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China greets Lunar New Year with celebrations, travel rush
BEIJING - China is greeting next week's Lunar New Year with celebrations and a travel rush that will see an estimated 3 billion trips by people around the country. Thousands of passengers toted bundle...
Feb 01, 2019
Heaven Can Wait: Back in LA, Rams go for a Hollywood sequel
ATLANTA - Before there was Jared Goff, there was Warren Beatty. Years before Goff or any of today's Rams were born, Beatty had been carried off on his teammates' shoulders to celebrate a Rams title th...
Feb 01, 2019
EU leaders say No, non and nein to Brexit deal changes
BRUSSELS - Leaders across the European Union offered a united chorus of "No" on Wednesday to Britain's belated bid to negotiate changes to the Brexit divorce deal so Prime Minister Theresa May can win...
Feb 01, 2019
For US-China trade talks, hopes are high, expectations low
WASHINGTON - U.S. and Chinese negotiators are holding high-level talks aimed at settling a six-month trade war that has weakened both sides, shaken financial markets and clouded the outlook for the gl...
Feb 01, 2019
Dems make opening offer, with no money for Trump's wall
WASHINGTON - Democrats in the House offered a border security plan on Wednesday that would not provide a penny for Donald Trump's border wall, ignoring - for now - an early-morning warning from the pr...
Feb 01, 2019
Prosecutor: El Chapo feared prosecution on US soil
NEW YORK - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was portrayed Wednesday in closing arguments at his U.S. trial as a ruthless Mexican drug lord who also became skilled at evading capture and escaping prison becau...
Feb 01, 2019
Polar blast envelops Midwest, strains aging infrastructure
CHICAGO - A blast of polar air enveloped much of the Midwest on Wednesday, cracking train rails, breaking water pipes and straining electrical systems with some of the lowest temperatures in a generat...
Feb 01, 2019
Trump, Pelosi remain far apart on the border wall issue
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has declared that there'll be no "wall money" in any compromise border security deal as she and President Donald Trump signalled that congressional negotiators ...
Feb 01, 2019
US poised to announce withdrawal from nuclear arms treaty
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is poised to announce Friday that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some ...
Feb 01, 2019
French police tactics at yellow vest protests under fire
PARIS - Is France cracking down too hard on yellow vest protesters? A top European human rights official thinks so, joining other critics decrying the police use of high-velocity rubber projectiles an...
Feb 01, 2019