By The Associated Press  Facebook gave some companies more extensive access to users’ personal data than it has previously revealed, letting them read private messages or see the names of friends without consent, according to a New York Times report. The newspaper on Wednesday detailed special arrangements between Facebook and companies such as Microsoft, Netflix and Spotify, in the latest …

NEW YORK (AP) — Twice as many high school students used nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes this year compared with last year, an unprecedented jump in a large annual survey of teen smoking, drinking and drug use. It was the largest single-year increase in the survey’s 44-year history, far surpassing a mid-1970s surge in marijuana smoking. The findings, released Monday, echo those …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital embraced George H.W. Bush in death Monday with solemn ceremony and tributes to his service and decency, as the remains of the 41st president took their place in the Capitol rotunda for three days of mourning by the political elite and everyday citizens alike. With Bush’s casket atop the Lincoln Catafalque, first used for …

DALLAS (AP) — A grand jury on Friday indicted a white former Dallas police officer for murder in the shooting of her unarmed black neighbor after she says she mistakenly went to his apartment rather than her own and opened fire when he appeared in the darkness. Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson announced the indictment of Amber Guyger flanked …

Tension at migrant caravan camp after Mexico border clash By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Tension continued Tuesday as residents in the Mexican border city of Tijuana closed down a school next to a sports complex where more than 5,000 Central American migrants have been camped out for two weeks. The move by the parent’s association of …

Romaine calm: Lettuce warning looms over Thanksgiving dinner By CANDICE CHOI, AP Food & Health Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Avoid all romaine lettuce, but don’t worry about your turkey. With two food poisoning outbreaks making headlines before Thanksgiving, the messages about what’s safe to eat can be hard to keep straight. Here’s what you should know before you sit …

CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities searching through the blackened aftermath of California’s deadliest wildfire have released the names of about 80 people who are still missing, including many in their 80s and 90s. As the names were made public late Tuesday, additional crews joined the search, and the death toll from the blaze kept climbing. A report of six more …

For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal By MARK STEVENSON and SOFIA ORTEGA, Associated Press HUIXTLA, Mexico (AP) — A deportee from the United States trying to get back to the life he spent more than a decade building. A woman whose soldier husband already is in the U.S. with their 4-year-old son. A teenager desperate to earn …

Arctic offshore production wells approved off Alaska’s coast By DAN JOLING, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The first oil and gas production wells in federal Arctic waters have been approved by U.S. regulators. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Wednesday announced it issued a conditional permit for the Liberty Project, a proposal by a subsidiary of Houston-based Hilcorp …

Caravan of migrants grows ahead of push into Mexico By MARK STEVENSON, Associated PressTAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of Central American migrants hoping to reach the U.S. were deciding Monday whether to rest in this southern Mexico town or resume their arduous walk through Mexico as President Donald Trump rained more threats on their governments. After blaming the Democrats for …