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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says it has determined that the shooting death of an American service member Monday in Afghanistan was a so-called insider attack. Lt. Col. Martin O'Donnell, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Kabul, said in a telephone interview Tuesday that the American was killed in eastern Afghanistan by a member of the Afghan national police force. Another U.S. service member was wounded; O'Donnell said that person is in stable condition. When the attack was announced on Monday... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media reports Israeli air attack by jets flying over neighboring Lebanon.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man is the new tenant of a tiny apartment with a unique layout — the kitchen and bathroom are in the same place. Yep. The toilet, bathtub, oven and sink are all in one room. The 200-square-foot (18.5-sq. meter) apartment is in St. Louis' tony Central West End. The ad and photo for the $525-per-month apartment appeared on several websites and had people flush with excitement. Harold Karabell of S.F. Shannon Real Estate Management says the new tenant loves it. The 111-year-old... Читать дальше...

SHELBYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A mid-Missouri prosecutor has pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors and will resign after he backed his truck into a Columbia restaurant in 2014. Moniteau County Prosecutor Shayne Healea entered the plea Tuesday to three counts of misdemeanor assault and one count of driving while intoxicated. Investigators alleged Healea was driving drunk when his truck hit Addison's restaurant in October 2014, injuring four people. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and four counts of felony assault. Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's top banking regulator has joined colleagues in a dozen other states asking Congress to clear the way for banks to do business with the marijuana industry. The Advocate reports that John Ducrest, commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions, was one of 13 state financial regulators signing a letter to congressional leaders in late August that seeks "safe harbor" legislation for banks. The marijuana industry has struggled to find financial institutions willing to handle its cash... Читать дальше...

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has dismissed a second-degree murder charge against a motorist in the hit-and-run death of a Detroit police officer. The Wayne County prosecutor's office said Tuesday that 19-year-old Jonathan Cole was ordered to stand trial for reckless driving causing death and failure to stop at the scene of an accident. Officer Fadi Shukur was hit Aug. 4 while helping disperse a crowd after a party. He died of his injuries. Judge Kenneth King ruled in the 36th District Court that the only... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Ottumwa man who once threatened to kill then-President Barack Obama is scheduled to be sentenced in January for threatening a federal judge. Federal court records say Matthew James Howard has pleaded guilty to threatening the judge and to mailing a threatening communication. His sentencing is set for Jan. 10 in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. Howard, who is serving prison time for robbery and burglary, received an additional three years in September 2013 for writing... Читать дальше...

A wildfire exploded Monday in Tahoe National Forest near Emigrant Gap to consume about 500 acres, authorities said Tuesday morning. Monday night’s estimate placed the size of the fire at 650 acres, but new observations made in daylight with the aid of GPS led officials to reduce the scope of destruction. The North Fire is just 10 percent contained, officials said. The fire started at around 4:30 p.m. in the North Fork campground, south of Emigrant Gap, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — John McCain's widow says former U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl will be named as replacement in U.S. Senate.

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Boaters evacuated to safe harbors, and motorists fled barrier islands Tuesday as the Gulf Coast hustled to get ready for Tropical Storm Gordon, which was on track to hit Mississippi as a Category 1 hurricane sometime after nightfall. People rushed to fill sandbags while red no-swimming flags flew along the shore where waves were kicked up. Some schools called off classes, and homeowners worried that their yards could soon be submerged under seawater. Pensacola Water Safety Capt. Читать дальше...

Chuck Todd is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. In a lengthy essay for The Atlantic, the “Meet the Press” host and NBC News political director argued that the media needs to “start fighting back” against its critics. Read the full article on The Wrap

You’ve been waiting and waiting for more Pearson family drama all summer and now NBC is giving you your first real taste, courtesy of a portrait session the “This Is Us” cast did with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. The key art marks the first time Leibovitz has shot a TV cast since capturing “The Sopranos.” While the stars of the Dan Fogelman-created series previously teased the momentous event with some behind-the-scenes snaps of their time with the artist, we don’t know if that in any... Читать дальше...

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Julia Louis-Dreyfus retomó su trabajo en "Veep" y dice que se siente "fantástico". La estrella de la serie de comedia de HBO reveló el pasado septiembre que le diagnosticaron cáncer de mama. La noticia se conoció poco después de su sexta victoria consecutiva en los Emmy por su papel de Selina Meyer. "Me siento bien. Me siento fuerte. Tengo energía y, sí, he vuelto a mis viejas bromas. Se siente como si nunca me hubiera ido", dijo Louis-Dreyfus a The Associated Press al comenzar... Читать дальше...

Academy Award-nominated director Paul Greengrass tackles the true story of Norway’s deadliest terror attack since World War II in the first trailer for “22 July.” On that day in 2011, a far-right extremist set off a car bomb in Oslo before carrying out a mass shooting at a leadership camp for teens. 77 people, many of whom were teens, were killed. The trailer, and the film itself, analyzes the attack through the eyes of one survivor, who has to go through a physical and emotional journey to heal. Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some New Mexico counties are planning to denounce an effort by Democratic Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver to bring back a straight-party voting option in November. Dona Ana, San Juan, Curry and Roosevelt county commissions all are scheduled to discuss Tuesday the straight-party voting option with many commissioners expressing the need to publicly oppose the move. Toulouse Oliver is facing criticism after she announced last week she was formatting the ballots to... Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State agriculture officials say they've found no more signs of chronic wasting disease on a farm quarantined earlier this year after the disease showed up in one of the facility's female elk. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection quarantined the Dennis B. Denman elk farm in May after a two-year-old female tested positive for CWD. DATCP officials issued a news release Tuesday saying a team of state and federal agriculture staffers killed the farm's remaining 11 elk in August. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 11:55 a.m. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont says that Brett Kavanaugh "may have intrigued" President Donald Trump because of his expansive view of "executive power and executive immunity." Speaking at Tuesday's confirmation hearing, Leahy says Kavanaugh has espoused the view that presidents should not be burdened with a criminal or civil investigation while in office. He says... Читать дальше...

REEDSBURG, Wis. (AP) — A father and mother have been arrested in southern Wisconsin after their teenage son died and another child was hospitalized following what the father described as a weekslong religious fast. Reedsburg Police Chief Timothy Becker says the father went to the police station Sunday to report the death of his 15-year-old son. When police arrived at the family's home they found the dead teen and an extremely emaciated 11-year-old boy. The mother was also found to be emaciated. Becker... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's attorney general is calling for legislation to lend more oversight to the state's charter schools in response to a recent investigation by The Arizona Republic into financial dealings at a major online school. The Arizona Republic reports Mark Brnovich's remarks came after the Republic previously reported that Primavera online charter school, which has a dropout rate 10 times higher than the state average, paid Chief Executive Damian Creamer an $8.8 million shareholder distribution. Читать дальше...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The wives of two Myanmar reporters for the Reuters news agency sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for possessing state secrets say they were shocked by the court's decision. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced Monday in proceedings that were widely decried as unfair. They had reported about the army's brutal counterinsurgency campaign that drove 700,000 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority to flee to Bangladesh. The subject is sensitive in Myanmar because of worldwide... Читать дальше...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Organizers of a ballot initiative that would raise Michigan's minimum wage to $12 an hour say they will sue if the Republican-led Legislature adopts the proposal but then weakens it later in the year. One Fair Wage lawyer Mark Brewer said Tuesday at a Capitol news conference that the move would be unconstitutional. He says lawmakers can only adopt the measure — making it law — or reject it, in which case it would go on the November ballot. Legislators also could propose an alternative... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has become the second publicly traded company to be worth $1 trillion, hot on the heels of Apple. Amazon has revolutionized how people shop online and is the world's dominant internet retailer. In two decades the company expanded far beyond its bookseller beginnings, combining its world-spanning retail operation with less flashy but very profitable advertising and cloud computing businesses. The company's blowout success made its founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, No. 1 on Forbes' billionaires list this year. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The jury who will hear the next criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will not be sequestered, a federal judge said Tuesday as she began the process of gathering information that will be used during jury selection later this month. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said jurors will be allowed to go about their regular lives during the trial, making it important that they avoid discussing the case or watching any media coverage. Jackson said jurors should... Читать дальше...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has dismissed portions of a federal lawsuit filed by a deputy who was fired after he was videotaped tossing a South Carolina high school student across a classroom when she refused to give him her cellphone. U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis ruled last month that Ben Fields' claims against the Richland County Sheriff's Department and Richland Two School District should be dismissed. Sheriff Leon Lott said he wanted to throw up after viewing the video of Fields throwing the Spring Valley High School student. Читать дальше...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Montreal man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison after he admitted smuggling about 100 handguns into Canada across the Vermont-Quebec border. Alexis Vlachos appeared in U.S. District Court in Burlington Tuesday. Vlachos will be given credit for the 43 months he has been in custody since he was arrested in Canada prior to his extradition to the United States. Vlachos pleaded guilty last January to the smuggling that occurred in 2010 and 2011. Some of the handguns were... Читать дальше...