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Health experts: Human-to-human spread of new virus worrying

BEIJING - World health officials expressed "great concern" Wednesday that a dangerous new virus is starting to spread between people outside of China, a troubling development as China and the world fr...

Jan 30, 2020

AP source: McConnell says he can't yet block new witnesses

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. McConnell conve...

Jan 30, 2020

Estranged husband accused of killing Jennifer Dulos dies

HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut man charged with murdering his missing wife amid a contentious divorce case has died following an apparent suicide attempt, his lawyer said Thursday. Fotis Dulos, 52, h...

Jan 30, 2020

Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The 195 Americans evacuated from the Chinese city at the centre of the new virus outbreak are undergoing three days of testing and monitoring at a California military base to ensur...

Jan 30, 2020

Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal

NEW YORK - The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal. Jack Phillips' memoir...

Jan 30, 2020

Grand Canyon visit inspired Kobe Bryant's pilot to fly

LOS ANGELES - Ara Zobayan's passion for helicopters began as a passenger, a tourist floating over the vast Grand Canyon. The freedom the man who would become Kobe Bryant's pilot felt was transformatio...

Jan 30, 2020

Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties, payments

BOSTON - A Harvard University professor was charged Tuesday with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research....

Jan 30, 2020

AP Exclusive: Feds backtrack on transfer of Epstein warden

NEW YORK - The Bureau of Prisons is holding off on transferring the warden who was in charge of the New York City jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. The agency said Tuesday it would defer the ...

Jan 30, 2020

Mag 7.7 quake hits between Cuba and Jamaica, but no injuries

HAVANA - A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico to Florida and beyond, but there were no reports o...

Jan 30, 2020

Trump backs Pompeo against NPR, criticizes CNN and Fox News

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pompeo's battle with National Public Radio and tweeted out more media criticism, one target familiar and the other...

Jan 30, 2020