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Trump July 26 call mostly focused on rapper, Sondland says

WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland says a July cellphone call with President Donald Trump "primarily discussed" rapper A$AP Rocky, who was imprisoned in Sweden earlier this year. Sondland told a ...

Nov 20, 2019

AP source: FBI has asked for interview with whistleblower

WASHINGTON - The FBI has requested an interview with the whistleblower whose complaint fueled the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and Ukraine. That's according to a person familiar wit...

Nov 20, 2019

Prince Andrew’s efforts to put scandal behind him backfire

LONDON - Prince Andrew's effort to put the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him may have instead done him irreparable harm. While aides are trying to put the best face on his widely criticized interview...

Nov 20, 2019

US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Monday said it no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be a violation of international law, reversing four decades of American policy and f...

Nov 20, 2019

Prince Andrew to step back from public duties

LONDON - Britain's Prince Andrew says he is stepping back from public duties with the queen's permission. Andrew said it has become clearto him in recent days that his association with convicted sex o...

Nov 20, 2019

Police chief: 3 people killed in Oklahoma Walmart shooting

DUNCAN, Okla. - Two men and a woman were fatally shot Monday morning outside a Walmart store in southwestern Oklahoma, and the shooter is among the dead, authorities said. Two victims were shot inside...

Nov 20, 2019

AP Exclusive: US officials knew of Ukraine’s Trump anxiety

WASHINGTON - U.S. State Department officials were informed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate former Vice-President Joe Bide...

Nov 20, 2019

Trump suggests he may give written testimony in House probe

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump suggested Monday he might be willing to offer written testimony in the House impeachment inquiry over whether he pressured Ukraine's president to investigate Joe Bi...

Nov 20, 2019

Closest witnesses kicking off big Trump impeachment week

WASHINGTON - Nine witnesses. Five hearings. Three days. The Trump impeachment inquiry is charging into a crucial week as Americans hear from some of the most important witnesses closest to the White H...

Nov 20, 2019

Flood-hit Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes

VENICE, Italy - One of only four oar makers for Venice's famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third time in a week of record-breaking floods, despairing ...

Nov 20, 2019