US Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)
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McALLEN, Texas (AP) , The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded last month, killing 14 people, injuring more than 200 others and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to the surrounding area had only $1 million in liability coverage, lawyers said Saturday.
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) , A big cool-down in weather calmed a huge wildfire burning in Southern California coastal mountains Saturday, and firefighters worked to cut miles of containment lines while conditions were favorable. High winds and withering hot, dry air were replaced by the normal flow of damp air off the Pacific, significantly reducing fire activity.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) , Little Big Town says that some networking they did is paying off with a chance to cross a couple of items off their "bucket list." After playing Bayou Country SuperFest in Baton Rouge last year, group member Karen Fairchild said they talked to festival producer Quint Davis about other things they hoped to accomplish.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) , Part rock concert, part investment workshop, the annual gathering of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders is an odd mix. But that's just how the faithful crowd of more than 30,000 who attended Saturday's version likes it.
HOUSTON (AP) , National Rifle Association leaders told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, with battles yet to come in Congress and next year's midterm elections, but they vowed that none in the organization will ever have to surrender their weapons.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) , Orb splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby, giving Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey his first victory in the 3-year-old classic. When the field turned for home on the cool, overcast Saturday afternoon at Churchill Downs, Normandy Invasion grabbed the lead while Orb was gearing up.
NEW YORK , Niall Ferguson, a Harvard history professor and author, is apologizing for saying economist John Maynard Keynes didn't care about the future because he was gay and had no children. Ferguson made the remarks on Thursday during a question-and-answer session after a prepared speech at the Altegris Strategic Investment conference in Carlsbad, Calif.
Indonesian police arrested four people Thursday, foiling a planned terrorist attack on the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta. National police spokesman Brigadier General Boy Rafli said the suspects, three men and one woman, were armed with five homemade bombs and planned to attack the building as revenge for the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, ABC News Australia reports.
LITITZ, Pa. (AP) , In a story May 1 about a Pennsylvania woman who disappeared in 2002 and resurfaced last week in Florida, The Associated Press, relying on information from Lititz Borough Police, erroneously reported where her daughter attended college and what year she was in. The daughter is a freshman at Montgomery County Community College, not a sophomore at West Chester University.
The United Nations said in a report released Thursday that fatal attacks should not be carried out by killer robots that act absent human command and oversight. The report, from the U.N. Human Rights Commission, said "lethal autonomous robotics," or LARS, should never be handed "decisions over life and death in armed conflict." Report author Christof Heyns, a U.N.
A suburban community college near Boston has set up a scholarship program in memory of a victim of the April 15 marathon bombings. MassBay Community College announced the scholarship in honor of Krystle Campbell who died in attack. The scholarship will be awarded for business majors, The Associated Press reported.
General Motors called for the White House to ratchet up regulations to rein in climate change, saying new global laws would be good for all business. "We want to be a change agent in the auto industry," said Mike Robinson, GM's vice president of sustainability and global regulatory affairs said, in a statement published by The Guardian.
Al Jazeera America, a new, U.S.-based extension of the media organization funded by the Qatar government, announced today that it will open a new Detroit bureau as part of the channel's 2013 launch.
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that funds special agents to confiscate weapons from the mentally ill and those with criminal convictions. The Los Angeles Times reported that the new law releases $24 million from the state's surplus fund coffers to hire the new agents, who in turn will locate the estimated 40,000 weapons that are now illegally owned.
The Navy is inaugurating its first squadron using remotely piloted drone aircraft Thursday, formally adopting the unmanned technology amid debate over its growing use in warfare , and potential deployment by law enforcement and other domestic agencies.