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Biden hopes South Carolina win means a Super Tuesday boost

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden is confident he is poised for victory in Saturday’s first-in-the-South primary, just w...
15:16 28 February 2022

`Let’s go home’: Afghan war vets torn on US-Taliban deal

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Veterans of America’s longest war are finding themselves torn as the U.S. signs a potentially histo...
14:55 28 February 2022

Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their ca...
14:27 28 February 2022

The prince and the pop star work on charity single in London

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry joined Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road Studios in London on Friday as the singer recorded a charit...
14:11 28 February 2022

US consumer spending slowed in January while incomes jumped

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans pulled back on their spending in January, even as their incomes surged, a sign the economy w...
13:54 28 February 2022

Virus outbreak in Iran sickens hundreds, including leaders

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After facing sanctions and the risk of war amid tensions with the United States, Iran...
13:31 28 February 2022

Market corrections: scary but also, in some cases, necessary

NEW YORK (AP) — After six days of being pounded by a virus-induced, global sell-off, U.S. markets hit a milestone this w...
13:27 28 February 2022

Parents slam Serbia bill in chilling ‘missing babies’ cases

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Mirjana Novokmet does not believe that a special law that is set for approval in the Serbian par...
13:26 28 February 2022

Markets slide, auto show canceled as virus impact spreads

LONDON (AP) — Stock markets are heading for their worst week since 2008, Europe’s top auto show has been canceled and co...
12:51 28 February 2022

Global stocks fall again on fear of virus impact on economy

Global stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading fears over the impact of the new coronavirus, with some indexes...
12:50 28 February 2022

Stuck in Spain, Wuhan soccer team gets to watch Madrid-Barça

MADRID (AP) — It’s been a tough journey for the first-division soccer club from Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the ...
12:03 28 February 2022

Democrats eye Super Tuesday even as South Carolina looms

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bernie Sanders will swing through North Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts in the coming days....
11:23 28 February 2022

Ski racing community starts to back away from toxic wax

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many cou...
10:50 28 February 2022

Bach tries to boost Olympic morale in Japan, speaks to media

TOKYO (AP) — Hoping to boost morale in Japan by assuring people that the Tokyo Olympics will be held as scheduled, IOC P...
10:15 28 February 2022

Parents of ‘terrified’ Africans stranded in China want help

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — She wakes every day long before dawn to chat with her three stranded daughters on the other side ...
9:21 28 February 2022

Pope sick a 2nd day with apparent cold, cancels audiences

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis canceled his official audiences Friday after apparently coming down with a cold.The Vat...
9:18 28 February 2022

Publisher, 2 politicians charged over Hong Kong protests

HONG KONG (AP) — Outspoken Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai and two prominent opposition politicians were charged Friday wi...
8:28 28 February 2022

As India counts dead, brutality of Hindu-Muslim riot emerges

NEW DELHI (AP) — The wounded came in waves. First in ones and twos, limping up the steps and staggering through the alum...
8:01 28 February 2022

Ardern calls out Australia: Don’t deport ‘your problems’

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called out her Australian counterpart at an extraor...
7:40 28 February 2022

Asia stocks tumble on virus fears after Wall Street plunge

Asian stock markets plunged further Friday on spreading virus fears, deepening an global rout after Wall Street endured ...
6:16 28 February 2022

Feds seek 18 months for Virginia man with neo-Nazi ties

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking an 18-month sentence for an alleged neo-Nazi from northern Virginia who p...
6:11 28 February 2022

China manufacturing plunges in February amid virus controls

BEIJING (AP) — China’s manufacturing plunged in February by an even wider margin than expected after efforts to contain ...
4:33 28 February 2022

New virus has infected 83,000 globally, caused 2,800 deaths

A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has na...
4:07 28 February 2022

The Latest: Warren says she got results post-financial crash

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential primary contest (all times local):10 p.m.Elizabet...
3:04 28 February 2022

A Baltimore scandal ends as ex-mayor gets 3 years in prison

BALTIMORE (AP) — Yet another embarrassing chapter in Baltimore’s troubled history ended Thursday when the city’s ex-mayo...
2:55 28 February 2022

Trump accuses Democrats of ‘hoax’ for criticizing virus plan

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at Democrats who have questioned his handling of ...
2:23 28 February 2022

Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in c...
1:46 28 February 2022

AP Explains: Why there isn’t a winner of Iowa’s Dem caucuses

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Hampshire primary and Nevada caucuses have passed, and South Carolina’s vote is just days away...
1:08 28 February 2022

Grandfather, Navy vet among 5 victims of Wisconsin shooting

The five men who were killed by a co-worker at a Milwaukee brewery include an electrician, a Navy veteran, a father of t...
1:02 28 February 2022

29 Turkish soldiers killed in northeast Syria air strike

BEIRUT (AP) — An air strike by Syrian government forces killed 29 Turkish soldiers in northeast Syria, a Turkish officia...
23:31 27 February 2022