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Democrats seek to keep focus on corruption, not impeachment
CHICAGO - Democrats aren’t ready to embrace the I-word. A day after separate legal hammers dropped nearly simultaneously on two former members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, Dem...
Aug 23, 2018
Year after Harvey, poor having toughest time recovering
HOUSTON - Shirley Paley’s life before Hurricane Harvey was already a struggle: The 61-year-old former postal worker was raising her 17-year-old autistic grandson while dealing with a workplace i...
Aug 23, 2018
Harvey's deluge killed dozens and caused billions in damage
HOUSTON - Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas last August as a powerful Category 4 storm, killing dozens of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. Though its fiercest winds quickly dissipat...
Aug 23, 2018
Islamic State releases new audio, purportedly of its leader
BEIRUT - The Islamic State group has released a new audio message, purportedly of its shadowy leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the first such recording to emerge in almost a year. In the audio, the speake...
Aug 23, 2018
'Move, move, move': Racing to save a Rohingya boy in peril
UKHIYA, Bangladesh - The little boy emerges into view amid a chorus of panicked shouts and the thunder of feet from the horde sweeping past us. He is slumped over the shoulder of a man, his skinny arm...
Aug 23, 2018
UK govt says 'no-deal' Brexit would mean red tape, expense
LONDON - Businesses could face red tape at the border, customers could see higher credit card fees, patients could endure delays to medical treatment and there could even be a sperm shortage if Britai...
Aug 23, 2018
AP Explains: A look at where the UK is in terms of Brexit
LONDON - The British government has published a series of documents laying out its plans for what it will do in the event it fails to secure a deal on its future relationship with the European Union f...
Aug 23, 2018
Australian prime minister says he could quit Parliament soon
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s beleaguered prime minister was resisting pressure to quit as opponents from within his party struggled on Thursday to show that he had lost the government’...
Aug 23, 2018
As electricity fails, desperate Venezuelans buy spoiled meat
MARACAIBO, Venezuela - In a city once called the Saudi Arabia of Venezuela for its vast oil wealth, residents of Maracaibo now line up to buy spoiled meat as refrigerators fail amid nine months of rol...
Aug 23, 2018
North Korea speeds construction spree ahead of anniversary
SAMJIYON, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Thousands of North Korean “soldier-builders” in olive green uniforms and bright red hardhats are doing everything from digging ditc...
Aug 23, 2018