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Lawyer says ex-royal staff will shed light on Meghan letter

LONDON - A lawyer for the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper said Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex had no reasonable expectation of privacy for a letter she sent to her estranged father after h...

Jan 20, 2021

For a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuity

When it gazes into the mirror, the United States does not generally see a land of process and procedure. It sees what it has wanted to see since the beginning - a place of action and results and volum...

Jan 20, 2021

Trump's pardon largesse a boon for well-connected fraudsters

WASHINGTON - A former congressman who pocketed millions of dollars in bribes from defence contractors. A Republican fundraiser who paid handsome sums to illicitly lobby a presidential administration. ...

Jan 20, 2021

Football great Brian Urlacher's brother pardoned by Trump

CHICAGO - The brother of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher has been pardoned of federal charges that he recruited for a multimillion-dollar illegal offshore gambling ring, Casey Url...

Jan 20, 2021

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: 'Even as we grieved, we grew.'

NEW YORK - Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world "even as we grieved, we grew." In language referencing Biblical scripture and at ti...

Jan 20, 2021

Trump frees former aides from ethics pledge, lobbying ban

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, in one of his final acts as president, released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge, a move that once again laid bare the ...

Jan 20, 2021

Blast partly destroys building in Madrid; cause not clear

MADRID - A loud explosion partially destroyed a small building flanked by a school and a nursing home in the centre of Spain's capital on Wednesday. It was not clear what caused the blast. Images and ...

Jan 20, 2021

Hollywood returns: Gaga, J. Lo headline Biden inauguration

Gaga. J. Lo. Hanks. Legend. Miranda. Brooks. Bruuuuuce. It's a far cry from a normal inauguration, with Washington locked down due to security concerns, and most inaugural events gone virtual because ...

Jan 20, 2021

Theresa May rebukes Boris Johnson as UK welcomes Biden era

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the start of a new U.K.-U.S. chapter on Wednesday under incoming U.S. President Joe Biden, even as his predecessor Theresa May accused Johnson of...

Jan 20, 2021

No-go for Joe Exotic: Trump pardon list omits 'Tiger King'

OKLAHOMA CITY - One name missing in President Donald Trump's flurry of pardons is "Tiger King" Joe Exotic. His team was so confident in a pardon that they'd readied a celebratory limousine and a hair ...

Jan 20, 2021