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Schumer calls for speedy confirmation of Biden Cabinet picks
WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that a coronavirus relief bill will be the top priority for his caucus but added that the recent violence at the Capitol shows the need...
Jan 12, 2021
US cancels ambassador's controversial trip to Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The U.S. State Department cancelled the planned Taiwan visit by its U.N. ambassador that has drawn strong opposition and a warning from China. The department announced it was cancelli...
Jan 12, 2021
Attorney Fred Levin, who fought tobacco industry, dies at 83
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, died Tuesday, several days after contracting the coronavirus. He was 83. Levin Pa...
Jan 12, 2021
No. 3 House GOP leader backs Trump impeachment as tide grows
WASHINGTON - Republican opposition to impeaching President Donald Trump began crumbling at the party's upper echelons on Tuesday as the No. 3 House GOP leader said she would vote to impeach Trump. "Th...
Jan 12, 2021
Indonesia starts emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine...
Jan 12, 2021
Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus
WASHINGTON - This time the fury enveloping the Capitol comes not from an insurgent mob but from within. The anger on display is searing - Democrat against Republican; Republican against Republican; le...
Jan 12, 2021
Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Hamonic to one-year, US$1.25-million deal
VANCOUVER - Playing for the Calgary Flames, defenceman Travis Hamonic got a close-up view of the Vancouver Canucks' skilled, young talent.Going up against the likes of Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes a...
Jan 12, 2021
Yellen's Senate confirmation hearing set for Jan. 19
WASHINGTON - The Senate Finance Committee announced Tuesday that it will hold a confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary-nominee Janet Yellen on Jan. 19. The timing for the hearing will mean that Y...
Jan 12, 2021
Sage grouse review done, but scant time for Trump's changes
BILLINGS, Mont. - The Trump administration has completed a review of plans to ease protections for a struggling bird species in seven states in the U.S. West, but there's little time to put the relaxe...
Jan 12, 2021
Indonesian searchers hunt for crashed plane's voice recorder
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Divers looking for a crashed plane's cockpit voice recorder were searching in mud and plane debris on the seabed between Indonesian islands Wednesday to retrieve information key t...
Jan 12, 2021