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Bennet ends 2020 bid after poor showing in New Hampshire

Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet ended his long-shot presidential bid Tuesday, failing to break out of a crowded Democratic field dominated by other moderate candidates, including Joe Biden, Pete Buttigie...

Feb 13, 2020

Yang, who created buzz with freedom dividend, ends 2020 bid

Democrat Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur who created buzz for his presidential campaign by talking about his love of math and championing a universal basic income that would give every American adult $1,...

Feb 13, 2020

Passengers finally begin leaving cruise ship in Cambodia

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Hundreds of cruise ship passengers long stranded at sea by virus fears cheered as they finally disembarked Friday and were welcomed to Cambodia by the nation's authoritarian ...

Feb 13, 2020

Judge dismisses lieutenant governor's libel suit against CBS

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A judge on Tuesday tossed out a libel lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax against a television network he accused of slanted reporting on sexual assault allegations aga...

Feb 13, 2020

Smollett case could jeopardize career of top prosecutor

CHICAGO - The decision by a grand jury to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could jeopardize the career of the first black woman to hold Chicago's top law enforcement job. The indictment drew a ...

Feb 13, 2020

Limbaugh draws bipartisan condemnation for Buttigieg remarks

WASHINGTON - Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh drew bipartisan condemnation Thursday for saying the country won't elect Pete Buttigieg president because he's been "kissing his husband" on stag...

Feb 13, 2020

Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó returns home after tour

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaid returned home Tuesday, arriving on a commercial flight to the nation's main airport near Caracas without any major incidents after a risky ...

Feb 13, 2020

Barr: Trump tweets on cases make it 'impossible' to do job

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr took a public swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying that the president's tweets about Justice Department prosecutors and cases "make it impossi...

Feb 13, 2020

High-tech companies eyeing supply chains as coronavirus outbreak continues

OTTAWA - High-tech companies in Canada and around the world are eyeing their supply chains as the impact of the novel coronavirus in China on manufacturing plants is starting to be felt. The...

Feb 13, 2020

Prosecutors seek nearly 5 years for former Baltimore mayor

BALTIMORE - Federal prosecutors want the disgraced former mayor of Baltimore to be sentenced to nearly five years in prison for the scheme involving sales of her self-published "Healthy Holly" childre...

Feb 13, 2020