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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 19, 2020

Who's who on Trump's legal team for impeachment trial

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal advocates for his Senate impeachment trial will include a pair of well-known attorneys who have vigorously defended Trump on television and played roles in ...

Jan 19, 2020

Officials, activists: 2 Iraqi protesters killed in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - Two protesters were killed and over a dozen wounded in central Baghdad on Friday in renewed violence between anti-government demonstrators and Iraqi security forces, activists and officials ...

Jan 19, 2020

Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein rape trial

NEW YORK - A jury of seven men and five women was selected Friday for Harvey Weinstein's rape trial after an arduous, two-week process in which scores of people were dismissed because they had already...

Jan 19, 2020

China's 2019 economic growth weakens amid trade war

BEIJING - China's economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low in 2019 as Beijing fought a tariff war with Washington, but forecasters said a U.S.-Chinese trade truce might help to revive consumer a...

Jan 19, 2020

Pompeo breaks silence on alleged threats to envoy in Ukraine

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday broke nearly 72 hours of silence over alleged surveillance and threats to the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, saying he believed the allegation...

Jan 19, 2020

Trump assembles a made-for-TV impeachment defence team

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has assembled a made-for-TV legal team for his Senate trial that includes household names like Ken Starr, the prosecutor whose investigation two decades ago resulte...

Jan 19, 2020

Portrait found in gallery's walls verified as missing Klimt

PIACENZA, Italy - Art experts have confirmed that a painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery's walls last month is Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of a Lady," which was stolen from the galler...

Jan 19, 2020

Johansson, Sterling K. Brown among SAG Awards presenters

LOS ANGELES - Scarlett Johansson, Sterling K. Brown and Taika Waititi will be up for Screen Actors Guild Awards and also handing them out at Sunday's ceremony. They're part of a new batch of SAG Award...

Jan 19, 2020

US housing construction jumps 16.9% in December

WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes surged in December to the highest level in 13 years, capping a year in which falling mortgage rates and a strong labour market helped lift the prospects of the h...

Jan 19, 2020