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Memoir by Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa coming out in May

NEW YORK - Sen. Joni Ernst has a book coming out May 26. The Iowa Republican, expected to face a competitive race for reelection this fall, is calling her memoir "Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to ...

Jan 27, 2020

Justices allow enforcement of new green card rule

WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents....

Jan 27, 2020

Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on

OSWIECIM, Poland - Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families a...

Jan 27, 2020

Avenatti greets prospective jurors for extortion trial

NEW YORK - California lawyer Michael Avenatti stood to greet 120 prospective jurors who came to a New York courtroom Monday to fill out questionnaires for his trial on charges he tried to extort milli...

Jan 27, 2020

Volatility defines Democratic race as candidates flood Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidates roared back into Iowa on Saturday touting fresh endorsements, critiquing their rivals and predicting victories in the caucuses that will soon laun...

Jan 27, 2020

Trump upbeat on peace plan despite Palestinian rejection

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that while the Palestinians have already rejected his proposed Mideast peace deal, he expects they ultimately will agree to the blueprint the White Hous...

Jan 27, 2020

Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns - again

ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...

Jan 27, 2020

Taliban say mystery crash in Afghanistan was US aircraft

KABUL - A U.S. military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a Taliban spokesman and Afghan journalist affiliated with the militant group said. A U.S. Army spokeswoman declined to commen...

Jan 27, 2020

Weinstein jury to hear from accuser alleging forced oral sex

NEW YORK - By her own account, Mimi Haleyi once rebuffed one of Harvey Weinstein's relentless advances by telling him, "I hear you have a terrible reputation with women." Haleyi says she didn't know j...

Jan 27, 2020

Billie Eilish, a voice of the youth, tops the Grammy Awards

NEW YORK - Singer Billie Eilish, who gave voice to young people struggling with depression on a do-it-yourself album she made at home with her older brother, is atop the music world. The 18-year-old m...

Jan 27, 2020