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UK voters decide who they want to resolve Brexit impasse

LONDON - Britons who have endured three years of wrangling over their country's messy divorce from the European Union cast ballots Thursday in an election billed as a way out of the Brexit stalemate a...

Dec 12, 2019

Climate activists protest at EU building as leaders gather

BRUSSELS - Greenpeace activists scaled the European Union's new headquarters in Brussels on Thursday and unfurled a huge banner warning of a "climate emergency," hours before the bloc's leaders gather...

Dec 12, 2019

Finland gets world's youngest prime minister, a woman age 34

HELSINKI - Finland became the country with the world's youngest sitting head of government Tuesday when the Nordic country's parliament chose a 34-year-old woman who is a prolific user of social media...

Dec 12, 2019

Democrats' impeachment charges say Trump betrayed the nation

WASHINGTON - House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, declaring he "betrayed the nation" with his actions toward Ukraine as they pushed toward historic pro...

Dec 12, 2019

AP Interview: Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's top diplomat said Tuesday that his government stands with Hong Kong citizens pushing for "freedom and democracy," and would help those displaced from the semi-autonomous Chin...

Dec 12, 2019

Man kills 6 in Czech Republic with illegal gun, wounds 3

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - A man with an illegal gun fatally shot six people and wounded three others at a hospital in the eastern Czech Republic on Tuesday, the prime minister and officials said. The g...

Dec 12, 2019

Chile combs Antarctic for missing plane with 38 aboard

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile - Search crews are combing the Antarctic for a Chilean military transport plane carrying 38 people that vanished en route to a base on the frozen continent and will tirelessly pres...

Dec 12, 2019

California calls pot smoke, THC a risk to moms-to-be

LOS ANGELES - A California panel voted Wednesday to declare marijuana smoke and the drug's high-producing chemical - THC - a risk to pregnant women and their developing fetuses and require warning lab...

Dec 11, 2019

$1M bail for teen charged in Wisconsin school officer attack

OSHKOSH, Wis. - A 16-year-old Wisconsin boy who was shot while attacking a school resource officer with a barbecue fork texted a friend weeks earlier that he was planning to grab the officer's gun and...

Dec 11, 2019

Fed leaves low rates alone and foresees no moves in 2020

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate alone Wednesday and signalled that it expects to keep low rates unchanged through next year. The Fed's decision follows three rate cut...

Dec 11, 2019