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LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) ” The death of a Florida teenager who authorities say was obsessed with the Columbine school shooting and may have planned to carry out her own attack in Colorado did not end an investigation into the 18-year-old, authorities said as they examine whether the young woman acted alone and Denver-area schools prepared to reopen their doors.The body of Sol Pais was discovered in the mountains outside Denver with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound on […]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” After nearly two years of waiting, America will get some answers straight from Robert Mueller” but not before President Donald Trump’s attorney general has his say.The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to release a redacted version of the special counsel’s report on Russian election interference and Trump’s campaign, opening up months, if not years, of fights over what the document means in a deeply divided country.Even the planned release of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Latest on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia and President Donald Trump (all times local):7:35 p.m.Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report suggests that the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee may have shared information with the White House after a confidential FBI briefing in March 2017.Notes obtained by Mueller from the White House counsel’s chief of staff indicate Sen. Richard Burr told the White House there were “4-5 […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ” The partner of a Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman testified Thursday that he didn’t fire his own weapon because he hadn’t fully analyzed the possible threat, agreeing with a prosecutor’s characterization that it would have been “premature” to use deadly force.Officer Matthew Harrity is a key witness in the trial of Mohamed Noor, who fired a single shot at Justine Ruszczyk Damond as she approached the officers’ squad car on July 15, 2017. […]