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Trump's $4.8 trillion budget proposal revisits rejected cuts

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan on Monday that recycles deep, previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps, Medicaid, and housi...

Feb 12, 2020

Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence

WASHINGTON - The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time i...

Feb 12, 2020

Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, giving Dems 2 front-runners

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nomination f...

Feb 12, 2020

Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis declined Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Cath...

Feb 12, 2020

German politics upended as Merkel's heir apparent quits

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel's heir apparent shook up German politics Monday by declaring she would step down as the governing party's leader and not run for chancellor, fueling uncertainty in th...

Feb 12, 2020

Guilty plea to federal charges in black church burnings

LAFAYETTE, La. - The aspiring 'black metal' musician who was arrested in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring pleaded guilty Monday to federal and state criminal...

Feb 11, 2020

China's new virus cases fall again, deaths now exceed 1,100

BEIJING - China on Wednesday reported another drop in the number of new cases of a viral infection and 97 more deaths, pushing the total dead past 1,100 as postal services worldwide said delivery was ...

Feb 11, 2020

Poodle perfection: Siba wins best in show at Westminster

NEW YORK - Primped and poised, Siba the standard poodle owned the ring. Even with the crowd at Madison Square Garden chanting for a popular golden retriever, the statuesque Siba strutted off with best...

Feb 11, 2020

'Parasite' director Bong Joon Ho wins best director Oscar

LOS ANGELES - Writer-director Bong Joon Ho made Oscar history Sunday night, capturing Oscars for best director and best international feature with his dark comic thriller, "Parasite," the first South ...

Feb 11, 2020

Obama-backed documentary on Ohio factory wins Academy Award

NEW YORK - The Oscar for best feature-length documentary has gone to "American Factory," the first documentary released by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company. The Netflix film is about an ...

Feb 11, 2020