American Flags Popping Up in Cuba on Everything but a Pole

Warming relations have brought a burst of popularity for Old Glory, which Cubans are displaying on apartments, cars and especially their clothing.

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Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing near Seattle after worker locked in cargo

A Los Angeles-bound Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing at a Seattle-area airport on Monday afternoon after it took off with a worker trapped in a cargo area under the cabin, where he had fallen asleep, the U.S. carrier said. The pilot of Alaska Airlines flight 448 reported hearing banging from beneath the aircraft after takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, south of Seattle, the statement said. After exiting, the Menzies Aviation employee told authorities he had fallen asleep, Alaska Airlines said in a statement.

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Man injured after confrontation with Baltimore police

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say a man is in critical condition at a hospital after a confrontation with officers.

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Correction: Killings by Police-Oklahoma story

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — In stories April 12-13 about the shooting of a suspect by a reserve deputy in Tulsa, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a videotape of the incident was released during the weekend. Tulsa County investigators showed the video at a news conference Friday, April 10, and subsequently made it available to media through a video distribution service.

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Obama signs disaster declaration for January blizzard

BOSTON (AP) — President Obama signed a disaster declaration on Monday for Massachusetts and ordered federal aid to help the state recover from the blizzard that hit the region from Jan. 26-28.

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Judge recesses ‘Suge’ Knight evidence hearing until Thursday

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has recessed a preliminary hearing for Marion "Suge" Knight without ruling on whether the former rap music mogul should stand trial on murder and other charges.

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Husband fatally shot wife at doctor’s office, police say

JEMISON, Ala. (AP) — A woman fighting with her husband ran into a doctor's office and begged the staff to call the police before the man shot her dead, ran to their home nearby and holed up there during a lengthy standoff with police, officials said Monday.

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Alleged abuses by New Jersey military couple listed in trial

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An Army major and his wife engaged in “a regimen of abuse and neglect” with their three young foster children over a period of years that left the toddlers with broken bones and numerous other health problems, a federal prosecutor told a jury at the couple’s child abuse trial Monday.

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Witnesses to Indian Loggers’ Killing Dispute Police Claims of Self-Defense

Day laborers became casualties in a decades-old war over the red sandalwood, an endangered tree often targeted by smugglers.

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Huge California water supplier plans to reduce deliveries

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of California's largest water wholesalers moved forward Monday on a plan to reduce the amount of water it delivers to more than two dozen cities and agencies serving 19 million people amid the lengthening drought.

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