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Erdogan urges international pressure on Libya's Hifter
ISTANBUL - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged international pressure to force the head of Libya's eastern-based forces to abide by a tentative truce and said Turkey was determined ...
Jan 26, 2020
Now on Trump's team, Dershowitz says, 'I haven't changed'
WASHINGTON - Alan Dershowitz was in line at Mar-a-Lago's lavish Christmas Eve buffet last month when President Donald Trump stopped to chat. The retired Harvard law professor had already been asked by...
Jan 26, 2020
Trump, a late convert to cause, attends anti-abortion rally
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump vowed to stand with anti-abortion activists Friday as he became the first sitting president to speak at the March for Life, an annual gathering that is one of the m...
Jan 26, 2020
Trump vs. Bloomberg: Fortunes collide in pricey knife fight
NEW YORK - They are circling each other like wary boxers, with taunts on Twitter, snarky asides and belittling descriptions. They rose to prominence in Manhattan on parallel tracks, amassed wealth rea...
Jan 25, 2020
Philippine leader threatens to end US pact over ally's visa
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine president has renewed a threat to terminate an accord that allows American forces to train in the country unless Washington restored a visa of a political ally lin...
Jan 25, 2020
Schiff sets tone of impeachment case, says 'right matters'
WASHINGTON - For a few gripping minutes, Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment prosecutor against President Donald Trump, had made the restless Senate snap to attention. Voice cracking as he spoke, S...
Jan 25, 2020
Bloodied but unbowed, Kyrgios sets Nadal clash in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia - Nick Kyrgios put aside a bloody hand, a hamstring issue, a tiff with the chair umpire and a resilient opponent who saved a pair of match points. When the Australian Open third-r...
Jan 25, 2020
NFL player Antonio Brown released on bail by Florida judge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - NFL free agent Antonio Brown was released on bail Friday after a night in a Florida jail, where he turned himself in to face charges that he and his trainer attacked the driver...
Jan 25, 2020
NFL player Antonio Brown released on bail by Florida judge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - NFL free agent Antonio Brown was released on bail Friday after a night in a Florida jail, where he turned himself in to face charges that he and his trainer attacked the driver...
Jan 25, 2020
Youth served: Gauff wins, Serena loses at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Perhaps Serena Williams, now 38, will win a 24th Grand Slam title someday. And maybe Coco Gauff, still just 15, never will earn her first major championship. Sure felt, though, ...
Jan 25, 2020