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Guard: Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Minnesota; 3 aboard

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - A Black Hawk helicopter with three crew members aboard crashed Thursday in central Minnesota, a state National Guard official said. Minnesota National Guard Master Sgt. Blair Heusde...

Dec 05, 2019

San Francisco Opera names its first female music director

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Opera has named conductor Eun Sun Kim its new music director, ushering the first woman into the job in the company's history. The 39-year-old Kim will become the comp...

Dec 05, 2019

Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO - expected to be the biggest ever - that puts the value of the company at $1.7 tri...

Dec 05, 2019

SpaceX launches caring robot, beer malt and 'mighty mice'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including "mighty mice" for a muscle study, a robot sensitive to astronauts' emotions and a mini...

Dec 05, 2019

House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: 'Don't mess with me'

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promptly set a reporter, and by inference, all of Washington, straight: "Don't mess with me." Pelosi's bristling response Thursday to a question about whether s...

Dec 05, 2019

Wisconsin officers on front lines in 2 student shootings

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Wisconsin high school resource officers have found themselves on the front lines in two student shootings in the past two days, underscoring how police in schools can face life-or-deat...

Dec 05, 2019

Kamala Harris ends White House bid, citing lack of funding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, an abrupt close to a candidacy that held historic potent...

Dec 05, 2019

Giuliani in Ukraine as Congress moves closer to impeachment

KYIV, Ukraine - President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in Ukraine on Thursday, reviving the efforts that landed him and Trump in the impeachment inquiry now roiling Washington. The...

Dec 05, 2019

Ex-chief says he didn’t intentionally ‘deceive’ anyone

CHICAGO - Ousted Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Tuesday that he didn't "intentionally mislead or deceive" anyone about the mid-October night he was found sleeping behind the wheel of...

Dec 05, 2019

US: Iran may have killed more than 1,000 in recent protests

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday accused Iranian security forces of killing more than 1,000 people in crackdowns against recent protests that have swept the country. That figure is si...

Dec 05, 2019