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BP lays out long-term ambition to achieve net-zero emissions

LONDON - Energy producer BP said Wednesday it wants to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to customers by 2050, an ambitious target born out of p...

Feb 14, 2020

After residents cry fowl: Miami to relocate pack of peacocks

MIAMI - A pack of peacocks that has wreaked havoc on a Miami neighbourhood will be relocated after city commissioners voted Thursday night to side with residents and agreed to have the birds taken awa...

Feb 14, 2020

Full board of France's Cesar film awards steps down

PARIS - The entire leadership of the Cesar Awards, France's version of the Oscars, has stepped down in a spat over both its opaque decision-making process and controversial director Roman Polanski, wh...

Feb 14, 2020

No charges: Justice Department closes case against McCabe

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether he lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news me...

Feb 14, 2020

Kansas leader decries attempts to tie abortion, Medicaid

TOPEKA, Kan. - A top Republican lawmaker in Kansas on Friday disputed what has become a key talking point for GOP colleagues who are blocking a bipartisan plan to expand the state's Medicaid program b...

Feb 14, 2020

US retail sales up a modest 0.3% in January

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales rose a modest 0.3% in January, a slight improvement over December, as unseasonably warm weather boosted sales at hardware stores and furniture stores. The Commerce Depar...

Feb 14, 2020

Rep. Dan Crenshaw to combine memoir, advice in upcoming book

NEW YORK - Rep. Dan Crenshaw , the Texas Republican, has a book out in April. The former Navy SEAL's book is called "Fortitude" and will combine personal memories and "no-nonsense" advice as Crenshaw ...

Feb 14, 2020

New Zealand teams find British hiker's body in national park

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Searchers found the body of British hiker Stephanie Simpson on Friday almost a week after she went hiking in a New Zealand national park. Her body was found in the Pyke Creek...

Feb 14, 2020

Virus infects more than 1,700 health workers in China, 6 die

BEIJING - More than 1,700 Chinese medical workers have been infected by the new virus that has killed nearly 1,400 people and spread to other parts of Asia and as far as the U.S. and Europe, a senior ...

Feb 14, 2020

2020 Democrats step up attacks to blunt Bloomberg's rise

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidates hoping to revive their flagging campaigns increasingly took aim at Mike Bloomberg, blasting their billionaire rival for trying to buy his way into the W...

Feb 14, 2020