a few big hits, this series' usual pugnaciousness and belligerence was mostly nowhere to be seen.
Anaheim Ducks coach Dallas Eakins even told his staff afterward: "Whoa,...
ALLEN G. BREED
Associated Press
FLAMINGO, Florida (AP) — Grabbing a clump of vegetation to steady herself, Tiffany Troxler gingerly slides her feet along the makeshift boardwalk as she ventures out into the marsh. The boards sag, dipping her up to her knees in the tea-colored water.
"This is the treacherous part," the Florida International University researcher says. "The water levels...
JENNIFER PELTZ
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — As health officials scrutinize marijuana vaping, it's increasingly on law enforcement's radar, too.
From New York City to Nebraska farm country to California, authorities have seized at least 510,000 marijuana vape cartridges and arrested more than 120 people in the past two years, according to an Associated Press tally derived from interviews, court...
ANGELA CHARLTON and JOHN LEICESTER
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — France is bristling at a U.S. threat to slap 100% tariffs on French cheeses, Champagne and other products, with the French leader telling President Donald Trump on Tuesday that the move would amount to an attack on all of Europe.
The U.S. Trade Representative proposed the tariffs on $2.4 billion in...
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Racial disparities have narrowed across the U.S. criminal justice system over 16 years, though black people are still significantly more likely to be behind bars than white people, new federal figures show.
Racial gaps broadly declined in local jails, state prisons, and among people on probation and parole, according to the study released Tuesday...
NICHOLAS RICCARDI and KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
"I've taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life," she wrote in a note to...
AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump barreled into a NATO leaders' meeting on Tuesday aiming insults at French President Emmanuel Macron, slamming '"unpatriotic" Democrats at home for holding an impeachment hearing while he is abroad and playing down the impact his domestic troubles are having on his standing on the global stage.
Trump began...
RACHEL LERMAN
AP Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social causes.
The former employees said Tuesday they are preparing to file unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board this week....
ALEX VEIGA
AP Business Writer
Stocks fell broadly Tuesday after President Donald Trump cast doubt over the potential for a trade deal with China this year and threatened to impose tariffs on French goods.
The selling knocked the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 350 points lower had the S&P 500 on track for its third straight loss as the market...
IVAN MORENO and GRETCHEN EHLKE
Associated Press
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — An armed student confronted a school resource officer at a Wisconsin high school Tuesday morning and both were wounded, police said, in the second such shooting at a school in the state in as many days.
The latest shooting happened at Oshkosh West High School just after 9 a.m., Oshkosh...