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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's exaggerations about the Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is taking his interpretation of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation well beyond the facts. He says he's been fully exonerated based on a four-page...
Apr 01, 2019
Harris eyes reform as candidate, was cautious as prosecutor
WASHINGTON - When Kamala Harris made her much-heralded arrival in Washington as California's first black U.S. senator, she made a curious early decision. Within months of her swearing-in, she sponsore...
Apr 01, 2019
Biden says he never meant to make women feel uncomfortable
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden on Sunday defended his interactions with women, saying he doesn't believe he's ever acted inappropriately. But a Nevada politician's assertion that Biden's...
Apr 01, 2019
UK Parliament gets new chance to offer options on Brexit
LONDON - Britain's Parliament gets another chance Monday to offer a way forward on Britain's stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to ...
Apr 01, 2019
Hamas tightens grip on Gaza, fails to break Israel blockade
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - Over the weekend, Gaza's Hamas rulers marked a year of bloody, weekly protests that have failed to break the Israeli blockade. Rocket attacks brought a wave of Israeli ai...
Apr 01, 2019
Venezuela's Maduro announces power rationing amid outages
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday announced a 30-day plan to ration electricity following nationwide power cuts that have inflicted misery on millions of people and ig...
Apr 01, 2019
TSA's social media highlight weird stuff in travellers' bags
WASHINGTON - David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: a glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a gre...
Apr 01, 2019
Stones postpone tour as Jagger receives medical treatment
NEW YORK - The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment. The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors "he cannot go on tour at this t...
Apr 01, 2019
Queen-inspired rock musical to tour North America
LOS ANGELES - A musical inspired by Queen's music is preparing for a North America tour following the popularity of the Academy Award-winning movie, "Bohemian Rhapsody." Producers announced Monday "We...
Apr 01, 2019
Ukrainian comedian sure of victory in presidential runoff
KIEV, Ukraine - Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that's no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen that working for him. In a striking example of fiction morphing i...
Apr 01, 2019