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Trump impeachment trial to begin with rules fight, long days

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding over whether to remove him from office for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his Democ...

Jan 21, 2020

As virus spreads, anxiety rises in China and overseas

WUHAN, China - Face masks sold out and temperature checks at airports and train stations became the new norm as China strove Tuesday to control the outbreak of a new virus that has reached four other ...

Jan 21, 2020

Trump lauds US economy in Davos, says little on climate woes

DAVOS, Switzerland - President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he's led a "spectacular" turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had little to say about climate c...

Jan 21, 2020

Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage

DAVOS, Switzerland - Young climate activists including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg told business and political elites gathered Tuesday at the World Economic Forum that they aren't doing enough to ...

Jan 21, 2020

Winfrey chooses the novel "American Dirt" for her book club

NEW YORK - Jeanine Cummins' "American Dirt," one of the year's most anticipated and debated novels, is Oprah Winfrey's new pick for her book club. "American Dirt," published Tuesday, tells of a bookst...

Jan 21, 2020

Pitt, Dern, 'Fleabag' win at Screen Actors Guild Awards

Brad Pitt, Laura Dern and "Fleabag" took home awards in the early going at the 26th Screen Actors Guild on Sunday. In an awards season with plenty of question marks, little has been more certain than ...

Jan 21, 2020

Fire at Czech asylum for mentally ill kills 8 patients

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A fire swept through a Czech asylum for the mentally ill on Sunday, killing eight male patients, officials said. Prokop Volenik, spokesman for the regional rescue service, sai...

Jan 21, 2020

Evacuations in Cologne before World War II bomb defusing

BERLIN - A train station, an opera house, a TV station and several apartments were to be evacuated in the western German city of Cologne on Tuesday as as experts prepared to defuse an unexploded Ameri...

Jan 21, 2020

Chinese sentences ex-boss of Interpol to 13 years for bribes

BEIJING - China has sentenced the former president of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, to 13 years and six months in prison on charges of accepting more than $2 million in bribes. Meng was elected president of...

Jan 21, 2020

Thai courts acquits opposition party of sedition charge

BANGKOK - Thailand's constitutional Court acquitted the country's third-biggest political party of seeking the overthrow of the country's constitutional monarchy. The court ruled Tuesday that the Futu...

Jan 20, 2020