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Jury ends 1st day of deliberations in Weinstein's rape trial

NEW YORK - Jurors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial ended their first day of deliberations Tuesday with lots of questions and no verdict in the landmark #MeToo case that could put the once-powerful Hol...

Feb 20, 2020

'Sonic' speeds to $57M debut; 'Parasite' sees big Oscar bump

NEW YORK - The redesigned "Sonic the Hedgehog" showed plenty of teeth at the box office, speeding to a $57 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday, while "Parasite" saw one of the largest ...

Feb 20, 2020

Afghan president wins vote, opponent says he's the winner

KABUL - Ashraf Ghani won a second term as president of Afghanistan, the country's independent election commission announced Tuesday, but his closest opponent refused to recognize the results, declarin...

Feb 20, 2020

Experts ponder why cruise ship quarantine failed in Japan

TOKYO - As an extraordinary two-week quarantine of a cruise ship ends Wednesday in Japan, many scientists say it was a failed experiment: The ship seemed to become an incubator for a new virus instead...

Feb 20, 2020

South Sudan rival leaders agree to form coalition government

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan's rival leaders on Thursday announced they have agreed to form a coalition government just two days before the latest deadline, a major step in the emergence from a fiv...

Feb 20, 2020

At Arizona rally, Trump trolls Democrats debating in Nevada

PHOENIX - President Donald Trump trolled his political enemies Wednesday in the first of three rallies in three days in the West as Democrats vied in neighbouring Nevada to be the one to challenge him...

Feb 20, 2020

Analysis: Dems' civility gives way to combustible conflict

WASHINGTON - Through a year of campaigning, the Democratic presidential candidates played nice, talking up party unity, disagreeing mostly politely on policy. No more. Wednesday's debate signalled a s...

Feb 20, 2020

New Chinese virus cases decline, but method revised again

BEIJING - New virus cases in China have again declined, up just 394, after authorities on Thursday again changed how they count new daily infections. They are now discounting cases that came back nega...

Feb 20, 2020

Weinstein jurors focus on Sciorra as deliberations continue

NEW YORK - Jury deliberations in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial are set to continue for a third day on Thursday. So far, jurors have been focusing a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra's alle...

Feb 20, 2020

Morgan Stanley buying E-Trade for about $13 billion

NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley is buying online brokerage E-Trade for about $13 billion. Discount brokers like E-Trade have engaged in a vicious fight for customers since late last year, when Charles Schwa...

Feb 20, 2020