Kevin Spacey apologizes after actor alleges past sexual advance
Actor Kevin Spacey said Sunday he is "beyond horrified" by allegations that he made a sexual advance on a teen boy decades ago.
Strayer to acquire Capella Education in $1.9B deal
Strayer Education is tying up with Capella Education in a deal worth about $1.9 billion under an administration that looks much more favorably at non-profit schools that had come under a harsher spotlight in recent years.
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Opening the JFK files would have been a triumph of transparency. If only.
Instead it confirmed to the cynics and conspiracy theorists that the government can never come clean.
Nation
FBI widens 'domestic terrorism' umbrella; security experts say it just allows more surveillance
"Black identity extremists" are latest addition to list.
Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving, avoids jail
Tiger Woods pleaded guilty Friday to reckless driving in a deal that will keep him out of jail as long as he stays out of trouble, resolving charges from an arrest last spring in which he was found passed out in his Mercedes with prescription drugs and marijuana in his system.
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10-year-old leads Ohio troopers on car chase
A 10-year-old Ohio boy was taken into custody after leading police and state troopers on a dangerous high-speed pursuit that began in Cleveland and ended miles away along the Ohio Turnpike when troopers boxed him in.
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The JFK assassination: Who's who in this American tragedy
As a new trove of documents about the killing of President John F. Kennedy is released, The New York Times' Peter Baker walks us through who's who in this American tragedy.
South Metro
Patrol: Twin Cities man caught in Oregon with 201 lbs. of pot in SUV
Authorities say he and an accomplice were heading to Minnesota with their haul.
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Trump: We will 'overcome addiction in America'
President Trump declares the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency -- a step that will expand access to medical services in rural areas.
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Trump declares opioid health emergency
President Donald Trump on Thursday declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency - a step that won't bring new dollars to fight a scourge that kills nearly 100 Americans a day.
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Expert: JFK assassination papers release overdue
Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia said it was "ridiculous" that so much time has passed since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy without the public release of documents.
German woman apologizes to U.S. man whose home Nazis gave to her family
Peter Hirschmann has often recounted his own story of fleeing Germany as a teenager to escape Adolf Hitler's persecution of the Jews, then joining the U.S. Army to fight the Nazis.
Music
Fats Domino, rock 'n' roll pioneer, dies at age 89
The rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music, died Tuesday. His hits included "Blueberry Hill" and "Ain't That a Shame."
Nation
Former Iditarod champion denies doping dogs
Four-time winner of the Iditarod dog sled race, Dallas Seavey, denies he gave a banned drug to his dogs during the 2017 competition. Race officials in Alaska say four of Seavey's dogs tested positive for a banned substance.
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Puerto Rico's massive radio telescope is still guarding against killer asteroids
Hurricane Maria inflicted minor damage on Arecibo.
Congress has questions about Puerto Rico power pact
The territory's power authority opted to hire Whitefish Energy rather than activate the "mutual aid" arrangements it has with other utilities. The company is based in the hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
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