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‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment

WASHINGTON - What hearings? What phone call? Professing disinterest and disdain, President Donald Trump said he was "too busy" doing the people's business Wednesday to watch the impeachment hearings t...

Nov 14, 2019

Live, from DC: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public

WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the wor...

Nov 14, 2019

Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations

CANBERRA, Australia - Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia's drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes, some for ...

Nov 14, 2019

As Hong Kong descends into chaos, China mulls its options

BEIJING - A sharp escalation of violence in Hong Kong is once again raising the question of how China's central government will respond: Will it intervene, or allow the chaos to persist? The Liaison O...

Nov 14, 2019

Colombia adoptees find family decades after volcano tragedy

BOGOTA - Jenifer de la Rosa was just a week old when Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano exploded, unleashing a wall of mud that buried an entire town and left 25,000 dead. In the aftermath of the 1985...

Nov 14, 2019

Wall Street feuds with Warren, much to her apparent delight

NEW YORK - Senator Elizabeth Warren's fight with Wall Street escalated when billionaire investor Leon Cooperman called the presidential candidate's proposal to put a new tax on the nation's wealthiest...

Nov 14, 2019

Australia’s highest court will hear Cardinal Pell’s appeal

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal from the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, giving Cardinal George Pell his last c...

Nov 14, 2019

Mo’Nique sues Netflix for discrimination in show offer

LOS ANGELES - Mo'Nique sued Netflix on Thursday for race and sex discrimination in its offer for a proposed comedy special, accusing the streaming service of giving her a lowball offer that was part o...

Nov 14, 2019

Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns, in a test of the president's ability to defy investigations. The filing Thursday sets the stage...

Nov 14, 2019

Palin says she learned of divorce plans from attorney

JUNEAU, Alaska - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told a Christian broadcaster she learned her husband was seeking a divorce in an email from his attorney. The revelation came in an interview released T...

Nov 14, 2019