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Europe evacuation flight off to China, cruise ship checked

LISBON, Portugal - An A380 passenger plane left Portugal on Thursday en route to pick up hundreds of Europeans in China who want to escape the new virus and Italian authorities were keeping some 6,000...

Jan 30, 2020

China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections

BEIJING - China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to m...

Jan 30, 2020

Appeals court acquits French cardinal of sex abuse coverup

PARIS - A French appeals court on Thursday acquitted a French cardinal of covering up the sexual abuse of minors in his flock. The appeals court in the southeastern French city of Lyon gave no explana...

Jan 30, 2020

Bank of England keeps main interest rate unchanged at 0.75%

LONDON - The Bank of England on Thursday opted against cutting interest rates after a run of fairly firm economic data in the past week eased fears about a dramatic slowdown in the British economy. Th...

Jan 30, 2020

Parents charged after Chicago boy shot in struggle over gun

CHICAGO - Charges have been filed against the parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home, police said. Travis McCoy, 26, was charged...

Jan 30, 2020

Germany confirms 1st cases of new virus from China

BERLIN - A man confirmed as Germany's first case of the new virus that emerged in central China is believed to have been infected by a Chinese colleague who visited his workplace, authorities said. An...

Jan 30, 2020

Netanyahu pulls request for immunity on corruption charges

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings on the subject were set to begin. Netanyahu,...

Jan 30, 2020

In #MeToo era, Kobe and other athletes often get a pass

DENVER - Folded conveniently into the narratives about his "complicated past" was the detail about Kobe Bryant that could've wrecked him. It was a rape allegation by a 19-year-old employee of a hotel....

Jan 30, 2020

'Palm Springs' sets a Sundance record in $17.5M sale

PARK CITY, Utah - The "Groundhog Day"-esque comedy "Palm Springs," by Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island, has set an acquisition record at the Sundance Film Festival by 69 cents. The indie distributor...

Jan 29, 2020

Was Kobe Bryant's pilot feeling pressure to fly that day?

LOS ANGELES - The pilot in the foggy-weather helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant was well-acquainted with the skies over Los Angeles and accustomed to flying celebrities. Ara Zobayan, 50, had spe...

Jan 29, 2020