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AP source: McConnell says he can't yet block new witnesses
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told senators privately Tuesday he does not yet have the votes to block new witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. McConnell conve...
Jan 30, 2020
Estranged husband accused of killing Jennifer Dulos dies
HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut man charged with murdering his missing wife amid a contentious divorce case has died following an apparent suicide attempt, his lawyer said Thursday. Fotis Dulos, 52, h...
Jan 30, 2020
Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The 195 Americans evacuated from the Chinese city at the centre of the new virus outbreak are undergoing three days of testing and monitoring at a California military base to ensur...
Jan 30, 2020
Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal
NEW YORK - The Colorado baker whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a gay couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling and made him a conservative hero now has a book deal. Jack Phillips' memoir...
Jan 30, 2020
Grand Canyon visit inspired Kobe Bryant's pilot to fly
LOS ANGELES - Ara Zobayan's passion for helicopters began as a passenger, a tourist floating over the vast Grand Canyon. The freedom the man who would become Kobe Bryant's pilot felt was transformatio...
Jan 30, 2020
Officials concerned rumours spreading after Canada's third case of coronavirus
VANCOUVER - A third case of a new coronavirus that's behind deaths in China has been confirmed in Canada by health officials in British Columbia, who say a man in his 40s ...
Jan 30, 2020
Family of man shot dead by police wants Quebec to pay for lawyer at inquest
MONTREAL - The family of a man shot dead by police officers at an east-end Montreal apartment in 2017 is asking the Quebec government to pay for a lawyer to represent them at an upcoming coroner'...
Jan 30, 2020
UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China
BEIJING - The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of c...
Jan 30, 2020 (File photo/Associated Press)
Vince Carter, who turned 43 on the day Kobe died, says playing after was cathartic
TORONTO - The Atlanta Hawks gathered around Vince Carter after Tuesday morning's shootaround at Scotiabank Arena and sang "Happy Birthday" to the NBA's oldest player. Carter had actuall...
Jan 30, 2020
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties, payments
BOSTON - A Harvard University professor was charged Tuesday with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research....
Jan 30, 2020