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Trump unleashes fury at impeachment enemies at prayer event

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unleashed his fury against those who tried to remove him from office at a prayer breakfast Thursday, a day after his acquittal by the Senate in his impeachment tria...

Feb 06, 2020

US productivity up 1.7% in 2019, best gain in 9 years

WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity rebounded in the final three months of last year, helping to boost productivity growth for the year to the best showing in nearly a decade. The Labor Department's Bureau...

Feb 06, 2020

Tokyo tries to quell fear of Olympic-Paralympic cancellation

Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizers again tried on Thursday to allay fears that the 2020 Games could be postponed or cancelled by the fast-spreading virus from China. Tokyo Olympic CEO Toshiro Mut...

Feb 06, 2020

Rolling Stones returning to North America for 15-city tour

LOS ANGELES - The Rolling Stones are returning to some North American cities where they haven't played in years. The band announced Thursday that it will kick off a 15-city leg of its No Filter tour i...

Feb 06, 2020

Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals

BEIJING - Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely. The new virus caused its...

Feb 06, 2020

Avalanche of issues takes out Iowa plan for high-tech caucus

IOWA CITY, Iowa - What went wrong with the Iowa Democratic Party's high-tech plan to speed up the reporting of caucus night results? Pretty much everything. A little-known startup company was picked b...

Feb 06, 2020

Buttigieg slightly leading Sanders in partial Iowa results

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Democratic Party released partial results of its kickoff presidential caucus after a daylong delay late Tuesday showing former Midwestern mayor Pete Buttigieg with a slight...

Feb 06, 2020

Report: Emirates pilots unaware engines idle in 2016 crash

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The pilots of an Emirates flight that crashed in 2016 and caught fire in Dubai failed to realize the engines of their Boeing 777 remained idle as they tried to take off f...

Feb 06, 2020

Saudi Arabia bars citizens, residents from travel to China

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia on Thursday barred its citizens and residents of the kingdom from travelling to China amid the new virus outbreak. The kingdom's General Directorate of Passp...

Feb 06, 2020

China cuts tariffs on $75B of US imports in trade truce

BEIJING - China cut tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. imports including soybeans, pork and auto parts Thursday in a trade truce with Washington while Beijing struggles with a costly virus outbreak. The c...

Feb 05, 2020