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Trump wants to deliver State of Union even if trial underway

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he wants to deliver the State of the Union as scheduled even if his impeachment trial is ongoing. Trump told reporters in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday that ...

Jan 22, 2020

Cold-stunned iguanas falling from Florida trees

MIAMI - The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents Tuesday about fall...

Jan 22, 2020

UN calls for probe into possible hacking of Bezos' phone

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - United Nations experts Wednesday called for an "immediate investigation" by the United States and others into information they received that suggests that Jeff Bezos' pho...

Jan 22, 2020

#MeToo prosecutors deploy experts early to thwart defence

When his trial opens in the coming days, Harvey Weinstein's defence team is expected to go on the offensive against the women who have accused him of rape and sexual assault, in part by questioning if...

Jan 22, 2020

McConnell proposes swift impeachment trial with long days

WASHINGTON - On the eve of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, the Senate leader proposed a compressed calendar for opening statements, White House lawyers argued for swift rejection of the "f...

Jan 22, 2020

Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

LONDON - Terry Jones, a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, has died at 77. He had been suffering from dementia. Jones's agent says he died Tuesday evening. In a statement, his family said he di...

Jan 22, 2020

Italy's 5-Star implosion may claim party leader Di Maio

ROME - The head of Italy's 5-Star Movement met with ministers Wednesday amid rumours he would step aside as party leader following a string of parliamentary defections, falling poll numbers and questi...

Jan 22, 2020

Russia-Poland feud over history clouds Auschwitz anniversary

WARSAW, Poland - Over the next several days, world leaders will gather twice to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of Nazi Germany's death camps. Tha...

Jan 22, 2020

Auschwitz survivor who was just 2 at liberation nurses scars

MUNICH - Only 2 years old and so ill she had to stay on for weeks after liberation, Eva Umlauf was one of the youngest prisoners to be freed from Auschwitz. Although she has no conscious memories stre...

Jan 22, 2020

Facing humiliating controls, Lebanese focus fury on banks

BEIRUT - Before picking up cash from a downtown bank in Lebanon's capital, Mey Al Sayegh mentally braces herself for what would have been a routine trip before the country's crippling cash crunch. For...

Jan 21, 2020