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Prosecutor: Murder suspect was 'boy next door killer'

LOS ANGELES - An air conditioning repairman charged with murdering a Chicago-area teenager and two California women, one the ex-girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher, would "watch, shadow, stalk and hunt...

May 04, 2019

Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals' cited for hate speech

SAN FRANCISCO - After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban on "dangerous individuals....

May 04, 2019

Israel says bots promoting boycott of Eurovision

JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday said it has uncovered a network of bots and fake Twitter accounts urging a boycott of the upcoming Israeli-hosted Eurovision song contest. Israel's Ministry of Strategic...

May 04, 2019

Pharmaceutical exec guilty of bribing doctors to push opioid

BOSTON - A pharmaceutical company founder accused of paying doctors millions in bribes to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray was convicted Thursday in a case that exposed such marketing tacti...

May 04, 2019

Wyoming US Sen. Mike Enzi won't seek re-election in 2020

GILLETTE, Wyo. - Wyoming Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi announced Saturday that he will not run for a fifth term in 2020. The 75-year-old made the announcement in his hometown of Gillette. Enzi, who i...

May 04, 2019

Beyond Meat fattens up as shares more than double in IPO

Investors have a big appetite for fake meat. The shares of Beyond Meat, the purveyor of plant-based burgers and sausages, more than doubled Thursday in its Nasdaq debut. It's the first pure-play maker...

May 04, 2019

Trump Fed choice Stephen Moore withdraws amid controversy

WASHINGTON - Stephen Moore, a conservative commentator whom President Donald Trump had tapped for the Federal Reserve board, withdrew from consideration Thursday after losing Republican support in the...

May 04, 2019

Judge: Man can recover money from neo-Nazi website founder

A Muslim-American radio host can recover monetary damages against a neo-Nazi website operator who falsely accused him of terrorism, a federal judge ruled without deciding on a dollar amount. SiriusXM ...

May 04, 2019

Testimony ends in trial over Arkansas' use of execution drug

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal trial to consider the legality of Arkansas' use of a sedative in executions ended Thursday without a ruling from the bench. In their closing arguments, lawyers for death ...

May 04, 2019

'The River and The Wall' explores Rio Grande's border world

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Growing up, Ben Masters worked on West Texas ranches along the border where he developed a love for the outdoors and wildlife. The experience eventually led him to study wildlife b...

May 04, 2019