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Pentagon: 34 US troops had brain injuries from Iran's strike

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month's Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops...

Jan 24, 2020

Why didn’t accusers abandon Weinstein? Expert to weigh in

NEW YORK - It's the defence's go-to question at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial: If the once-revered Hollywood mogul is a revolting sexual predator, as prosecutors and scores of women allege, why did so...

Jan 24, 2020

April trial set for Cuba Gooding Jr. in bar groping case

NEW YORK - Two women who have accused Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct will be allowed to testify at his trial on charges that he groped three other women at Manhattan bars in 2018 and 2019, a ju...

Jan 24, 2020

DC claims inaugural committee spending enriched Trump family

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's inaugural committee spent more than $1 million to book a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital as part of a scheme to "grossly overpay" for part...

Jan 24, 2020

6 killed in Germany shooting, suspect arrested

BERLIN - Six people have been killed and several were injured in a shooting in the southwestern German town of Rot am See, police said Friday. A suspect was arrested shortly after the shooting, which ...

Jan 24, 2020

AP Exclusive: New US Border Patrol chief named

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has named a new head of the U.S. Border Patrol. Rodney Scott will take over for Carla Provost, who is retiring, according to an announcement obtained Friday by Th...

Jan 24, 2020

Saudi crown prince's WhatsApp linked to Bezos phone hack

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The cellphone of Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked in what appeared to be an attempt by Saudi Arabia's crown prince to "influence, if not sil...

Jan 24, 2020

Taylor Swift shakes Sundance with revealing documentary

PARK CITY, Utah - The normally private Taylor Swift premiered an intimate documentary Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival in which the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicles her inne...

Jan 24, 2020

Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial

WASHINGTON - Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a "completely bogus" Ukraine t...

Jan 24, 2020

Elton John, Erivo, Menzel, Metz among Oscar performers

LOS ANGELES - The singers from five Oscar-nominated songs will reprise their performances live at next month's Academy Awards. Producers said Thursday that best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo, Elton Jo...

Jan 24, 2020