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Separating fact from fiction at Trump's impeachment hearings

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has been fulminating for weeks over the impeachment inquiry, which he sees as a persecution cooked up by Democrats and "Never Trumpers." In reality, a collection of...

Nov 13, 2019

Impeachment hearings go live on TV with the 1st witnesses

WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing on Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the ...

Nov 13, 2019

Cirque du Soleil co-founder taken into custody in Tahiti over cannabis growth

TAHITI, French Polynesia - A Canadian entrepreneur and co-founder of the circus show Cirque du Soleil has been taken into custody in French Polynesia over ...

Nov 13, 2019

US consumer prices up 0.4% in October; gasoline prices surge

WASHINGTON - Surging gasoline prices caused U.S. consumer prices to rise last month at the fastest pace since March. The Labor Department said Wednesday that its consumer price index rose 0.4% in Octo...

Nov 13, 2019

GOP Rep. Peter King retiring, giving Dems new 2020 target

WASHINGTON - Rep. Peter King, a moderate Republican who has represented a Long Island congressional district for nearly 30 years, announced Monday he won't seek reelection, enhancing Democrats' chance...

Nov 13, 2019

Domingo to sing at 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival

Plcido Domingo is scheduled to sing two concert performances in Verdi's "I Vespri Siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers)" next summer as part of the 100th anniversary Salzburg Festival, which features 221 p...

Nov 13, 2019

Myanmar accused at UN court of genocide against Rohingya

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Myanmar was accused Monday of genocide at the U.N.'s highest court for its campaign against the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, as lawyers asked the International Court of...

Nov 13, 2019

Turkey starts returning IS fighters; deports US national

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Monday deported citizens of the United States and Denmark who fought for the Islamic State and made plans to expel other foreign nationals as the government began a new push...

Nov 13, 2019

Israeli strikes kill 2 Gaza militants; death toll now at 12

JERUSALEM - Gaza officials say new Israel airstrikes have killed two militants, raising the death toll to 12 since the latest escalation erupted. The Islamic Jihad says two of its fighters were target...

Nov 12, 2019

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

BOSTON - A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travellers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourt...

Nov 12, 2019