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Passengers use emergency slides after landing in Honolulu

08/22/2019 08:28 PM

Hawaiian Airlines says 184 passengers and seven crew members used evacuation slides to get off the plane after it declared an in-flight emergency and landed in Honolulu ...

FAA puts out a call for pilots to test changes in Boeing jet

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2019 file photo, workers stand near a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner being built for American Airlines prior to a test flight in Renton, Wash. Federal safety officials are recruiting pilots from airlines around the world to test changes that Boeing is making in flight-control software on the grounded 737 Max jet, according to two people briefed on the situation.

Money crunch after Planned Parenthood quits federal program

Gov. Jay Inslee talks with supporters of Planned Parenthood after speaking at a news conference addressing a change in rules on the nearly 50-year-old Title X family planning program, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Seattle. Planned Parenthood clinics in several states are charging new fees, tapping financial reserves, intensifying fundraising and warning of more unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases after its decision to quit a $260 million federal family planning program in an abortion dispute with the Trump administration.

Fires in Amazon rainforest up more than 80% this year, scientists warn

In this Aug. 20, 2019 drone photo released by the Corpo de Bombeiros de Mato Grosso, brush fires burn in Guaranta do Norte municipality, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, a federal agency monitoring deforestation and wildfires, said the country has seen a record number of wildfires this year.

Trump flip-flops on tax cuts, citing 'strong economy'

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Washington. Trump is headed to Kentucky.

Putin says US missile test raises new threats to Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference after his meeting with President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinisto at the President's official residence Mantyniemi in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019.

5 arrested for stealing millions from elderly, disabled vets

The indictment says the scheme began when one defendant, who was a civilian employee at a U.S. Army installation, stole identifying information for thousands of military service personnel that was used to access benefits and steal from bank accounts ...

US moves toward agreement on Mexican tomatoes

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Trump administration moves to end limits on child detention

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan speaks about upcoming changes to the Flores ruling at a news conference at the Reagan Building in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019.

Del Monte closing corn-packing plant in northern Illinois

4 students shot at block party near Clark Atlanta University

In this Feb. 12, 2009 file photo, people make their way on the Clark Atlanta University campus in Atlanta Ga. Four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of 200 people outside a library near Clark Atlanta University and then escaped in the chaos, authorities said.

In this Feb. 1, 2016, file photo, novelist Nicholas Sparks attends a special screening in Los Angeles.

Jury to weigh ex-school head's lawsuit against writer Sparks

A jury will decide whether the former head of a private Christian school that novelist Nicholas Sparks founded in his North Carolina hometown was unjustly fired, then defamed when the author said the educator suffered from mental illness...

Trump cancels Denmark meeting over proposal

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in Washington.

Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal

Suspect in Utah student's death charged in 2nd assault case

This file booking photo provided by the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office shows Ayoola A. Ajayi.

FBI: Truck driver threatened mass shooting at Memphis church

Federal Highway Police officer walks with his weapon as he indicates the way back to the drivers at a blocked access for the bridge connecting the city of Niteroi to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 during a hostage standoff.

Police kill armed man who held bus hostage in Rio

Records: Epstein signed will 2 days before jailhouse suicide

Planned Parenthood leaves federal family planning program

US prisons chief removed after Epstein's death

Hugh Hurwitz's reassignment Monday comes amid mounting evidence that guards at the chronically understaffed Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York abdicated their responsibility to keep the 66-year-old Epstein from killing himself while he awaited trial ...

In this July 30, 2008, file photo, Jeffrey Epstein appears in custody in West Palm Beach, Fla.

US extends limited reprieve on tech sales to China's Huawei

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the main aim of Monday's announcement is to give smaller U.S. internet and wireless companies that rely on Huawei more time to transition away from reliance on its products ...

Woman thought she had kidney stones, gave birth to triplets

Giltz says that despite having two other children, she did not know she was 34 weeks pregnant ...

Entertainment

Music galore at the Minnesota State Fair

KSTP's Kevin Doran discusses all the musical acts fairgoers can check out during the 12-day event...

The group Kazual singing at the Leinenkugels Bandshell in 2018.

Business

Del Monte closing corn-packing plant in northern Illinois

Del Monte Foods will close a corn-packing plant in north central Illinois, idling more than 600 full-time and seasonal employees...

Technology

Facebook rolls out tool to block off-Facebook data gathering

The company said Tuesday that it is adding a section where you can see the activity that Facebook tracks outside its service via its "like" buttons and other means. You can choose to turn off the tracking; otherwise, tracking will continue the same way it has been ...

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