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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement

Apple details new news app at services event

Apple on Monday laid out the details of its news subscription service, Apple News Plus, ...

Nation Trump recognizes Israeli control of Golan Heights
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the ...
1:40 PM
Nation Dems: Report 'raises as many questions as it answers'
Pelosi and Schumer released a statement doubting Barr's impartiality.
3/24/19
Nation Daniels' lawyer charged with trying to extort Nike
U.S. prosecutors on two coasts have charged Trump critic and attorney Michael Avenatti with extortion ...
2:24 PM
Nation Local photos of Jimmy Carter, who set a record today
On Friday, Jimmy Carter, who is 94, set a new record as the oldest living former president in U.S. history.
3/22/19
World Israeli military strikes Hamas in Gaza after overnight attack
An early morning rocket from the Gaza Strip has struck a house in central Israel ...
1:35 PM
Nation Sen. Graham wants special counsel to probe Russia probe
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called Monday for the ...
22 m ago
Politics 1600: Trump survives Mueller, wants revenge
He didn't say who he meant, but in the past blamed the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton, "13 angry Democrats" on Mueller's team, the intel community, FBI officials, "Fake News" and others.
2 m ago
World Photos: Extreme weather and natural disasters
See photos of extreme weather, natural disasters and their aftermath from around the globe.
3/19/19
Nation Second Parkland survivor dies in 'apparent suicide'
A second student who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, ...
9:10 AM
Dan Janison Janison: The rest of that Trump-Russia story
Just as word spread over the weekend that a special counsel's two-year probe found no ...
8 m ago
Nation Trump team opposes calls to release full Mueller report
White House officials and President Donald Trump's legal team made clear that they plan to push back on calls by congressional Democrats to release the full findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year Russia probe.
2:26 PM
New York Vintage plane, soon to be bar, tours Times Square
A vintage plane that went from flying passengers in the 1950s to running drugs in ...
2:12 PM