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1,200 detained in India amid ban on citizenship law protests

NEW DELHI - Police detained more than 1,200 protesters in some of India's biggest cities Thursday after they defied bans on assembly that authorities imposed to stop widespread demonstrations against ...

Dec 21, 2019

Impeachment trial plans in disarray as Congress heads home

WASHINGTON - Congress has headed home for the holidays leaving plans and a possible timeline for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in disarray. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted ...

Dec 21, 2019

Buttigieg-Warren clash on campaign trail spills into debate

LOS ANGELES - The long-festering feud between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg erupted Thursday night in a high-stakes debate that tested the strength of the Democratic Party's shrinking pool of pr...

Dec 21, 2019

23 dead as protests grow against India citizenship law

NEW DELHI - Nine people died Saturday during clashes between demonstrators and police in northern India, raising the nationwide death toll in protests against a new citizenship law to 23, police said....

Dec 21, 2019

Trump ally Meadows won't run again, may join White House

RALEIGH, N.C. - Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a top conservative ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday he won't seek reelection next year. He is expected to join the Trump ad...

Dec 21, 2019

Virginia biochemist Camille Schrier is crowned Miss America

UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Organizers wanted to make it clear the 99th Miss America competition isn't your grandmother's beauty pageant, and their winner did just that on Thursday. Virginia biochemist Camill...

Dec 21, 2019

Syria says possible drone attacks hit 3 oil, gas facilities

BEIRUT - Near-simultaneous attacks believed to have been carried out by drones hit three government-run oil and gas installations in central Syria, state TV and the Oil Ministry said Saturday. No one ...

Dec 21, 2019

President Donald Trump impeached by US House, 3rd in history

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution's...

Dec 20, 2019

Key dates in the House impeachment inquiry into Trump

WASHINGTON - Key dates in the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump: APRIL 21, 2019 President Donald Trump speaks with then-President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy to congratulate him on h...

Dec 20, 2019

Chinese national arrested for illegally entering Mar-a-Lago

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Chinese national trespassed at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club Wednesday and was arrested when she refused to leave, police said, the second time this year a woman f...

Dec 20, 2019