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New acts rule Grammys as Lizzo, Lil Nas, Eilish lead in noms

NEW YORK - The Grammys are screaming "Cuz I Love You" to Lizzo: The breakthrough singer-rapper scored a whopping eight nominations, including bids for the top four awards, making her the show's top-no...

Nov 22, 2019

Trump doubles down on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still promoting a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, a day after a former White House security adviser called it a "fiction...

Nov 22, 2019

Trump directed Ukraine quid pro quo, key witness says

WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland declared to impeachment investigators Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani explicitly sought a "quid pro quo" with Ukraine, levera...

Nov 22, 2019

FBI lawyer investigated over altered Russia probe document

WASHINGTON - A former FBI lawyer is being investigated for allegedly altering a document related to surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser in 2016. That's according to a person familiar with the cas...

Nov 22, 2019

TV comedy greats take a bow, make ’em laugh at ceremony

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - "There's nothing I believe more than this, that laughter adds time to one's life," Norman Lear told an audience gathered to honour him and other four other television comedy gr...

Nov 22, 2019

In reversal, Seoul to keep Japan military intelligence pact

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a major policy reversal, South Korea said Friday it has decided to continue a 2016 military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan that it previously said it would te...

Nov 22, 2019

Thai court removes pro-democracy politician from Parliament

BANGKOK - Thailand's constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that a popular pro-democracy opposition leader violated election laws and cannot keep his seat in Parliament. The court said Thanathorn Juangr...

Nov 22, 2019

Emirates opts for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in revised deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The Middle East's biggest carrier, the Dubai-based Emirates, announced on Wednesday a firm order for 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in a deal valued at $8.8 billion. The order...

Nov 21, 2019

Pope arrives in Thailand to encourage Catholic minority

BANGKOK - Pope Francis arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday to begin a tour of Thailand and Japan, part of a mission to boost the morale of those countries' tiny minority Catholic communities and speak abo...

Nov 21, 2019

Man found guilty of murdering British tourist in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand jury has found a man guilty of murder in the death of 22-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane. Millane died last December on her birthday after meeting a m...

Nov 21, 2019