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Parents charged after Chicago boy shot in struggle over gun

CHICAGO - The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home were each ordered held on Thursday in lieu of $10,000 bond. Travis McCoy, 2...

Feb 01, 2020

Bank of England holds fire as Brexit uncertainty eases

LONDON - The Bank of England on Thursday opted against cutting interest rates amid signs of improvement in the British economy in the run-up to Britain's imminent departure from the European Union. Th...

Feb 01, 2020

US, others impose restrictions as virus toll spikes further

BEIJING - The death toll in China's virus outbreak rose to 259 on Saturday and Beijing criticized Washington's tightening of travel controls to bar most foreign nationals who visited the country withi...

Jan 31, 2020

Facebook reports 4Q profit, user growth despite challenges

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook had a strong fourth quarter, making more money on advertising and adding more users despite challenges around regulation, privacy and efforts to fight election interference. I...

Jan 31, 2020

Regulators revisit environmental review for Line 3 pipeline

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota regulators opened a hearing Friday o n an updated environmental review for Enbridge Energy's plan to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across the state, but most ...

Jan 31, 2020

Britain leaves the European Union, leaps into the unknown

LONDON - So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu. With little fuss and not much fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership, taking a leap into the unknown in a h...

Jan 31, 2020

Fed chair sees China virus as possible risk to world economy

WASHINGTON - Just as the outlook for the global economy had been brightening in recent months, a new threat has suddenly emerged in the form of the viral outbreak in China. That was the cautionary mes...

Jan 31, 2020

Trump curbs immigration for 6 nations in election-year push

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced Friday that it was curbing legal immigration from six additional countries that officials said did not meet security standards, as part of an election-y...

Jan 31, 2020

Facebook fights spread of misinformation about virus online

Facebook says it's working to limit the spread of misinformation and potentially harmful content about the coronavirus as bogus claims about the ongoing outbreak circulate online. Kang-Xing Jin, Faceb...

Jan 31, 2020

Fed leaves key rate unchanged at low level amid global risks

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged at a low level Wednesday amid an economy that looks solid but faces potential global threats, including from China's viral outbrea...

Jan 31, 2020