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  • Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

    MICHAEL BALSAMO NOMAAN MERCHANT COLLEEN LONG, Associated Presss|Updated Apr 2, 2021

    WASHINGTON (AP) - A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection. Video shows the driver of the crashed car emerging with a knife in his hand and starting to run at the pair of officers, Capitol Police Acting Chief Yogananda Pittman told reporters....

  • Bomber to neighbor: The world is 'never going to forget me'

    KIMBERLEE KRUESI- DENISE LAVOIE - MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press|Updated Dec 28, 2020

    Dec 28, 2020 2:08 PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - It seemed like a friendly chat between neighbors. Only after a bomb exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning could Rick Laude grasp the sinister meaning behind his neighbor's smiling remark that the city and the rest of the world would never forget him. Laude told The Associated Press on Monday that he was speechless when he learned that authorities identified his 63-year-old neighbor, Anthony Quinn Warner, as the man...

  • Hunter Biden subpoena seeks information on Burisma, China, other entities

    Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker, The Associated Press|Updated Dec 16, 2020

    A subpoena seeking documents from Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden, asked for information related to more than two dozen entities, including Ukraine gas company Burisma and Chinese business dealings and other financial transactions, according to a person familiar with a Justice Department tax investigation of Hunter Biden Saturday, Dec. 12. CNN reported the scope of the probe, including that it is focused on China. Investigators have been examining multiple financial issues, including whether Hunter Biden and his associates...

  • Justice Dept. files landmark antitrust case against Google

    MICHAEL BALSAMO MARCY GORDON, Associated Press|Updated Oct 20, 2020

    Oct 20, 2020 9:35 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Google for antitrust violations, alleging that it abused its dominance in online search and advertising to stifle competition and harm consumers. The lawsuit marks the government's most significant attempt to protect competition since its groundbreaking case against Microsoft more than 20 years ago. It could be an opening salvo ahead of other major government antitrust actions, given ongoing investig...

  • Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest

    Michael Balsamo, The Associated Press|Updated Sep 24, 2020

    The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Donald Trump that sought to identify localities that permit "anarchy, violence and destruction in American cities." The designation, which could open the door for the federal government to cut off some funding to the cities, drew immediate criticism from local elected officials. It comes as Trump throughout the...