Trump expected to tap Exxon’s Tillerson to lead State Dept.
By JULIE PACE and JULIE BYKOWICZ President-elect Donald Trump moved closer to nominating Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State on Saturday, a decision that would bring…
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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,…
Thousands rally, march in nationwide anti-Trump protests
By ROBERT JABLON and WILLIAM MATHIS Thousands took to the streets Saturday across the United States as demonstrations against President-elect Donald Trump continued in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and…
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…
Once unthinkable in US, drug shoot-up rooms get serious look
By DAVID KLEPPER Across the United States, heroin users have died in alleys behind convenience stores, on city sidewalks and in the bathrooms of fast-food joints — because no one…
Trump bristles at Cruz-Kasich collaboration
By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT Donald Trump says an extraordinary collaboration between Ted Cruz and John Kasich aimed at unifying the anti-Trump vote in some remaining primaries is a…
Heroin overdose antidote offers hope for vulnerable inmates
By SADIE GURMAN When he was a teenager, Lee Gonzales could not save his uncle from a heroin overdose. Now he worries that the same drug could kill him after…