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Review: Graham Norwood transparently melancholic on debut

Graham Norwood, “Out of the Sea” (Self-released)
18:11 4 February 2022

Back on stand, Weinstein accuser declares: ‘He is my rapist’

NEW YORK — A key accuser at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial returned Tuesday to the witness stand, a day after she became so upset while being questione...
17:55 4 February 2022

Official: 2nd student dies after truck hits Oklahoma runners

MOORE, Okla. — A second suburban Oklahoma City high school student has died after a group of cross-country runners was struck by a pickup truck, a sch...
17:22 4 February 2022

German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic relic

BERLIN — A German appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man's bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where ...
17:01 4 February 2022

Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds

NEW YORK — Hollywood's awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds.
16:38 4 February 2022

Meeting between Sudan leader, Netanyahu debated in Sudan

CAIRO — A surprise meeting between Sudan's leader and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stirred controversy in Sudan on Tuesday, with the gove...
16:30 4 February 2022

Montana lawmaker rejects resigning over socialism comments

HELENA, Mont. — A Montana lawmaker on Monday rejected legislative leaders' call for his resignation over his assertion that the U.S. Constitution allo...
16:27 4 February 2022

Celebrated book editor Alice Mayhew dies at age 87

NEW YORK — Alice Mayhew, the celebrated and influential editor of political and historical works whose authors ranged from Bob Woodward and Carl Berns...
16:20 4 February 2022

Democratic primary pivots to unpredictable New Hampshire

NASHUA, N.H. — New Hampshire rarely takes its cues from Iowa. And this time, there aren't clear cues anyway.
16:17 4 February 2022

Moving faith: Mexican town’s saint feast lives in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — In Midwestern boots or bare feet in sandals, the faithful walked in procession down a snow-covered street here, keeping the rhythm of fe...
16:05 4 February 2022

US general slips into Iraq for talks to salvage relations

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — The top U.S. commander for the Middle East slipped quietly into Iraq Tuesday, as the Trump administration works to s...
16:04 4 February 2022

Nationalists in Rome cheer Brexit, honor Pope John Paul II

ROME — European and American nationalists attending a conference Tuesday in Rome cheered Brexit, warned of left-wing “totalitarianism” and waxed nosta...
15:51 4 February 2022

The Latest: France warns against all travel to China

BEIJING — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):
15:01 4 February 2022

For some high-schoolers, summer camp is for college prep

Some summer camps are for unwinding, getting outdoors, playing sports or music, or doing crafts. And then there are those that offer kids — most of th...
14:47 4 February 2022

NFL 101: What’s ahead as next century of pro football begins

MIAMI — The NFL's centennial season concluded with a championship a half-century in the making.
14:35 4 February 2022

Painting showing Hitler as Cain displayed in Berlin museum

BERLIN — A 1944 painting by German artist George Grosz that depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as the Bible's fratricidal Cain went on display at the Ge...
14:31 4 February 2022

UK boosts climate effort by banning new gas vehicles by 2035

LONDON — Britain announced Tuesday that it plans to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035 — five years earlier than its previous target — in...
14:13 4 February 2022

Baboon grooms little lion cub in South Africa’s Kruger park

JOHANNESBURG — A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is an unusual sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa's Kruger National ...
13:28 4 February 2022

World shares rise, Shanghai up 1.3%, as China boosts market

BANGKOK — Global stocks rallied Tuesday and Wall Street appeared set to open higher after China's central bank provided further support to markets to ...
13:24 4 February 2022

Indicted K-pop star Seungri may face military court

SEOUL, South Korea — A K-pop star charged with violating South Korea’s anti-prostitution law may have to join the country’s army and face trial in a m...
11:30 4 February 2022

Bloodied but determined, Lebanese protesters take stock

BEIRUT — At a Beirut hospital ward, five Lebanese protesters with bandaged eyes and faces huddled in a circle, their arms wrapped around each other, a...
10:51 4 February 2022

WADA asks sports court to open Russia case to public hearing

GENEVA — The World Anti-Doping Agency wants a rare public hearing for sport’s highest court to judge a four-year slate of punishments faced by Russia ...
10:49 4 February 2022

South African court issues arrest warrant for ex-leader Zuma

JOHANNESBURG — A judge in South Africa issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for former president Jacob Zuma for failing to appear in court on a corruption...
9:57 4 February 2022

Sony warns of China virus impact on raised forecast for year

TOKYO — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony Corp. warned Tuesday that forecasts and results were at risk because of the new virus in C...
9:51 4 February 2022

Former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi dies at 95

NAIROBI, Kenya — Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and econom...
7:22 4 February 2022

US adds ‘low yield’ nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal — a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destr...
7:00 4 February 2022

Dems lay a big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus were indefinitely delayed due ...
5:54 4 February 2022

Pompeo message in Europe, Central Asia trip: Beware of China

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — The countries Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited on a five nation-tour over the last week varied from longtime ally Britain...
5:29 4 February 2022

Trump faces accusers: What to watch during his big speech

WASHINGTON — Who's clapping now?
5:26 4 February 2022