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AP source: White House finds Pelosi drug plan 'unworkable'

WASHINGTON - The White House says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan authorizing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices is "unworkable" and President Donald Trump is instead supporting bipartis...

Nov 05, 2019

Bosnian war survivors protest Peter Handke's Nobel prize win

SARAJEVO, Bosnia - Bosnian war survivors, including mothers who lost husbands and sons in the Srebrenica massacre, protested Tuesday in Sarajevo, urging the Nobel Committee to reverse its decision to ...

Nov 05, 2019

At least 9 US citizens die in cartel attack in north Mexico

MEXICO CITY - Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering at least six children and three women - all of them U.S. citizens living in northern Mexico - in a grisly attack th...

Nov 05, 2019

US trade deficit falls to $52.5 billion in September

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in September to the lowest level in five months as imports dropped more sharply than exports and America ran a rare surplus in petroleum. The Commerce Departme...

Nov 05, 2019

Nigerian firefighters battle huge blaze at market in Lagos

LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerian firefighters were trying to extinguish a major fire at the Balogun market in central Lagos on Tuesday. Thick black smoke and flames were shooting up from five-story buildings...

Nov 05, 2019

Annette Bening to receive AARP Movies for Grownups award

LOS ANGELES - Annette Bening will receive AARP the Magazine's lifetime achievement honour at the Movies for Grownups Awards next year. The magazine announced Tuesday that Bening will accept the career...

Nov 05, 2019

Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of state-run oil firm

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, which will see a sliver of the firm offered on a l...

Nov 05, 2019

Iranian president announces another break from nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president says Tehran will begin injecting uranium gas into 1,044 centrifuges, the latest step away from its nuclear deal since President Donald Trump withdrew from the accord ov...

Nov 04, 2019

Wine cellar in space: 12 bottles arrive for year of aging

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science. The red Bordeaux wine will age for a year up there before retur...

Nov 04, 2019

Kentucky governor looks for last-minute boost from Trump

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Republican Gov. Matt Bevin basked Monday in the campaign finale he craved - an election-eve appearance with President Donald Trump hours before voters settle Kentucky's closely watche...

Nov 04, 2019