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Judge gives prison time to friend of gunman who killed 9

CINCINNATI (AP) — A friend of a gunman who killed nine people in a shooting rampage in Dayton, Ohio, was sentenced to 2 ...
21:56 20 February 2022

Infighting and online hoaxes mar Democrats’ campaign

RINDGE, N.H. (AP) — A group of Los Angeles artists were awaiting the results of the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucuses, ho...
21:03 20 February 2022

Lawmakers target slavery clause in Minnesota Constitution

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Spurred by a police chief, Minnesota lawmakers launched a drive Thursday to remove from the state...
20:31 20 February 2022

Turkish soldiers killed in Syria amid threats of escalation

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two Turkish soldiers were killed Thursday in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, Turkey said, afte...
20:27 20 February 2022

Sanders’ ‘summer camp’ in Vermont becomes fodder in debate

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Can a socialist own a summer house?That’s the question unabashed capitalist billionaire Mike Bloo...
20:25 20 February 2022

AP FACT CHECK: Dems’ sticky health debate; Trump’s rally

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who’s got the goods on health care policy? That question was an undercurrent in the feisty Democratic ...
20:23 20 February 2022

Computer scientist who pioneered ‘copy’ and ‘paste’ has died

NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,”...
20:01 20 February 2022

New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegal...
19:56 20 February 2022

No conspiracy this time: Dan Brown writing children’s book

NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Brown’s next book will have a lighter, more musical touch. The “Da Vinci Code” author is working on ...
19:28 20 February 2022

Bloomberg campaign spending tops $409 million

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has plunged over $400 million of his personal fortune into his ca...
19:05 20 February 2022

Irony prevails at Benetton, transparent femininity at Prada

MILAN (AP) — The frills are on at Milan Fashion Week, where “pretty” is womenswear watchword of the next cold weather se...
18:21 20 February 2022

Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump loyalist and ally Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison,...
18:21 20 February 2022

Irish lawmakers meet as wrangling to form government goes on

LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday for the first time since an election two weeks ago that left three ...
17:25 20 February 2022

New colobus monkey makes debut at St. Louis Zoo

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident, and boy is he cute.The zoo announced Thursday that Teak, a black ...
17:22 20 February 2022

Israel confirms ultra-Orthodox draft figures were inflated

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Thursday it found “serious, systemic failures” in its own reporting that infl...
16:37 20 February 2022

Meet the rising stars of ‘West Side Story’ on Broadway

NEW YORK (AP) — When a new revival of “West Side Story” opens on Broadway, it will make history. The musical sees 33 you...
16:29 20 February 2022

W.Va. gov says economy is rosy, but doubters not buying that

ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — For years, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has told people they need only look at the lines at Dair...
16:11 20 February 2022

Conflict of interest fears cast shadow over EU budget talks

BRUSSELS (AP) — As European Union leaders deliberated over their 1 trillion-euro ($1.1 trillion) budget Thursday, lawmak...
15:57 20 February 2022

U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training

Aliya Feroe recalls the flustered OB-GYN who referred her to another physician after learning she identified as queer. F...
15:48 20 February 2022

German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people

HANAU, Germany (AP) — A 43-year-old German man who posted a manifesto calling for the “complete extermination” of many “...
15:25 20 February 2022

H.R. McMaster book `Battlegrounds’ coming out in April

This book covered released by HarperCollins shows “Battlegrounds” by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. The book, by President Dona...
15:03 20 February 2022

WH report says economy accelerated under Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House report says the U.S. economy is growing faster than expected, even though the annual...
14:00 20 February 2022

Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for $13 billion

NEW YORK (AP) — Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced it would buy the online brokerage E-Trade for roughly $13 billi...
13:38 20 February 2022

ASEAN diplomats praise China’s handling of virus outbreak

VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats praised China’s handling of the virus outbreak and pledged Thursda...
12:44 20 February 2022

Weather and protests hamper Ukraine quarantine efforts

MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s effort to evacuate more than 70 people from China over the outbreak of a new virus faced setback...
11:45 20 February 2022

1 trillion euros: worth a big, long fight at the EU summit

BRUSSELS (AP) — Everything is set for the EU’s bruising trillion-euro summit.Leaders from the European Union’s 27countri...
11:41 20 February 2022

Looted 18th century crown returned to Ethiopia after decades

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — A rare and looted crown from the 18th century was returned to Ethiopia on Thursday after it...
11:29 20 February 2022

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors in warning the world of a severe coronavirus outb...
9:09 20 February 2022

Israeli PM’s rival denies wrongdoing amid probe reports

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s leading opposition figure Benny Gantz denied wrongdoing on Thursday after media reports said I...
8:33 20 February 2022

Virus limits next Tokyo Olympic test event to Japanese-only

TOKYO (AP) — A test event for the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for later this month that would have involved some non-Japane...
7:06 20 February 2022