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Trump says he's '100 per cent' for releasing GOP memo
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was overheard Tuesday telling a Republican lawmaker he is “100 per cent” in favour of releasing a classified memo on the Russia investigation that has s...
Jan 30, 2018
Child experts: Just say 'no' to Facebook's kids app
BOSTON - Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids. A group letter sent Tuesday to CEO Mark Zuckerberg argues that younger chi...
Jan 30, 2018
Aid groups: 8,500 Syrians still held in Jordanian no-go camp
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan - About 8,500 Syrians are still locked up behind barbed wire in a no-go section of Jordan’s second-largest refugee camp - despite initial assurances in 2016 that the a...
Jan 30, 2018
Lab-bred mosquitoes to fly near Miami to help combat Zika
MIAMI - Thousands of bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be flying near Miami to test a new way to suppress insect populations that carry Zika and other viruses. According to a statement from the Kentuc...
Jan 30, 2018
16-year-old suspended after anti-bullying video goes viral
LEBANON, Tenn. - A Tennessee high school student’s anti-bullying video has resulted in nearly 600,000 views on YouTube and a suspension for its creator. Lebanon High School student Emily Gipson ...
Jan 30, 2018
Pistons land Griffin from Clippers as LA sheds another star
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons dramatically shook their struggling roster by acquiring one of the NBA’s top players in Blake Griffin in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers. The deal...
Jan 30, 2018
Kenyan opposition leader 'sworn in' as event called treason
NAIROBI, Kenya - In a ceremony that Kenya’s government warned would be treason, opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday was sworn in as “the people’s president” during a mock...
Jan 30, 2018
Catalan parliament postpones re-election of fugitive leader
BARCELONA, Spain - Catalan separatist lawmakers who want to re-elect their fugitive ex-president suffered a setback Tuesday when the house speaker postponed a planned regional parliament meeting, sayi...
Jan 30, 2018
Venezuelans 'loot to eat' amid economic tailspin
PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela - The cab of Carlos Del Pino’s big rig gave him a nerve-rattling front-row seat to a surge in mob attacks on Venezuela’s neighbourhood markets, cattle ranches and...
Jan 30, 2018
AP WAS THERE: The Vietnam War's Tet Offensive
EDITOR’S NOTE - Early on the morning of Jan. 31, 1968, as Vietnamese celebrated the Lunar New Year, or Tet as it is known locally, Communist forces launched a wave of co-ordinated surprise attac...
Jan 30, 2018