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LONDON (AP) — Britain's foreign minister says there is a "significant possibility" that the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula was caused by a bomb. And a U.S. official says the tentative conclusion is based in part on intercepted communications. The plane crashed Saturday after taking off from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and was headed to St. Petersburg. All 224 people aboard were killed.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it is continuing a review of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, despite a request by the project's developer to suspend the review. A delay could have put a decision on the project until the next U.S. president takes office in 2017. President Barack Obama has yet to say whether he would approve or reject the pipeline, which would transport Canadian crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A motorist who crashed into spectators at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade has been formally charged with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault. Prosecutors in Stillwater say Adacia Chambers ran a red light and purposely drove around a barricade and over a police motorcycle before hitting the victims.
HOUSTON (AP) — The landslide defeat of a non-discrimination ordinance in Houston has stunned gay rights activists. They're bracing for their opponents in other states to try to follow the same strategy used by opponents in Houston. Voters in America's fourth largest city rejected a broad equal-rights ordinance. Opponents prevailed with a campaign that dubbed the measure "the bathroom ordinance" and raised the specter of male sexual predators invading women's restrooms.
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A California man seen by millions pummeling an Uber driver has apologized for his behavior. Video from a dashboard-mounted camera of the incident has been seen by more than 2 million viewers on YouTube. Attorneys for Benjamin Golden say their client is extremely remorseful. He's been fired from his job as a brand manager for Taco Bell.
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