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Mahomes' feet, arm lift Chiefs to Super Bowl over Titans

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With his best imitation of a tightrope walker, Patrick Mahomes high-wired the Kansas City Chiefs into their first Super Bowl since 1970. Oh sure, Mahomes did his usual superb job pa...

Jan 21, 2020

Derek Jeter, Larry Walker elected to baseball Hall of Fame

NEW YORK - Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball's highest honour on Tuesday. The longtime New York Yankees captain ap...

Jan 21, 2020

2 more Puerto Rico officials fired after warehouse break-in

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Gov. Wanda Vzquez fired the heads of Puerto Rico's housing and family departments Sunday in the latest fallout over the discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies ...

Jan 21, 2020

Bugs on snack menu for 1 night at Juneau movie theatre

JUNEAU, Alaska - Three boys sat rapt in their theatre seats beaming at a selection of snacks. The reason for the excitement wasn't butter popcorn or Red Vines. Orrin Noon, 10, Arlo Davis, 11 and Axel ...

Jan 21, 2020

Documents: Extremist group wanted rally to start civil war

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors...

Jan 21, 2020

US gets 1st case of mysterious new Chinese illness

SEATTLE - A U .S. citizen who recently returned from a trip to central China has been diagnosed with the new virus that has sparked an outbreak and stringent monitoring around the world. The man retur...

Jan 21, 2020

Lawyer says 'loving' emails' are key to Weinstein defence

NEW YORK - Defence lawyers want to use a trove of intimate email correspondence between Harvey Weinstein and his accusers to try to convince a jury that any contact was consensual, one of the attorney...

Jan 21, 2020

Violence in northern Syria kills 17, including whole family

BEIRUT - Airstrikes on rebel-held parts of northwestern Syria and the shelling of government-held areas killed at least 17 people Tuesday, including an entire family, Syrian opposition activists said....

Jan 21, 2020

Phoenix police: 3 children found dead, mother arrested

PHOENIX - A Phoenix woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family home, authorities said Tuesday. The 22-year-old mother, whose name has not...

Jan 21, 2020

Brazilian broadcast executive gets probation in FIFA scandal

NEW YORK - A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced Brazilian broadcast executive Jose Margulies to two years' probation on Tuesday for acting as an intermediary in a scheme to exchange bribes for the me...

Jan 21, 2020