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Nissan Chair Ghosn Dismissed, Held on Misconduct Charges

By YURI KAGEYAMA ,  AP Business Writer YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan Motor Co.'s high-flying chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested Monday and will be dismissed after he allegedly under-reported his income and engaged in other misconduct, the company said Monday. The Japanese automaker's CEO Hiroto Saikawa confirmed that Ghosn was arrested after being questioned by prosecutors…
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In Smoldering Wildfire Ruins, Life Goes on for a Hardy Few

PARADISE, CA (AP) — Brad Weldon lost his home to fire when he was a kid, so when a deadly wildland blaze came roaring toward his ranch house in the pines where he lives with his 89-year-old blind mother, he wasn't going to let disaster strike twice. Weldon and his mother's caregiver, armed only with…
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As Florida Recount Ends, Sen. Nelson Concedes Race To Scott

By GARY FINEOUT , Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida political icon who first arrived on Capitol Hill in the decades when Democrats dominated this presidential battleground state, conceded his bitterly close re-election bid to Republican Rick Scott on Sunday after a bruising recount left Nelson thousands of votes short…
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Trump Says Report On Khashoggi Death Expected In Coming Days

By DEB RIECHMANN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An upcoming administration report about the circumstances surrounding the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may put President Donald Trump in a diplomatic bind: how to admonish Riyadh for the slaying yet maintain strong ties with a close ally in the Middle East. "We'll be having…
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Death Toll Rises to 76 in California Fire as Trump Visits

CHICO, CA (AP) — Nearly 1,300 people remain unaccounted for and the death toll from the country's deadliest wildfire in a century climbed to 76, authorities said Saturday, hours after President Donald Trump surveyed what remained of a decimated Northern California community. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea pleaded with fire evacuees to check the roster…
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