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China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak

BEIJING - China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass more than 20.5 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, even though the mea...

Jan 23, 2020

Derek Jeter, Larry Walker elected to baseball Hall of Fame

NEW YORK - Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball's highest honour on Tuesday. The longtime New York Yankees captain ap...

Jan 23, 2020

Documents: Extremist group wanted rally to start civil war

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors...

Jan 23, 2020

Washington man is 1st in US to catch new virus from China

SEATTLE - The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicente...

Jan 23, 2020

Police: Mother says she killed 3 kids found in Phoenix home

PHOENIX - A Phoenix woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family's home after firefighters got a call about a drowning, authorities said Tu...

Jan 23, 2020

Weinstein rape trial opens, marking milestone for #MeToo

NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein went on trial Wednesday in a landmark moment for the # MeToo movement, with prosecutors painting him as a sexual predator who used his Hollywood clout to abuse women for de...

Jan 23, 2020

At 90, Alaska Native woman is 1st counted in US Census

TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska - Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing ...

Jan 23, 2020

Wild shootout in downtown Seattle leaves 1 dead, 7 injured

SEATTLE - Three people including a 9-year-old boy remained hospitalized Thursday morning, after police say several people opened fire in the busiest part of downtown Seattle during the Wednesday eveni...

Jan 23, 2020

UK Brexit bill becomes law after receiving royal assent

LONDON - Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill has become law, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. House of Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel...

Jan 23, 2020

Trump lauds US economy in Davos, says little on climate woes

DAVOS, Switzerland - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's led a "spectacular" turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had less to say about climate change...

Jan 23, 2020