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Israeli strikes kill 2 Gaza militants; death toll now at 12

JERUSALEM - Gaza officials say new Israel airstrikes have killed two militants, raising the death toll to 12 since the latest escalation erupted. The Islamic Jihad says two of its fighters were target...

Nov 13, 2019

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops

BOSTON - A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travellers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourt...

Nov 12, 2019

USC campus left shaken by 9 student deaths since August

LOS ANGELES - The first death occurred in late August, two days before classes began, when an incoming freshman was struck by a car while walking on a freeway near the University of Southern Californi...

Nov 12, 2019

Trump to face limits of his power in impeachment hearings

NEW YORK - For three years, Donald Trump has unapologetically defied the conventions of the American presidency. On Wednesday, he comes face to face with the limits of his power, confronting an impeac...

Nov 12, 2019

Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire

HONG KONG - Following a day of violence in which one person was shot by police and another set on fire, Hong Kong's leader pledged Monday to "spare no effort" to halt anti-government protests that hav...

Nov 12, 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 12, 2019

Tensions rise as Bolivia opposition leader claims presidency

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia's capital Tuesday evening when an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the country's interim president after Evo Morales fled ...

Nov 12, 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 deploy its armed forces, or allow the chaos and destruc...

Nov 12, 2019

Teen climate activist is leaving US, setting sail for Spain

HAMPTON, Va. - Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will leave North America and begin her return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday aboard a 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran sailboat whose pas...

Nov 12, 2019

Spanish king, Cuban president meet in Havana

HAVANA - Spanish King Felipe VI and Cuban President Miguel Daz-Canel met Tuesday at the start of the first modern state visit to Cuba by a member of the royal family that once ruled the Caribbean isla...

Nov 12, 2019