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Trump's CIA pick is career spymaster, oversaw secret prison

[unable to retrieve full-text content]WASHINGTON (AP) — Gina Haspel’s colleagues describe her as a seasoned veteran who would lead the CIA with integrity. Human rights advocates see her as someone

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Another explosion rocks Texas capital and injures woman

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Investigators believe a package bomb that killed a teenager and wounded a woman in Austin on Monday is linked to a similar

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'Fake news' smear takes hold among politicians at all levels

[unable to retrieve full-text content]An Idaho state lawmaker urges her constituents to submit entries for her “fake news awards.” The Kentucky governor tweets #FAKENEWS to dismiss questions about his purchase

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Gun background check system riddled with flaws

[unable to retrieve full-text content]SEATTLE (AP) — Recent mass shootings have spurred Congress to try to improve the nation’s gun background check system that has failed on numerous occasions to

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Hiring surge added 313K jobs in February, most in 1½ years

[unable to retrieve full-text content]WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers went on a hiring binge in February, adding 313,000 jobs, the most in any month since July 2016, and drawing hundreds

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911 calls show chaos, calm during Florida school massacre

[unable to retrieve full-text content]FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When emergency calls began pouring in from parents and students during the Florida high school massacre, 911 operators at first tried

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Florida's school safety bill now in hands of Gov. Rick Scott

[unable to retrieve full-text content]TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — After the Florida House narrowly passed a school safety bill with new restrictions on rifle sales and a program to arm some

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Democrats, women candidates score big in Texas primaries

[unable to retrieve full-text content]AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women running for Congress surged to big wins and Democrats smashed recent turnout levels in Texas’ first-in-the-nation 2018 primary elections, giving Republicans