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AP FACT CHECK: Trump plays down white nationalist threat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump appears to be oblivious to the threat of white nationalism. Following a deadly mosque shooting in New Zealand, he said white supremacy isn’t a rising danger. ...
Mar 18, 2019
Coach Bruneau weighs in on key moment of Andreescu victory at Indian Wells
Bianca Andreescu wasn’t lacking for determination in her stunning upset of Angelique Kerber in the final of the BNP Paribas Open. The Canadian teenager essentially let out a battle cry midway th...
Mar 18, 2019
La Scala returns $3.4 million to Saudi Arabia in debacle
MILAN - Italy’s famed La Scala opera house will immediately return 3 million euros ($3.4 million) sent to an escrow account by Saudi Arabia in what Milan’s mayor on Monday termed a badly h...
Mar 18, 2019
NZ leader vows to 'absolutely deny' mosque gunman a platform
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The white supremacist accused of gunning down 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand has dismissed his lawyer and opted to represent himself at trial, prompting the prime ...
Mar 18, 2019
Trump says media trying to blame him for NZ massacre
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he is unfairly being blamed for the New Zealand mosque massacre. Trump tweeted Monday that the media “is working overtime to blame me for the horrible at...
Mar 18, 2019
R. Kelly case spotlights abuse of girls in the era of #MeToo
NEW YORK - The girls, a dozen of them 15 to 18 years old, file into a conference room in a downtown Brooklyn office building, taking seats in chairs carefully arranged in a circle. On the floor in fro...
Mar 18, 2019
Japan to make crater on asteroid to get underground samples
TOKYO - Japan’s space agency said Monday that its Hayabusa2 spacecraft will follow up last month’s touchdown on a distant asteroid with another risky mission - dropping an explosive on the...
Mar 18, 2019
Former PM apologizes for referring to Ontario politician as a 'little girl'
TORONTO - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney apologized Monday for using the term “little girl” to refer to an Ontario politician who left the Progressive Conservative caucus over cuts t...
Mar 18, 2019
Library opens archive dedicated to rocker Lou Reed
NEW YORK - The New York Public Library has opened an archive dedicated to pioneering alternative rock musician Lou Reed. The library acquired the archive after performance artist and musician Laurie A...
Mar 18, 2019
MLB's Leroy Stanton, traded with Nolan Ryan, dies in crash
FLORENCE, S.C. - A South Carolina man killed in a car crash last week has been identified as a former Major League Baseball player who was a member of the Seattle Mariners during its inaugural season....
Mar 18, 2019