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Bloomberg to go face to face against rivals WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Bloomberg, the one-way conversation with Democratic voters is about to end. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

President Trump grants clemency to 11 people WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump went on a clemency blitz Tuesday, commuting former Illinois Gov. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Police: Girl, 6, was killed by neighbor who then killed self COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard after school was killed by a neighbor who then killed himself, authorities said Tuesday. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Trump delivers on pledge for wealthy California farmers WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoisting the spoils of victories in California’s hard-fought water wars, President Donald Trump is directing more of the state’s precious water to wealthy farmers and other agriculture interests when he visits their Republican Central Valley stronghold today. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

US border clampdown forces Venezuelan teen into Mexico alone HOUSTON (AP) — A Venezuelan teenager has been forced back to Mexico by U.S. government authorities who denied her claims that she was fleeing political repression and violence, even after they accepted the same claims from her father. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Secret Service goes on the road to help curb school violence MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service is taking its effort to curb school violence on the road to help thousands of educators, law enforcement personnel, mental health professionals and others learn how to identify people who may be threats. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Neighborhoods under flash-flood warning in Mississippi RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging the misery for worried people who still can’t get back into homes surrounded by water. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Transgender athletes seek to become defendants in lawsuit HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two transgender high school runners want to become defendants in a federal lawsuit that seeks to block them from participating in girls sports in Connecticut. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Judge refuses to delay sentencing of Roger Stone WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay sentencing for Roger Stone on his witness tampering and lying to Congress conviction as President Donald Trump kept up his defense of his longtime confidant and said he wouldn't be quieted on social media even if he's making things harder for his attorney general. Published Feb. 19 2020 @ 12:05am

Execution date set for man convicted of killing 81-year-old A Missouri man convicted of killing an 81-year-old mobile home park manager nearly three decades ago now faces execution in May. by Jim Salter, Associated Press Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 1:18pm

Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy due to sex-abuse lawsuits Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the hallowed, 110-year-old organization to carry on. by DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 5:40am

Police fatally shoot man connected to carjackings, stabbing NEWBURY, Mass. (AP) — Police officers shot and killed a man connected to carjackings in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, authorities said. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Professor suspended for calling police on black student MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A white professor at an Indiana university who called police to his classroom after a black student refused to change seats will not be teaching for the remainder of the semester, the school said in a written statement. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Judge dismisses lawsuit over transgender pronoun dispute PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — A judge dismissed a professor’s lawsuit against a small, public university in Ohio that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student using the student’s preferred gender terms. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Oregon wrestles with building facilities in tsunami zones SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Experts said the big one is coming to the Pacific Northwest: a massive earthquake that will cause buildings and bridges to collapse and unleash a tsunami that will devastate the coast. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Ex-wife of man accused of killing 8 describes 1st shooting MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — The now ex-wife of a Mississippi man on trial in the shooting deaths of eight people testified Sunday about how a sheriff’s deputy was shot in the face by the man she described as “abusive” and “controlling. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Hundreds still flooded from homes in Mississippi capital JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The swollen Pearl River appeared to have crested Monday in Mississippi's capital, but authorities warned the hundreds of evacuees in the Jackson area not to rush back home until they got the all clear, and a forecast of more rain put counties further south at risk of flooding. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Virginia lawmakers reject assault weapon ban RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons failed Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

American cruise passengers quarantined at US military bases TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight. Published Feb. 18 2020 @ 12:05am

Americans who left cruise trade one quarantine for another TOKYO (AP) — Americans Cheryl and Paul Molesky decided to trade one coronavirus quarantine for another. Published Feb. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

California to apologize for internment of Japanese Americans SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Les Ouchida was born an American just outside California’s capital city, but his citizenship mattered little after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States declared war. Published Feb. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Police: 1 dead, 4 wounded in Connecticut club shooting HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a Connecticut nightclub early Sunday morning, killing a man and wounding four other people, police said. Published Feb. 17 2020 @ 12:05am

Juvenile facilities in Nebraska rocked by violence, escapes LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A sudden and puzzling increase in violence and escapes at Nebraska’s two state-run homes for high-risk juvenile offenders has prompted officials to move some of the teenagers to other facilities and to consider spending millions of dollars on upgrades intended to enhance safety. Published Feb. 17 2020 @ 12:05am