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Hong Kong votes in election seen as referendum on protests

HONG KONG - Voting is underway in Hong Kong elections that have become a barometer of public support for anti-government protests now in their sixth month. The polls opened Sunday morning for 452 seat...

Nov 23, 2019

White House, GOP senators discuss impeachment trial strategy

WASHINGTON - Top White House officials met Thursday with Republican senators to discuss strategy for a widely expected Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump but made no decisions about it...

Nov 23, 2019

Daddy Yankee to open reggaeton museum in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico reggaeton star Daddy Yankee is opening a museum in the U.S. Caribbean territory that will be dedicated to his life and the music that made him famous. The Daddy Yan...

Nov 23, 2019

Pennsylvanians to get more time on sex abuse charges, suits

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The state where a grand jury's groundbreaking report set off a new wave of reckoning over sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church passed legislation Thursday giving victims more ti...

Nov 23, 2019

‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘The Lighthouse’ top Spirit Awards nominations

NEW YORK - Josh and Benny Safdie's Diamond District crime film "Uncut Gems" and Robert Eggers' fever-dream period tale "The Lighthouse" led the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards with five nod...

Nov 23, 2019

Israel’s Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted Thursday in a series of corruption cases, throwing Israel's paralyzed political system into further disarray and threatening his 10-year grip...

Nov 23, 2019

AP Exclusive: DOJ would take halted executions to high court

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr told The Associated Press on Thursday that he would take the Trump administration's bid to restart federal executions after a 16-year hiatus to the Supreme C...

Nov 23, 2019

Mudslides, floods kill 34 people in western Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's interior minister says 29 people have been killed in mudslides, among the 34 people overall who lost their lives Saturday amid flooding in the East Africa nation. Heavy rains ...

Nov 23, 2019

Cuba fashion show is small step for private enterprise

HAVANA - Thousands of young Cubans packed a Havana arena to witness a small step forward in the tumultuous relationship between one of the world's last communist states and its small but vibrant priva...

Nov 23, 2019

Embattled Russian track president Dmitry Shlyakhtin resigns

MOSCOW - The president of the Russian track and field federation resigned on Saturday, two days after he was accused of obstructing an anti-doping investigation involving fake medical documents. Dmitr...

Nov 23, 2019