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Alicia Jessop knew Friday was going to be a memorable day, but she didn’t realize it would be one she’d never forget. The 34-year-old Pepperdine University professor planned to finally visit New England, hitting some of the last seven states she’d never been to, and try her first-ever lobster roll....

TORONTO — Canada will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. Trudeau said the specific items to be banned will be determined based on a science-based review, but the government is considering items such as water bottles, plastic bags and straws. “As early as...

LABADIE, Mo. — An 11-year-old Missouri girl is dead after an accident involving a bulldozer. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Emma Proemsey of Labadie died Saturday. The child was on a utility vehicle that came up behind the bulldozer. The patrol says the bulldozer driver, 65-year-old Larry Proemsey, had...

STERLING, Va. — Stung by criticism that his deal to avert threatened Mexican tariffs mostly ramps up existing efforts, President Donald Trump is insisting there’s more to it than meets the eye. In a pair of tweets Monday morning, Trump claimed that Mexico had agreed to more than what was...

LOS ANGELES — The June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman brought the “Trial of the Century” that saw O.J. Simpson acquitted of the murders. From Johnnie to Kato to Ito, the trial brought together a fascinating cast of charters. Here’s a look at...

LOS ANGELES — After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation’s most notorious murder cases, O.J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the “no negative zone.” In a telephone Interview, Simpson told The Associated Press he is healthy and happy living in...

HONG KONG — Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong on Sunday to voice their opposition to legislation that would allow people to be extradited to mainland China where they could face politically charged trials. The massive demonstration took place three days before the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s government...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Oregon protesters have been sentenced to five days in jail for throwing horse lubricant mixed with gold glitter on two police officers at a protest. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office says the defendants were protesting against a rally organized by a right-wing group called Patriot...

ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police say a third child has died after a pickup truck drove into the back of an Amish horse-drawn carriage in southern Michigan. Two children, ages 6 and 2 years old, died at the scene of Friday evening’s crash. State Trooper Seth Reed told the Detroit...

Wildlife officials in North Carolina and South Carolina are warning beachgoers about Portuguese Man O’ Wars in the ocean and on beaches. On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources posted to Facebook that a small number of the sea creatures were reported on state beaches. The post warns,...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday lamented what he called a “culture of insults” enabled by social media and warned against nationalism and other “exclusivist ideas” that he said contrast with a Christian mission to foster harmony. In his homily during Pentecost Mass Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, Francis...

LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Most surfers know it’s best to avoid surfing near pipes that dump storm water into the ocean soon after a storm, due to the increased chance of getting sick from bacteria that enter the surf. Many do it anyway because the periods just after storms often...

SAN DIEGO — A lottery ticket worth $530 million in the Mega Millions draw was sold at a liquor store in San Diego, the City News Service reports. The winner will have to decide whether to receive the estimated $530 million jackpot in 30 installments or its $345.2 million cash...

MAGNA, Utah — A gathering at the Great Salt Lake in hopes of making it into the record books fell way short. Utah park officials invited people to a beach on the lake’s south end Saturday in an attempt to set the world record for the largest number of people...

Hillary Clinton’s brother has died. The former U.S. senator, Secretary of State, first lady and Democratic presidential candidate announced Saturday on Twitter her youngest brother, Tony Rodham, died Friday. Clinton remembered him as a kind and generous person who could walk into a room and “light it up with laughter.”...

ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities say a pickup truck rear-ended an Amish horse-drawn carriage in southern Michigan, killing two children and seriously injuring two others and a woman who were in the carriage. The state police say the two adults and five children who were in the carriage were ejected...

LONDON— Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with the annual Trooping the Color parade, a traditional display of British pageantry at its very best. About 1,400 soldiers in ceremonial scarlet coats and bearskin hats marched past the queen in a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade in Westminster. Royals...

LONDON — Two women were punched by male assailants on a London bus after the couple refused to perform a kiss for the gang that surrounded and taunted them as lesbians, according to an account by one of the victims. The alleged attack last week was revealed in social media...

ORLANDO, Fla. — President Trump executed a cosmic flip flop in priorities Friday when he tweeted that the United States should not keep talking about going back to the moon, despite his administration’s insistence that the United States should, in fact, go back to the moon. “For all of the...

The White House is pressing ahead with President Trump’s demand that Boeing paint new Air Force One jets red, white and blue, replacing the blue-and-white pattern used since the early 1960s. The Air Force, which manages the $5.3 billion program to build two new presidential planes, hasn’t been given a...