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Trump's India visit moves from pomp to trade, military talks

NEW DELHI - President Donald Trump's two-day visit to India delved into substance Tuesday after opening with a heavy dose of pomp and pageantry, even as few concrete accomplishments were expected from...

Feb 24, 2020

China sentences Swedish bookseller to 10 years in prison

BEIJING - A court in eastern China announced Tuesday that it has sentenced Gui Minhai, a naturalized Swedish citizen, to 10 years in prison. The Ningbo Intermediate People's Court convicted the 55-yea...

Feb 24, 2020

2nd person in days killed by Mardi Gras float in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - A man was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous weekend street parade in New Orleans, becoming the second person in days killed along a parade route during this year's...

Feb 24, 2020

South Korea put on high alert, Italy battles virus outbreak

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's president said Sunday that he was putting his country on its highest alert for infectious diseases, ordering officials to take "unprecedented, powerful" steps...

Feb 24, 2020

China reports 508 more virus cases, South Korea has 60 more

BEIJING - China reported 508 new cases Tuesday in an outbreak of a viral illness that has spread to the Middle East and Europe. Another 71 deaths were reported, 68 of them in the city of Wuhan, where ...

Feb 24, 2020

Michael Jordan's poignant Kobe tribute: 'A piece of me died'

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jordan says he didn't see Kobe Bryant as his rival for the mythical honour of being recognized as the best basketball player ever. Instead, he came to love Bryant as the little b...

Feb 24, 2020

Costs, delays scuttle 124-mile Constitution Pipeline project

ALBANY, N.Y. - The nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline project, which had been designed to take natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale gas fields to metropolitan New York and New England, has been ...

Feb 24, 2020

Ex-coach gets 6 months in college scam, runs from courthouse

BOSTON - The former men's tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin sprinted away from a scrum of reporters and his own lawyers Monday after he was sentenced to six months in prison for taking...

Feb 24, 2020

Los Angeles honours Kobe, Gianna Bryant with public memorial

LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant's wife offered a poignant portrait of her NBA superstar husband and their daughter Monday at a sold-out memorial service for the two, who were among nine people killed last m...

Feb 24, 2020

‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ endures blows from wrecking ball

DALLAS - The "Leaning Tower of Dallas," a social media sensation born when a part of a building survived implosion, endured scores of blows from a wrecking ball Monday. Dozens of people gathered in th...

Feb 24, 2020