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Japan finds 41 more cases on ship as virus alarm doctor dies

BEIJING - Japan on Friday reported 41 new cases of a virus on a cruise ship that's been quarantined in Yokohama harbour while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got i...

Feb 06, 2020

Trump uses State of Union to campaign; Pelosi rips up speech

WASHINGTON - Standing before a Congress and a nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to extol a "Great American Comeback" on his watch, just ...

Feb 06, 2020

AP Source: Bryant memorial set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center

LOS ANGELES - A public memorial service for Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash is planned for Feb. 24 at Staples Center, a person with knowledge of the details tol...

Feb 06, 2020

Associated Press unable to declare winner of Iowa caucuses

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Associated Press said Thursday that it is unable to declare a winner of Iowa's Democratic caucuses. With 97% of precincts reporting from Monday's caucuses, former South Bend, In...

Feb 06, 2020

AP source: Walmart shooting suspect faces hate crime charges

WASHINGTON - The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in the border city of El Paso, Texas, has been charged with federal hate crimes, a pe...

Feb 06, 2020

Green tea party? State licenses Boston's 1st marijuana shop

Boston's first retail pot shop and Massachusetts' first minority-owned marijuana business was approved Thursday, more than a year after the first shops opened elsewhere in the state. The state's Canna...

Feb 06, 2020

Twitter shares jump on rise in user numbers, revenue

Shares in Twitter jumped Thursday after the social media company said revenue and user numbers exceeded forecasts in the latest quarter, though profit fell as expenses rose. The San Francisco-based te...

Feb 06, 2020

Official: 2nd student dies after truck hits Oklahoma runners

MOORE, Okla. - A second suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was struck by a pickup truck that authorities say was driven by man whose son was kil...

Feb 06, 2020

UK reconsiders plan to fly flags on Prince Andrew's birthday

LONDON - The British government says it is reviewing the policy of raising Union Jacks atop town halls on royal birthdays, after some officials balked at flying the flag for scandal-hit Prince Andrew....

Feb 06, 2020

US general slips into Iraq for talks to salvage relations

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East slipped quietly into Iraq Tuesday, as the Trump administration works to salvage relations with Iraqi leaders and shut down the government's push for an Ameri...

Feb 06, 2020