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Russia follows US to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty

MOSCOW - Russia said Friday it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities following the U.S. exit from the pact. Russia's Foreign Ministry said in...

Jan 15, 2021

December wholesale prices up 0.3% with sharp jump in energy

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices rose 0.3% in December led by a the biggest jump in energy costs since June. The Labor Department reported Friday that the gain in its producer price index, which mea...

Jan 15, 2021

Rare conviction of South Sudan soldiers for rape raises hope

YEI RIVER, South Sudan - First, the soldiers stole their belongings. Then they took their food. On their third and final visit, the woman said, the soldiers raped her and her daughter-in-law until the...

Jan 15, 2021

Pelosi's nine impeachment managers hope to 'finish the job'

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped nine of her most trusted allies in the House to argue the case for President Donald Trump's impeachment. The Democrats, all of whom are lawyers and m...

Jan 15, 2021

Capitol rioters included highly trained ex-military and cops

WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump's supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armour trudged purposefully up ...

Jan 15, 2021

Trump impeachment trial to focus on his attacks on election

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment could go to trial as soon as Inauguration Day, with U.S. senators serving not only as jurors but as shaken personal witnesses and vict...

Jan 15, 2021

Fate of Biden agenda rests with Schumer in 50-50 Senate

WASHINGTON - Chuck Schumer is used to drinking from a firehose. But the incoming Senate majority leader has never taken on such a torrent of challenges, with the opening days of both the Biden adminis...

Jan 15, 2021

Impeachment complicates the early days of Biden's presidency

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden already faces the daunting task of steering a newly announced $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill through a closely divided Congress as the pandemic and its ec...

Jan 15, 2021

US down to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, as ordered by Trump

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has met its goal of reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan to about 2,500 by Friday, a drawdown that appears to violate a last-minute congressional prohibition. Pr...

Jan 15, 2021

Rare sedition charge gains interest after Capitol attack

NEW YORK - A Civil War-era sedition law being dusted off for potential use in the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol was last successfully deployed a quarter-century ago in the prosecution of Islamic mili...

Jan 15, 2021