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Prosecutors clear Utah police officer in deadly shooting

Published:Thursday | February 28, 2019 | 12:00 AM

FARMINGTON (AP): Prosecutors have cleared a Utah police officer in the deadly shooting of a man who, authorities say, refused to surrender weapons and fired shots. The Standard-Examiner reports Wednesday that Davis County prosecutors declined to...

Trump, Kim go one-on-one

Published:Thursday | February 28, 2019 | 12:13 AM

HANOI (AP): Only four other ears on the planet heard what President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said to each other Wednesday during a one-on-one chat that began their second nuclear summit. The two leaders’ interpreters were...

EU urges restraint for India, Pakistan

Published:Wednesday | February 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Latest on escalating India-Pakistan tensions (all times local): 8:15 p.m. The European Union is urging India and Pakistan to "exercise utmost restraint" as tensions mount between the two nuclear powers around...

Workers dig by hand to free dozens in Indonesia mine rubble

Published:Wednesday | February 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

BOLAANG MONGONDOW, Indonesia (AP) — A gruelling search and rescue effort has saved 19 people from the debris of a collapsed illegal gold mine in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province but officials today said several dozen remain...

Egypt railcar crash, fire at central Cairo station kills 25

Published:Wednesday | February 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP) — A locomotive crashed into a barrier at the Egyptian capital's main train station today, causing its fuel tank to explode and triggering a huge fire, killing at least 25 people, officials said. Railway officials said the...

Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting two choirboys

Published:Wednesday | February 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

MELBOURNE (AP): The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy’s credibility after a year of global...

India strikes after Kashmir attack

Published:Wednesday | February 27, 2019 | 12:00 AM

BALAKOT (AP): A predawn air strike inside Pakistan that India said targeted a terrorist training camp and killed a “very large number” of militants ratcheted up tensions yesterday between the two nuclear-armed rivals at odds over the disputed...

Brexit: British Parliament to decide between no deal and delay

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain's bumpy journey out of the European Union took a major turn today, as Prime Minister Theresa May handed the steering wheel to Parliament, giving lawmakers the power to slam on the brakes and divert Britain away from...

US appeal court clears AT&T’s $81 billion merger with Time Warner

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:23 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner, rejecting the Trump administration’s claims that the $81 billion deal will harm consumers and reduce competition in the pay TV market...

R. Kelly leaves jail after posting $100K in sex abuse case

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:11 PM

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail Monday after posting $100,000 bail that allows him to go free while awaiting trial on charges that he sexually abused four people dating back to 1998, including three underage girls. Hours...

Trump, Kim in Hanoi for second round of nuclear talks

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 9:49 AM

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — After long journeys to Vietnam, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are in place for their second summit Wednesday to address perhaps the world’s biggest security challenge: Kim’s...

Australian cardinal convicted of molesting choirboys

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 9:47 AM

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholic hierarchy’s credibility after...

Emergency decree will impact peace in Darfur - UN

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN assistant secretary-general for Africa says Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s declaration of a countrywide state of emergency and replacement of all governors will affect peace efforts in Darfur — but it’s too soon to...

President sells bulletproof cars

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador says his administration has auctioned off most of the bulletproof and luxury vehicles used by past presidents. Lopez Obrador has eschewed the traditional trappings of power since...

‘Maximum-level’ security

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) : With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on an armoured train barrelling through China towards Vietnam’s capital, and US President Donald Trump en route to Hanoi, Vietnamese officials scrambled yesterday to finish preparations for...

Harris opposes military action to get aid into Venezuela

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP): Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she doesn’t “condone military action at this point” to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Venezuela. Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro has blocked such aid at the border...

US sending Central American migrant minors back home

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): The head of Mexico’s immigration agency says that the country has received 112 Central American migrants from the United States — and they includes 25 minors, marking a policy reversal. National Immigration Institute Commissioner...

Trial of Nazi guard unlikely to be restarted

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP): A German court says it’s unlikely the trial of a former Nazi concentration camp guard that collapsed in December over concerns about the defendant’s health will resume, after a doctor found the 95-year-old still unfit to face the court...

More people leave last IS holdout

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:06 AM

OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ (AP): Evacuations from the last pocket of territory held by the Islamic State (IS) group in eastern Syria have continued amid a stand-off between the militants and the US-backed forces besieging them. More than 40 trucks carrying...

Pence travels to discuss how to oust Maduro

Published:Tuesday | February 26, 2019 | 12:06 AM

BOGOTA (AP): The United States is planning new ways to pressure Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to give up power and to provide assistance to the people of the economically devastated South American nation. Vice-President Mike Pence arrived in...

UK’s main opposition takes step to backing new Brexit vote

Published:Monday | February 25, 2019 | 2:52 PM

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Britain’s main opposition party took a big step Monday toward backing a second Brexit referendum amid rising concerns the country could crash out of the European Union next month without a deal. The EU also...

R Kelly pleads not guilty to sexual abuse charges

Published:Monday | February 25, 2019 | 11:08 AM

CHICAGO (AP) — R&B star R. Kelly’s attorney has entered a not guilty plea on his client’s behalf to multiple charges of criminal sexual abuse. Kelly appeared in a Chicago courtroom Monday for his arraignment with defense...

EU top official calls for Theresa May to delay Brexit

Published:Monday | February 25, 2019 | 10:02 AM

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — After nearly two years of bitter and divisive talks on the departure of Britain from the European Union, it has come to this — the sides cannot even agree on a divorce date anymore. European Union leader...

Pope vows to end abuse cover-ups but victims disappointed

Published:Sunday | February 24, 2019 | 12:00 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis closed out his extraordinary summit on preventing clergy sex abuse by vowing today to confront abusers with "the wrath of God" felt by the faithful, end the cover-ups by their superiors and...

May delays Brexit vote, risking further Cabinet discord

Published:Sunday | February 24, 2019 | 12:00 AM

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May today delayed a vote on her Brexit deal in the Parliament, saying it should take place by March 12, a little more than two weeks before the U.K. is due to leave the European...

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