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Democrats demand Bolton testify at Trump's impeachment trial

WASHINGTON - The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut...

Jan 27, 2020

10 Things to Know for Today

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. REMEMBERING KOBE BRYANT NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others die...

Jan 27, 2020

Music stars pay tribute to Kobe Bryant at Grammys award show

LOS ANGELES - From the red carpet to the main stage, sadness loomed over music's biggest night Sunday at the arena in downtown Los Angeles where Kobe Bryant played for 20 years for the city's NBA team...

Jan 26, 2020

Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus

BEIJING - China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in central China to Hong Kong scrambled to contain an illn...

Jan 26, 2020

China counts 2,700 cases of new virus, 80 deaths

BEIJING - The death toll from a new virus has risen to 80 with more than 2,700 confirmed cases, China's government said Monday, after the health minister warned that the virus's ability to "spread is ...

Jan 26, 2020

Woods stunned to learn of Kobe Bryant's death

SAN DIEGO - Tiger Woods has heard just about everything from playing before the biggest crowds in golf, and he tends to ignore it. Most puzzling was what he kept hearing along the back nine Sunday at ...

Jan 26, 2020

Librarians honour books by Luiselli and Higginbotham

NEW YORK - Valeria Luiselli's novel "Lost Children Archive" and Adam Higginbotham's nonfiction "Midnight in Chornobyl" have been awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal, a $5,000 prize presented by the Amer...

Jan 26, 2020

The Latest: Lizzo, Billie Eilish each win early Grammys

LOS ANGELES - The Latest on the Grammy Awards, being presented Sunday at Los Angeles' Staples Center (all times local): 4 p.m. Lizzo and Billie Eilish have won their first career Grammys in what could...

Jan 26, 2020

Kobe Bryant, Lakers great and basketball icon, dies in crash

LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, ...

Jan 26, 2020

Kobe Bryant, daughter perish in copter crash, 3 others dead

CALABASAS, Calif. - NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and three others were killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an out...

Jan 26, 2020