Pay gap between college grads and everyone else at a record
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Americans with no more than a high school diploma have fallen so far behind college graduates in their economic lives that the earnings gap between college…
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Mayors of ‘sanctuary cities’ say they’ll fight Trump’s plans
By GENE JOHNSON Democratic mayors of major U.S. cities that have long had cool relationships with federal immigration officials say they’ll do all they can to protect residents from deportation,…
Russian man faces US trial in lucrative hacking scheme
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City officials: 3 dead, 1 hurt in shooting north of Seattle
A gunman killed three and injured a fourth person early Saturday in a suburban Seattle home where young people had gathered, police said. The suspect was pulled over and arrested…
Investment treaty between China and US key business goal
By GENE JOHNSON and PHUONG LE When Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a meeting of some of the top names in Chinese and American business Wednesday, they may be most…
Police body cameras may solve one problem but create others
By EILEEN SULLIVAN The use of police body cameras is spreading to keep officers honest about using force against citizens. But how and when the public gets to see the…
Justice Department’s Ferguson report resonates across the US
By GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — Felix Vargas read the Justice Department’s report on Ferguson, Missouri, and thought some of it sounded awfully familiar: a mostly white police department overseeing…
Mexico condemns deadly police shooting in Washington state
Officers killed a man accused of hurling rocks in the fourth fatal police shooting since last summer, a death that is shaking this agricultural city of 68,000 in southeastern Washington…