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Are Hillary’s big speaking fees being used to help fund her campaign?
Dueling rallies held over North Carolina LGBT rights law
US officials: The more we learn about Zika, scarier it is
San Antonio district fires officer who body-slammed girl
Judge clears Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' copyright case for trial
US Navy Officer Accused of Spying for China and Taiwan
NYC mayor: Hillary Clinton’s plan for Wall Street reform more progressive than Bernie’s
Paris-Brussels attacks network a 'supercell' of extremism
Donald Trump’s children feel ‘very, very guilty’ that they won’t be voting for him in New York
Twitter executive live-tweets and live-streams SWAT standoff outside his L.A. home
Sanders campaign tries to have it both ways on superdelegates
Kerry calls Hiroshima tour 'gut-wrenching,' says all should visit

Are Hillary’s big speaking fees being used to help fund her campaign?

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 01:52 PM PDT

Recently filed campaign finance reports may shed light on how Hillary Clinton is using some of the money she collected from her hefty speechmaking fees from Wall Street banks and other special-interest groups: She is plowing an increasingly large amount of her funds, $560,983 as of last month, back into her presidential campaign. Since then, the reports show, Clinton has kicked another $282,162 into her campaign, with payments to her campaign committee, Hillary for America, averaging about $90,000 a month.

Dueling rallies held over North Carolina LGBT rights law

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 02:41 PM PDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hundreds rallied Monday to defend a North Carolina law limiting protections for lesbians, gays and transgender people, using cheers and a booming public address system to drown out a smaller counter-protest across the street.

US officials: The more we learn about Zika, scarier it is

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 01:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The more researchers learn about the Zika virus, the scarier it appears, federal health officials said Monday as they urged more money for mosquito control and to develop vaccines and treatments.

San Antonio district fires officer who body-slammed girl

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 03:51 PM PDT

The district said the officer's misstatements about what happened were revealed by the video.

Judge clears Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' copyright case for trial

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 03:52 PM PDT

A trial is needed to determine if the song copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled.

US Navy Officer Accused of Spying for China and Taiwan

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 01:10 PM PDT

A Taiwan-born United States Navy officer who has been charged with espionage said he "always dreamt about coming to America, the 'promised land,'" according to an article in which he recounted his naturalization ceremony when he was 14 years old. Lt. Commander Edward Lin is accused of spying for both China and Taiwan, a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News today. Lin, a Taiwanese-born flight officer assigned to a Naval reconnaissance unit, was arrested 8 months ago, has been charged with espionage, officials said.

NYC mayor: Hillary Clinton’s plan for Wall Street reform more progressive than Bernie’s

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 09:43 AM PDT

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says Hillary Clinton's plan for Wall Street reform is more progressive than those of any candidate in the 2016 presidential race — including the one outlined by her Democratic challenger, Bernie Sanders. "Her plan actually goes after the problems we see today," de Blasio told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric on Monday.

Paris-Brussels attacks network a 'supercell' of extremism

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 11:24 AM PDT

PARIS (AP) — The number of people linked to the Islamic State network that attacked Paris and Brussels reaches easily into the dozens, with a series of new arrests over the weekend that confirmed the cell's toxic reach and ability to move around unnoticed in Europe's criminal underworld.

Donald Trump’s children feel ‘very, very guilty’ that they won’t be voting for him in New York

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 06:53 AM PDT

Eric and Ivanka Trump have campaigned extensively for their father, Donald. But they are not registered Republicans, so they can't vote in next week's New York primary

Twitter executive live-tweets and live-streams SWAT standoff outside his L.A. home

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 08:16 AM PDT

Nathan Hubbard, the company's head of global media and commerce, heard gunshots outside his daughter's window around 2:00 a.m., and promptly started tweeting.

Sanders campaign tries to have it both ways on superdelegates

Posted: 11 Apr 2016 03:01 AM PDT

Even as it decries the cronyism of the superdelegate system, the Sanders campaign is lobbying aggressively for those superdelegates, including in primary states he didn't win.