Key dates in the Trump impeachment investigation
WASHINGTON — Key dates related to the Trump impeachment investigation:
Tactical edge will shift to GOP in Senate impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — It’s been easy for majority Democrats to keep Republicans from shifting the focus of the House impeachment hearings. Yet GOP leverage to ...
Sanders campaign replaces South Carolina state director
Bernie Sanders is replacing his state director in the critical early-voting state of South Carolina.
Data shows upswing in child exploitation cases
WASHINGTON — Government investigators who uncover child exploitation initiated more than 4,000 cases around the world in the 2019 budget year, resulti...
Bolivian interim leader says Morales can’t run in new vote
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales cannot run as a candidate in any new elections, but his political party can, the country’s in...
US chickens headed to China after Beijing lifts 5-year ban
WASHINGTON — China is lifting a five-year ban on U.S. poultry, a goodwill gesture at a time when the world’s two biggest economies are trying to final...
The Latest: Deval Patrick files for New Hampshire primary
WASHINGTON — The Latest on former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s 2020 presidential bid (all times local):
Turkey deports American IS suspect stuck at Greek border
ANKARA, Turkey — An American man suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group is being repatriated to the United States after spending three...
Brexit Party fails to clinch voting pact with Conservatives
LONDON — Britain’s Brexit Party has failed to reach a tactical voting pact with the ruling Conservatives, saying Thursday that it will field 300 candi...
Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Patrick announces Dem presidential bid
WASHINGTON — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less...
Pope taps fellow Jesuit as Vatican’s finance minister
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday appointed a fellow Jesuit to be the Vatican’s finance minister, filling a crucial position left vacant for mor...
Schools closed in New Delhi as air quality dips for 3rd day
NEW DELHI — Schools in India’s capital are shut Thursday and Friday after a thick gray haze of noxious air enveloped the city for the third consecutiv...
Cirque du Soleil founder tangled in Tahiti marijuana probe
PARIS — Authorities in French Polynesia have handed preliminary drug charges to the founder of world-renowned circus Cirque du Soleil.
The Latest: New evidence emerges in impeachment hearing
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump (all times local):
Timeline: The curious release of military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Military aid promised by the U.S. to Ukraine — and the strange circumstances under which it was held up and eventually released — is at t...
House mostly behaves during TV debut of impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON — Congress behaved itself as Americans and the world tuned in for the first time to the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump...
NJ will trap turkeys troubling Jersey Shore neighborhood
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — New Jersey has drumsticked up a plan to deal with flocks of wild turkeys that are ruffling some feathers in a Jersey Shore neighbor...
Diplomats accuse Trump as impeachment hits Americans’ TVs
WASHINGTON — For the first time, the Democrats’ case for President Donald Trump’s impeachment streamed from Americans’ TVs Wednesday, including a new ...
‘Bits and pieces:’ Americans view impeachment on their terms
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Cattle rancher Jeffery Gatzke in South Dakota was listening in as he worked on his tractor in his workshop. The first public heari...
US and Turkey have friendly talks but differences persist
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “very good friends,” but their meeting Wednesday at the Whi...
NYPD kept database of juveniles’ fingerprints, violating law
NEW YORK — Until recently, New York City police secretly kept fingerprints of children arrested as juveniles on file permanently in a department datab...
‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment
WASHINGTON — What hearings? What phone call?
Walmart Inc. sues 32 Colorado counties to shrink tax bills
DURANGO, Colo. — The parent company of Walmart has sued dozens of counties in Colorado in a bid to reduce its tax bills.
US proposes tougher rules on work permits for asylum-seekers
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has proposed making it tougher for asylum-seekers to obtain permission to work in the United States while their ...
Utility to pay $360M for major Southern California wildfires
LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $360 million to local governments to settle lawsuits over deadly wildfires sparked by its e...
Trump impeachment hearing spurs shadow spin war
WASHINGTON — The online spin began even before Wednesday’s impeachment hearing got underway.
US government says Roger Stone ‘undermined’ Russia inquiry
WASHINGTON — Republican political operative Roger Stone undermined the effectiveness of the congressional investigation into Russian interference in t...
The Latest: Islamic Jihad leader signals truce terms
JERUSALEM — The Latest on the new escalation between Israel and Gaza (all times local):
Why Ukraine matters, and not only to Trump and his rivals
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is playing a starring role in the historic U.S. impeachment hearings — and Ukrainians themselves wish the whole thing would ju...
California regulators order inquiry into power outages
SAN FRANCISCO — California regulators opened a formal investigation Wednesday into pre-emptive power outages that blacked out large parts of the state...