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WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators agreed on an annual defense policy bill that authorizes $700 billion for the Pentagon in the 2018 fiscal year, a dramatic increase over the amount President Trump sought as lawmakers aim to restock what they say is a depleted U.S. military. Congressional staff said Wednesday that the bill allots just over $634 billion for core Pentagon operations and nearly $66 billion for wartime missions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere. ... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T says it's uncertain when its $85 billion deal for Time Warner will close, making investors worry that regulators may try to block it or require significant changes. Reports from The New York Times , CNN and other outlets, citing unidentified people, said the Justice Department wants to require the companies to sell Turner Broadcasting, which houses CNN, TBS and TNT; or to sell satellite TV provider DirecTV, which AT&T bought in 2015. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said in a statement... Читать дальше...

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s governor said Wednesday that residents of his state made an expensive mistake when they voted to expand access to Medicaid under the federal health care law, and he’s hesitant to implement it. Gov. Paul LePage, an opponent of “Obamacare” like his ally and fellow Republican, President Trump, has vetoed five different attempts by the state Legislature to expand the program. But Maine voters decided the issue at the polls Tuesday, approving a Medicaid expansion... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said the Republican drubbing in Tuesday night's elections "just puts more pressure on making sure we follow through" on the party's drive to overhaul the tax code. Ryan's comments Wednesday came as the House Ways and Means Committee entered its third day of debate on the nearly $6 trillion legislation, with the Republican-led panel wading through dozens of amendments and rejecting Democrats' efforts to revise the bill. Republicans are determined to produce... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Barack Obama, free of a job that forced him to move to Washington for eight years, showed up to a downtown Chicago courthouse for jury duty on Wednesday morning. Then he heard the words most prospective jurors pray for: You're dismissed. The 44th president's motorcade — considerably shorter than the one when he lived in the White House — left his home in the Kenwood neighborhood on the city's South Side and arrived at the Richard J. Daley Center shortly after 10 a.m. Obama ... Читать дальше...

G-Eazy is pulling a double shift this week to help those affected by the October fires that scorched the North Bay. After performing a set at Band Together Bay Area at AT&T Park on Thursday, Nov. 9, the Oakland rapper is slated to host his own benefit concert at 1015 Folsom. The late-night show starts at 10 p.m. and goes until 2 a.m., featuring Tony Tone, DJ Amen, Aux Cord, Daghe, Syk Wid It, Truthlive, Shabazz, Quiz and Sean G. G-Eazy plans to donate 100 percent of the proceeds from ticket sales... Читать дальше...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Florida transit official has been chosen as the new chief executive officer of the Port Authority of Allegheny County. Katharine Kelleman has been serving as CEO of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority in Tampa. She has a five-year contract with a base salary of $230,000. She called the position "a public servant's dream come true," citing the region's revival and technology innovations such as testing self-driving vehicles. County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said he... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has participated in a dedication ceremony unveiling a commemorative chair in Washington designed to honor American prisoners of war and the tens of thousands of service members missing in action. The memorial was authorized by a bill co-sponsored by Warren and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, and fellow Massachusetts Democratic lawmaker Rep. Stephen Lynch in the House. The ceremony comes just days ahead of Veteran's Day. The 1850s, hand-carved oak... Читать дальше...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A critic of a proposed oil-by-rail terminal in Vancouver has a solid lead in a port commissioner race that may shape the project's future. Don Orange was leading Kris Greene with 64.6 percent of the Tuesday night in the Port of Vancouver race. The next ballot update is set for Wednesday afternoon. The local race has drawn more than $1 million in cash and in-kind contributions. It has been seen by some as a referendum on a project that would handle about 360,000 barrels of crude oil a day. Читать дальше...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A New York woman has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for fatally beating her boyfriend's 3-year-old daughter and preventing others from seeking medical care for her. A judge in Rochester sentenced 25-year-old Erica Bell on Wednesday morning for second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Bell didn't speak in court. Prosecutors say Bell punched Brook Stagles in the stomach three times last November. The girl later died in the hospital of a systemic infection from a burst intestine. Читать дальше...

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has ordered military officials to stop construction work on a sandbar in a disputed area of the South China Sea after Beijing complained, the country’s defense chief said Wednesday. Duterte’s decision to halt work on the project, which was to include a shelter for Philippine fishermen, signals an effort to improve ties with China before a regional summit meeting in Vietnam this weekend. China complained... Читать дальше...

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man who killed a college student answering an ad on Craigslist has been convicted of murder and faces life in prison. Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds says 24-year-old Kalynn Shiquez Ruthenberg was found guilty late Tuesday in the 2015 shooting death of 21-year-old James E. Jones. Reynolds says Jones was a junior at Clark Atlanta University when he responded Feb. 9, 2015, to a Craigslist post advertising an iPhone for sale. Ruthenberg and two other men shot him with a .45-caliber gun when he arrived... Читать дальше...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a Mexican citizen on death row in Texas for the abduction and slaying of his 16-year-old cousin more than two decades ago looked to the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts to halt his execution Wednesday, arguing that state officials violated his rights by refusing to release evidence so it can undergo new DNA testing. Ruben Ramirez Cardenas was scheduled for lethal injection Wednesday evening for the February 1997 killing of Mayra Laguna in the Rio Grande Valley in far South Texas. Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Authorities in Massachusetts say 31 people have been arrested in connection with a heroin and fentanyl distribution ring. State Attorney General Maura Healey's office said Wednesday the arrests stem from a large-scale joint investigation involving state and local police. The investigation led authorities to dismantle a major operation that brought drugs in Marlborough, Hudson and surrounding communities. It was a response to the spike in opioid overdoses in the area. Authorities say... Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts say they have suspended effort to capture the few remaining vaquita porpoises in Mexico's Gulf of California after the one they managed to catch died quickly in captivity. Lorenzo Rojas described what may be the last close contact between humans and the world's smallest porpoise, of which less than 30 remain. A half-dozen veterinarians struggled for three hours to resuscitate the female dolphin. Rojas is the head of the international team of experts that tried to save the vaquita by catching some... Читать дальше...

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Protesters carrying signs with photos of people who've died from opioid overdoses gathered outside drug distributor Cardinal Health's annual shareholders meeting in Ohio. The Teamsters labor union helped organize the protest involving about 40 people Wednesday outside Cardinal Health's headquarters in the Columbus suburb of Dublin. Cardinal is among the nation's drug distributors that have been criticized for failing to slow the flow of opiate painkillers that can lead to the use of heroin. Читать дальше...

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says Iran must stop "meddling" in the region's affairs, saying he does not want war and that crises can be resolved by dialogue, but that the security of Arab Gulf countries must not be threatened. El-Sissi spoke Wednesday evening after days of mounting tensions between Iran and Egypt's close ally, Saudi Arabia. Over the weekend, Saudi Arabia blamed Iran for a missile fired toward its capital by rebels in Yemen and warned that it could be considered an act of war. Читать дальше...

GOSHEN, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who admitted removing a plug from her fiance's kayak before it capsized in the Hudson River but maintained she was falsely accused of intentionally causing his death was sentenced on Wednesday to up to four years in state prison. Angelika Graswald, 37, pleaded guilty last summer to criminally negligent homicide in the death of her fiance, Vincent Viafore, 46, of Poughkeepsie. Her sentence, of 16 months to four years, means she could be released on parole as soon as late December... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge who has been hearing a challenge of the state's untried prison lethal injection plan is set to ask a death-row inmate one last time whether he's changed his mind about becoming the first person to be executed in Nevada in 11 years. Scott Raymond Dozier (DOH'-sher) has told Clark County District Court Judge Jennifer Togliatti several times that he wants his sentence carried out, and he's not really concerned if it'll be painful. The judge says he has to say so again during... Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of Utah's last "dry" communities will keep its prohibition on alcohol sales The southeastern city of Blanding appeared to vote down Tuesday a proposal to allow beer and wine sales for the first time in more than 80 years. Unofficial results Wednesday showed residents in the town of 3,500 voted by a margin of more than 30 points to continue making it illegal to sell booze. Blanding has seen an influx of visitors in recent years, especially with the naming of the new Bears Ears National Monument in the town's backyard. Читать дальше...

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian president says regional crises can be resolved with dialogue but Iran must stop "meddling"

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Democrats on Wednesday were celebrating their lead in a key state Senate race that could put them back in charge of both legislative chambers for the first time in five years. Democrat Manka Dhingra, a 43-year-old prosecutor for King County, was leading Republican Jinyoung Lee Englund with 55 percent of the vote Tuesday night In the race for the 45th District in Seattle's eastern suburbs. The next ballot update was set for late Wednesday. The political implications... Читать дальше...

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian president gives backing to Arab Gulf allies, says their security must not be threatened.

WASHINGTON (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is in Washington to argue for the international accord to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons. Johnson met Rep. Eliot Engel on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to discuss the importance of strictly enforcing the pact that President Donald Trump has derided. Engel, of New York, is the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Engel says he and Johnson also talked about holding Iran accountable for its support for terrorism, development of ballistic missiles... Читать дальше...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Court documents say a man who allegedly threatened violence at a California university and posted videos describing his desire to carry out a killing rampage sent messages to a college employee that he had "nothing to lose" and would make "examples that no one will forget." A warrant application obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press says David Kenneth Smith sent the threatening messages to a spokeswoman for Soka University in Orange County. The document says Smith sent... Читать дальше...