Military and defense

April 20, 2017 - 9:40 pm

After sex video, S. Korea accused of targeting gay soldiers

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A watchdog group says South Korea's army is hunting down and prosecuting gay servicemen after a video of two male soldiers having sex was posted on the internet earlier this year, stoking fear in an already persecuted minority group. Military investigators looking into the...
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Police seal off the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, after a fatal shooting in which a police officer was killed along with an attacker, Thursday, April 20, 2017. French media are reporting that two police officers were shot Thursday on the famed shopping boulevard. Many police vehicles can be seen on the avenue that passes many of the city's most iconic landmarks. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
April 20, 2017 - 8:04 pm

The Latest: Home of man with Paris-area conviction searched

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the shootings of two police officers in Paris (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Police have searched a home in a suburb east of Paris believed linked to the attack on police on the Champs-Elysees. A police document obtained by The Associated Press identifies the address...
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Police seal off the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France, after a fatal shooting in which a police officer was killed along with an attacker, Thursday, April 20, 2017. French media are reporting that two police officers were shot Thursday on the famed shopping boulevard. Many police vehicles can be seen on the avenue that passes many of the city's most iconic landmarks. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
April 20, 2017 - 6:43 pm

The Latest: Searches underway in attack on Paris police

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the shootings of two police officers in Paris (all times local): 12:40 a.m. France's anti-terrorism prosecutor says that searches are under way after an attack on police guarding the Champs-Elysees shopping district in Paris. Prosecutor Francois Molins said that...
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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
April 20, 2017 - 4:28 pm

The Latest: Trump says Iran not living up to nuclear deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Thursday's press conference with President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni (all times EDT): 4:20 p.m. President Donald Trump says Iran is not living up to the "spirit" of the nuclear agreement. Trump says Iran is doing "a tremendous disservice...
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President Donald Trump signs an executive memorandum on investigation of steel imports, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
April 20, 2017 - 2:57 pm

Trump orders probe into whether steel imports harming US

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump directed his administration Thursday to expedite a just-launched investigation into whether steel imports are jeopardizing U.S. national security, saying, "This is not an area where we can afford to become dependent on other countries." Executives from U.S...
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April 20, 2017 - 1:33 pm

Report: ICE does bad job of overseeing deportable immigrants

WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers aren't doing a good job of keeping track of immigrants facing deportation but released from jail, an internal government watchdog has concluded. The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found that ICE deportation...
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April 20, 2017 - 12:46 pm

Trump orders probe into whether steel imports harming US

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is directing the administration to investigate whether steel imports are jeopardizing U.S. national security. In the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump signed a memo ordering the investigation while surrounded by executives from U.S. steelmakers. A 1960s trade...
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2016 file photo, former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown talks with media at Trump Tower in New York. President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate Brown to be the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
April 20, 2017 - 11:16 am

Trump to nominate Scott Brown as ambassador to New Zealand

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown to be the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand. Brown supported Trump during the presidential campaign and had been considered for other administration jobs, including secretary of Veterans...
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FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2017 file photo, a crowd fills Independence Avenue during the Women's March on Washington, in Washington. The major protests in Washington that have greeted President Donald Trump’s first year in office are set to return in force, continuing an already expensive year for city officials who work to keep people safe during mass gatherings. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
April 20, 2017 - 9:57 am

Busy year for protests could cost Washington millions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The major protests in Washington that have greeted President Donald Trump's first year in office are set to return in force, continuing an already expensive year for city officials who work to keep people safe during mass gatherings. With polls showing Trump facing unusually...
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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Kenosha, Wis. Trump, the "America First" president who vowed to extricate the U.S. from onerous overseas commitments, appears to be warming up to the view that when it comes to global agreements, a deal's a deal. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
April 20, 2017 - 7:12 am

Once critical of global deals, Trump slow to pull out of any

WASHINGTON (AP) — The "America First" president who vowed to extricate America from onerous overseas commitments appears to be warming up to the view that when it comes to global agreements, a deal's a deal. From NAFTA to the Iran nuclear agreement to the Paris climate accord, President Donald...
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