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Radio host Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

WASHINGTON - Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour, during the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Limbau...

Feb 05, 2020

'The Masked Singer' hopes to take advantage of rare edge

NEW YORK - Fox will find out soon whether "The Masked Singer" benefits from the best time slot in television. A new episode of the game, usually Fox's most popular prime-time program or close to it, a...

Feb 05, 2020

Avalanche in Turkey wipes out rescue team; 31 dead overall

ANKARA, Turkey - An avalanche slammed into a mountain road in eastern Turkey on Wednesday, wiping out a huge team of rescue workers sent to find people missing in an earlier avalanche. Officials said ...

Feb 05, 2020

Unknowns of the new virus make global quarantines a struggle

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Health authorities are scrambling to halt the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China, restricting visitors from the country and confining thousands on crui...

Feb 05, 2020

Trump impeachment acquittal on track ahead of Senate vote

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is on the verge of acquittal by the Senate, an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history but coming at the start of a tumultuous camp...

Feb 05, 2020

Pelosi shreds Trump's speech. Right there on the podium.

WASHINGTON - And then she tore up the speech. No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was printed on in two. Ri...

Feb 05, 2020

US trade deficit drops 1.7% last year to $616.8 billion

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell for the first time in six years in 2019 as President Donald Trump hammered China with import taxes. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the gap between...

Feb 05, 2020

AP sources: Boston agrees to trade Betts, Price to Dodgers

BOSTON - The Red Sox have agreed to trade 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers, packaging the star outfielder with left-hander David Price in a salary dump that is expected to save Bost...

Feb 04, 2020

The best and worst of Super Bowl ads

NEW YORK - Boston accents got poked. "Groundhog Day" got - surprise - resurrected, complete with Bill Murray. Google pulled out tears, and Cheetos and Doritos danced. All to the tune of $5.6 million f...

Feb 04, 2020

Takeaways from State of the Union: Economy, not impeachment

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump leaned hard on the strong U.S. economy as he made the case for his reelection in the State of the Union address - and he threw in a few theatrical flourishes. MUST ...

Feb 04, 2020