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EU pressures Iran on atom deal in last-ditch bid to save it

BRUSSELS — Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure on Iran to stop violating its landmark nuclear deal in a last-ditch effort to ...
18:45 14 January 2022

US drinking more now than just before Prohibition

NEW YORK — Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted. What’s more, it’s been rising for two decades, and it’s not clear when i...
17:58 14 January 2022

6 big questions ahead of final debate before start of voting

WASHINGTON — Tuesday marks the last time the leading Democratic presidential contenders will face a national audience on the debate stage before prima...
15:20 14 January 2022

House votes Wednesday to send impeachment articles to Senate

WASHINGTON — The House is preparing to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate to start the hi...
14:52 14 January 2022

Warren vows to cancel college debt without awaiting Congress

WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she'd order her secretary of education to cancel up to $50,000 in college debt for about 95%...
14:00 14 January 2022

Holiday travelers push Delta to $1.1 billion 4Q profit

Delta Air Lines boosted its fourth quarter profit to $1.1 billion by adding more flights over the holiday-packed period and packing them even more ful...
12:16 14 January 2022

Global shares slip ahead of US-China ‘Phase 1’ trade deal

TOKYO — Global stocks mostly edged lower on Tuesday as investors looked to the signing of a trade deal between the U.S. and China as well as upcoming ...
12:10 14 January 2022

Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's judiciary said Tuesday arrests have been made for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 pe...
10:35 14 January 2022

Iraqis worry US-Iran tensions are eclipsing their protests

BAGHDAD — Young Iraqis who drove mass protests demanding sweeping political reforms are worried that the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, which is ...
6:11 14 January 2022

Philippine volcano trembles more, spews lava half-mile high

TAGAYTAY, Philippines — A volcano near the Philippine capital spewed lava into the sky and trembled constantly Tuesday, possibly portending a bigger a...
3:12 14 January 2022

US sends home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting

WASHINGTON — The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainee...
2:23 14 January 2022

US drops designation of China as currency manipulator

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator in advance of the signing Wednesday of a Phase 1 ...
22:28 13 January 2022

A fire, an SOS, a rescue: Man spends weeks in remote Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — Tyson Steele watched his remote cabin go up in flames, mourned the death of his dog and then spent weeks in the Alaska wilderness, bu...
21:49 13 January 2022

Stocks climb ahead of trade deal, sending S&P 500 to record

Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street ahead of the signing of a “Phase 1” trade deal with China, sending the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to record h...
21:10 13 January 2022

Delaware court refuses to revive Uber shareholder lawsuit

DOVER, Del. — Delaware's Supreme Court has upheld a judge's dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit against ride-hailing company Uber and its former CEO.
20:44 13 January 2022

US troops in Iraq got warning hours before Iranian attack

AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq — American troops were informed of an impending missile barrage hours before their air base in Iraq was struck by Iran, U.S...
19:40 13 January 2022

Trump to promote trade deals in Sunday speech to US farmers

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will highlight his policies on trade and domestic energy in a speech to U.S. farmers next week, the White House an...
18:23 13 January 2022

Design of AR-15 could derail charges tied to popular rifle

DALLAS — A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing cases against people who are charged with ...
18:10 13 January 2022

2020 Democratic race is wide open in Iowa as caucuses near

DES MOINES, Iowa — Presidential candidates have swarmed Iowa’s rolling landscape for more than a year, making their pitch to potential supporters on c...
16:20 13 January 2022

Vatican tamps down clamor over Benedict’s new celibacy book

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Monday sought to downplay the decision by retired Pope Benedict XVI to reaffirm the “necessity” of a celibate priesthood...
13:55 13 January 2022

Lava gushes from volcano near Manila; tens of thousands flee

TAGAYTAY, Philippines — Red-hot lava gushed out of a volcano near the Philippine capital on Monday, as tens of thousands of people fled the area throu...
10:47 13 January 2022

Defying police, Iranians protest over plane shootdown

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian demonstrators defied a heavy police presence Sunday night to protest their country's days of denials that it sho...
16:38 12 January 2022

Not on form, but brawl over citizenship question continues

The U.S. Supreme Court decided a citizenship question won't be on this spring's census form, but that doesn't mean the fight over it has ended in cou...
13:42 12 January 2022

Magnitude 5.9 shock again rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing millions of dollars of damage along the island’s southern coast, ...
23:49 11 January 2022

Iran standoff shines spotlight on new Trump security adviser

WASHINGTON — In a defining week for President Donald Trump on the world stage, national security adviser Robert O'Brien was a constant presence at the...
19:15 11 January 2022

Trump goes out of his way to take a bow, again

WASHINGTON — It was wonderful news: Researchers reported this past week the largest-ever one-year decline in the U.S. cancer death rate during 2017. A...
13:10 11 January 2022

Under pressure, Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Saturday acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this wee...
11:06 11 January 2022

Trump ups Iran accusations, says 4 US embassies targeted

WASHINGTON — Confronted by persistent questions about his military action in the Middle East, President Donald Trump and his top officials offered a s...
1:17 11 January 2022

GrubHub says it currently has no plans to sell its business

Grubhub says it has no plans to sell the company, a day after media reports said it was exploring its options as competition in the food delivery busi...
1:16 11 January 2022

US experts concerned about Iran’s handling of crash probe

U.S. and Canadian accident investigators are uncertain how much access they will get to evidence that could prove whether Iran shot down a Ukrainian p...
0:49 11 January 2022