MILAN (AP) — An Italian court convicted a Polish man Monday of kidnapping a 20-year-old British model for ransom, rejecting the defendant's claim that the abduction was staged to boost the victim's career.

Students from Florida to Chicago started streaming out of their schools Friday in the latest round of gun-control activism following the February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

In a series of startlingly candid conversations, President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of a top adviser, asked about the possibility of jailing journalists and described a boast from Vladimir Putin about Russian prostitutes, according to Comey's notes of the talks obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday night.

A barrel containing radioactive sludge ruptured at an eastern Idaho nuclear facility, federal officials said Thursday, resulting in no injuries and no risk to the public but possibly slowing progress in shipping waste out of the state. The U.S. Department of Energy said the 55-gallon (208-liter) barrel ruptured late Wednesday at the 890-square-mile (2,305-square-kilometer) site that includes the Idaho National Laboratory, the nation's top federal nuclear research lab.

Aiming to quell concerns before what is likely to be a narrow confirmation vote, Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo vowed on Thursday to ramp up efforts against Russia in "each place we confront them." But he ducked and dodged when asked whether he supports President Donald Trump's pounding criticism of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

EPA Head has many ethics issues, but Republicans in Congress don't seem to care, as he is just emulating the president.

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AP-US--2018 Midterms-Replacing Ryan, Apr 12, 2018 1:59PM (GMT 20:59) - 617 words By SCOTT BAUER , Associated Press Eds: Updates with Loudenbeck not running. With AP Photos. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus took himself out of consideration Thursday as a candidate to replace retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan, as other Wisconsin Republicans contemplated whether to

WASHINGTON (AP) — When House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his retirement decision, he did so on his own terms. The political fallout may not be so easy to control. Ryan's relinquishing of one of the most powerful positions in Washington left Republicans reeling Thursday over not just who will replace him but whether Ryan's lame-duck status will jeopardize the GOP's pitch to voters and donors, and worsen

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PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the deployment of National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 7 p.m. Mexico's foreign relations secretary says his government is evaluating its cooperation with the United States, following President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to the border. Luis Videgaray said in a Monday interview with local media that he will give results

AP-US-United-States-Syria Apr 10, 2018 10:03AM (GMT 17:03) - 1065 words By ROBERT BURNS, ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE , Associated Press Eds: Updates with chemical weapons group planning Syria visit; US pushing for UN vote, additional Navy ship movements. Incorporates previous United States-Syria. With AP Photos. AP Video. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday canceled plans to travel

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