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Growing fires put damper on holiday festivities

DENVER (AP) — Large wildfires grew across the American West on Wednesday, keeping thousands of people out of their homes for the July 4 holiday and forcing some strict bans

Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump’s top

Protester’s climb shuts down Statue of Liberty

NEW YORK (AP) — A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from

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Indiana police: Orange ‘Trump-shaped ecstasy pills’ seized PERU, Ind. (AP) — Police say orange-colored ecstasy pills bearing an image resembling President Donald Trump’s face are making the rounds in northern

Suspect wrote he aimed to kill everyone

BALTIMORE (AP) — A man charged with slaying five people at a Maryland newspaper sent three letters on the day of the attack, police said, including one that said he

Court OKs unconscious drunken drivers’ blood draws

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin police can legally draw blood from unconscious drunken drivers without a warrant, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The justices ruled 5-2 that drivers automatically

Guidance on affirmative action to be rescinded

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to rescind Obama-era guidance that encouraged schools to take a person’s race into account to encourage diversity in admissions, a U.S. official

Trump interviews Supreme Court candidates

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a

IS claims attack on Sikhs, Hindus in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus. The

Renovated museum opens as part of $380M Gateway Arch project

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The centerpiece of a five-year project to transform the area around the Gateway Arch officially opens Tuesday when the Arch museum is introduced following a $176