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Man in custody after 2 Dallas officers, store employee shot
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 11:56pm
Two Dallas police officers were critically wounded in a shooting that also injured a home improvement store employee, authorities said.

Trump calls Kim open, honorable as summit planning goes on
Jonathan Lemire and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 11:26pm
President Donald Trump said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high-stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been "very open" and "very honorable," a sharply different assessment of a leader he once denounced as "Little Rocket Man."

Handshakes and kisses aside, some issues split Trump, Macron
Darlene Superville and Zeke Miller, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 11:24pm
With exaggerated handshakes and a pair of kisses, President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron professed a sunny, best-friends relationship, even as the two allies strained to bridge differences over the Iran nuclear agreement, Syria and more.

Fort Worth gang member to die for killing girl, grandmother
Michael Graczyk, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:38pm
Attorneys for a condemned Texas prisoner asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution scheduled for Wednesday evening for killing a young girl and her grandmother in a gang-related shooting a decade ago that turned a child's birthday party in Fort Worth into a bloodbath.

Senators grow frustrated with lax Trump vetting on nominees
Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:26pm
As President Donald Trump's pick to lead Veterans Affairs skids to a halt, senators from both parties are voicing frustration that the White House is skipping crucial vetting of nominees and leaving lawmakers to clean up the mess.

Another judge rules against Trump on 'Dreamers' program
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:19pm
A federal judge ruled against the Trump administration's decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation, calling the Department of Homeland Security's rationale against the program "arbitrary and capricious."

Iranian official puts Trump on notice about nuclear deal
Josh Lederman and Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:18pm
President Donald Trump and Iran's top diplomat have traded sharp warnings, with Trump threatening "bigger problems" than ever if Tehran restarts its nuclear program. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif put the president on notice, telling The Associated Press if the U.S. pulls out of the nuclear deal, Iran "mostly likely" would abandon it, too.

EPA security chief also worked for owner of tabloid company
Michael Biesecker and Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:11pm
The security chief for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency worked on the side as a private investigator for the owner of a tabloid news company with close ties to President Donald Trump.

Man in custody after 2 Dallas officers, store employee shot
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:08pm
Two Dallas police officers were critically wounded in a shooting that also injured a home improvement store employee Tuesday, authorities said.
Museum gets sailor's account of Revolutionary War escapades
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:08pm
A manuscript detailing a New York man's experiences as a teenage prisoner of the British during the Revolutionary War has been donated to the Museum of the American Revolution.
Federal judges to hear US appeal on Iraqi deportations
Dan Sewell, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:07pm
A federal appeals panel in Cincinnati will hear arguments over a Trump administration effort to deport Iraqi nationals.
Trial opposed for man accused of cyberstalking Ohio sheriff
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:07pm
The government is opposing a man's request to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of harassing an Ohio sheriff for nearly 20 years via letters, emails and websites.
'Cocaine cowboy' on the run 26 years set to be sentenced
Curt Anderson, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 10:06pm
A quarter century after he vanished, a man dubbed the last of Miami's "cocaine cowboys" is being sentenced for a drug trafficking conviction.

Online post suggests rampage suspect may have resented women
Charmaine Noronha and David Crary, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:46pm
The suspect in the deadly van attack in Toronto posted a chilling Facebook message just minutes before plowing into a crowded city sidewalk, authorities said Tuesday, raising the possibility that he may have nursed grudges against women — a possible echo of a 1989 massacre of 14 women that remains one of Canada's most traumatic acts of violence.

The Latest: Dallas officers out of surgery, arrest made
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:44pm
The Latest on the shooting of two Dallas police officers and an employee of a home improvement store (all times local):

That's a heavy lift: Rhino at Illinois zoo undergoes CT scan
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:32pm
A rhinoceros at a suburban Chicago zoo has undergone what's believed to be the first CT scan performed on the species. It was no easy task.

The Latest: Trump urges VA nominee to keep fighting
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:32pm
The Latest on Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of Veterans Affairs (all times local):
Republican Debbie Lesko wins special U.S. House election in Arizona, keeping seat in GOP control
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:09pm
Republican Debbie Lesko wins special U.S. House election in Arizona, keeping seat in GOP control.

Man who disarmed Waffle House shooter hailed by lawmakers
Sheila Burke and Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press | Posted Apr 24th - 9:08pm
The co-owner of a Colorado crane company where the suspect in a deadly weekend shooting at a Nashville restaurant once worked said she had urged federal officials to keep him in custody after he was arrested at the White House last year.
