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In a first, Congress overrides Trump veto of defence bill

WASHINGTON - Congress has overridden President Donald Trump's veto of a defence policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. In an extraordinary New Year's Day session...

Jan 1, 2021

Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split

LONDON - A steady trickle of trucks rolled off ferries and trains on either side of the English Channel on Friday, a quiet New Year's Day after a seismic overnight shift in relations between the Europ...

Jan 1, 2021

Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest

NAIROBI, Kenya - A new report says Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly unrest in June and July after the killing of a popular singer. More than 30...

Jan 1, 2021

Officials: Evidence of UK virus strain found in Florida man

MIAMI - Florida health authorities late Thursday reported finding evidence of the latest U.S. case of the new and apparently more contagious coronavirus strain first seen in England, saying it was det...

Dec 31, 2020

North Korea's Kim thanks people in rare New Year's cards

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un thanked the public for their trust and support "in the difficult times" and wished them happiness and good health in his first New Year's Da...

Dec 31, 2020

Japan's emperor acknowledges virus hardship in video message

TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Naruhito expressed gratitude to medical professionals and acknowledged the hardship caused by the coronavirus in a New Year's Day message shared by video instead of the usual p...

Dec 31, 2020

Minneapolis police release officer video in fatal shooting

MINNEAPOLIS - Police in Minneapolis on Thursday released body-camera video from a traffic stop one night earlier that ended with a man shot dead, an extraordinarily quick move aimed at stemming public...

Dec 31, 2020

California hospitals at 'brink of catastrophe'; 25,000 dead

LOS ANGELES - California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, reporting the grim milestone Thursday as an ongoing surge swamps hospitals and pushes nurses and doctors t...

Dec 31, 2020

Last of singing McGuire Sisters dies in Vegas; Phyllis, 89

LAS VEGAS - Phyllis McGuire, the last surviving member of the three singing McGuire Sisters who topped the charts with several hits in the 1950s, has died. She was 89. The lead singer and younger sist...

Dec 31, 2020

Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year

New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. Bu...

Dec 31, 2020