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Trump impeachment acquittal on track ahead of Senate vote

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is on the verge of acquittal by the Senate, an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history but coming at the start of a tumultuous camp...

Feb 05, 2020

Pelosi shreds Trump's speech. Right there on the podium.

WASHINGTON - And then she tore up the speech. No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was printed on in two. Ri...

Feb 05, 2020

US trade deficit drops 1.7% last year to $616.8 billion

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell for the first time in six years in 2019 as President Donald Trump hammered China with import taxes. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the gap between...

Feb 05, 2020

AP sources: Boston agrees to trade Betts, Price to Dodgers

BOSTON - The Red Sox have agreed to trade 2018 AL MVP Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers, packaging the star outfielder with left-hander David Price in a salary dump that is expected to save Bost...

Feb 04, 2020

The best and worst of Super Bowl ads

NEW YORK - Boston accents got poked. "Groundhog Day" got - surprise - resurrected, complete with Bill Murray. Google pulled out tears, and Cheetos and Doritos danced. All to the tune of $5.6 million f...

Feb 04, 2020

Takeaways from State of the Union: Economy, not impeachment

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump leaned hard on the strong U.S. economy as he made the case for his reelection in the State of the Union address - and he threw in a few theatrical flourishes. MUST ...

Feb 04, 2020

Super Rally: Mahomes, Chiefs win Super Bowl with late surge

MIAMI - Patrick Mahomes needed just the waning minutes of Super Bowl 54 to end a whole lot of frustration. A championship 50 years in the making for the Kansas City Chiefs. A two-decade wait for an NF...

Feb 04, 2020

China deaths rise to 490, Japan confirms 10 cases on ship

BEIJING - Deaths from a new virus rose to 490 in mainland China on Wednesday while new cases on a Japanese cruise ship, in Hong Kong and in Thailand showed the increasing spread of the outbreak and re...

Feb 04, 2020

On eve of impeachment verdict, Trump tees up State of Union

WASHINGTON - Stepping to the dais in extraordinary times, President Donald Trump on Tuesday will deliver his State of the Union address on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the afterm...

Feb 04, 2020

Hyundai halts Korea output as China outbreak fallout spreads

WASHINGTON - Hyundai Motors is suspending production in South Korea, a sign that the economic fallout from China's viral outbreak is spreading. For other companies bracing for losses from coronavirus,...

Feb 04, 2020