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Groups ask Biden administration to reconsider nuke decision

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Watchdog groups want the Biden administration to reconsider a decision by a U.S. agency not to conduct a more extensive environmental review related to production of the plutonium ...

Feb 17, 2021

NATO chief urges joint spending as budget debate rolls on

BRUSSELS - Donald Trump is no longer around as president to berate U.S. allies in Europe and Canada for failing to spend enough on their defence budgets. But the debate about military spending appears...

Feb 17, 2021

Rush Limbaugh, ‘voice of American conservatism,’ has died

Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, in...

Feb 17, 2021

Phoenix, Erivo and ‘Barb and Star’ among Globes presenters

LOS ANGELES - "Barb and Star" are headed to the Golden Globes - actors Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo will be among the presenters at the upcoming ceremony. The Feb. 28 show will reunite several nomine...

Feb 17, 2021

Man arrested in hit-and-run death of Nicki Minaj's father

MINEOLA, N.Y. - A 70-year-old man arrested Wednesday in the hit-and-run death of rapper Nicki Minaj's father stopped briefly to ask the injured man if he was OK but didn't call for help, police said. ...

Feb 17, 2021

US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio and an extor...

Feb 17, 2021

Chris Paul memoir 'Sixty-One' coming out in September

NEW YORK - NBA All-Star Chris Paul has an off-court project in the works: His first book. Paul's "Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court" will come out in September, St. Martin's Pres...

Feb 17, 2021

Ford to go all electric in Europe by 2030

FRANKFURT - Ford is vowing to convert its entire passenger vehicle lineup in Europe to electric power by 2030 in just the latest sign of the seismic technological changes sweeping the auto industry. F...

Feb 17, 2021

Review: Bill Gates offers a hopeful take on climate change

"How to Avoid Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need," by Bill Gates (Knopf) Watching Bill Gates in the news over the years, his demeanour usually is that of an earnest,...

Feb 17, 2021

European human rights court demands Russia release Navalny

MOSCOW - Europe's top human rights court has ordered Russia to release jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a ruling that will be unlikely to soften the Kremlin's determination to isolate its most...

Feb 17, 2021