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Trump Foundation reaches deal to shutdown amid lawsuit

Published:Tuesday | December 18, 2018 | 4:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s charitable foundation reached a deal Tuesday to go out of business, even as Trump continues to fight allegations he misused its assets to resolve business disputes and boost his run for the White...

Missouri deer poacher ordered to repeatedly watch ‘Bambi’

Published:Tuesday | December 18, 2018 | 12:08 PM

OZARKS, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri poacher has been ordered to repeatedly watch the movie 'Bambi' as part of his sentence in a scheme to illegally kill hundreds of deer. David Berry Jr. was ordered to watch the Disney classic at least...

Credibility of the Catholic Church at risk over sex abuse, say Vatican committee

Published:Tuesday | December 18, 2018 | 11:31 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Organisers of an upcoming Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention are warning that the credibility of the Catholic Church is in jeopardy over the abuse scandal and are urging participants to meet with victims personally...

Deported immigrants get their last flight on 'ICE Air'

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

HOUSTON (AP):Shackled at their ankles and wrists and their shoelaces removed, a long line of men and women waited on the tarmac as a team of officers patted them down and checked inside their mouths for anything hidden.Then one by one, they climbed...

White House digs in on border wall demand, risking shutdown

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide US$5 billion to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, despite lawmaker resistance from both parties.Without a resolution...

Hospital fire kills six, injures 129

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW DELHI (AP):At least six people died and 129 others were injured in a fire that broke out Monday in a hospital in Mumbai, India's financial and entertainment capital, police said.The fire in the five-storey government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital in...

Postponed Brexit vote to be held next month

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that the postponed vote in Parliament on Britain's Brexit agreement with the European Union (EU) will be held the week of January 14 - more than a month after it was originally scheduled and just 10...

Theresa May says postponed Brexit vote to be held in January

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 2:50 PM

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that the postponed vote in Parliament on Britain’s Brexit agreement with the European Union will be held the week of January 14 — more than a month after it was originally...

Child abuse climbs after Friday report cards, Florida study says

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 2:31 PM

Child abuse increases the day after school report cards are released — but only when kids get their grades on a Friday, a study in Florida suggests. The curious finding startled researchers, who had figured abuse might go up regardless of the...

‘Justice’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year

Published:Monday | December 17, 2018 | 8:55 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Racial justice. Obstruction of justice. Social justice. The Justice Department. Merriam-Webster has chosen “justice” as its 2018 word of the year, driven by the churning news cycle over months and months. The word...

Catalan separatists on hunger strike speak out

Published:Sunday | December 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

SANT JOAN DE VILATORRADA (AP) :Separatist politicians from Spain's Catalonia region who are entering the third week of a prison hunger strike say their upcoming rebellion trial will give them a platform to peacefully promote the cause of Catalan...

White House digs in on border wall demand, risking shutdown

Published:Sunday | December 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House today pushed the federal government closer to the brink of a partial shutdown later this week, digging in on its demand for $5 billion to build a border wall as congressional Democrats stood firm against it...

Yellow vest protesters still block French traffic circles

Published:Sunday | December 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP) — Yellow vest protesters occupied dozens of traffic roundabouts across France today even as their movement for economic justice appeared to be losing momentum on the fifth straight weekend of protests. The road blockades remained...

UK ministers seek to downplay chance of second Brexit vote

Published:Sunday | December 16, 2018 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP) — Supporters of British Prime Minister Theresa May dampened suggestions today that the government is planning a second referendum on whether to leave the European Union, arguing that another Brexit vote would exacerbate divisions...

Another departure from President Trump's Cabinet

Published:Saturday | December 15, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will leave the administration at year's end, President Donald Trump said yesterday.Trump, in...

Dutch court upholds maximum sentence for cyberbully

Published:Friday | December 14, 2018 | 2:35 PM

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch appeals court on Friday upheld a prison sentence of nearly 11 years for a man convicted of cyberbullying dozens of young women and gay men around the world. Amsterdam Appeals Court confirmed the maximum...

Michael Cohen claims Trump knew about hush money payments

Published:Friday | December 14, 2018 | 10:13 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shaken and facing a prison term, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer said Friday that Trump directed him to buy the silence of two women during the 2016 campaign because he was concerned about how their...

Baby recovers from Ebola in Congo outbreak

Published:Friday | December 14, 2018 | 9:40 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — They call her the 'young miracle.'  A baby who was admitted to an Ebola treatment centre just six days after birth is now recovered from the virus. Congo’s health ministry calls the baby the youngest...

Hemp set to become legal nationwide in US

Published:Thursday | December 13, 2018 | 3:29 PM

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves. A provision of the farm bill that received final approval in Congress on Wednesday removes hemp from the...

Turkey train crash leaves nine dead, dozens injured

Published:Thursday | December 13, 2018 | 9:38 AM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities have detained three state railway agency employees suspected of negligence over a deadly train crash in the capital Ankara. Anadolu Agency says the three were detained...

Polish PM survives confidence vote

Published:Wednesday | December 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WARSAW (AP):Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's conservative government easily survived a confidence vote in parliament yesterday that the leader had unexpectedly asked for earlier in the day.Morawiecki, with the ruling Law and Justice party...

Trump's former lawyer gets three-year prison sentence

Published:Wednesday | December 12, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for allowing what he said was his "blind loyalty" to Trump to lead him astray. "I felt it was my duty to...

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen gets 3 years in prison

Published:Wednesday | December 12, 2018 | 4:13 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after telling a federal judge that his “blind loyalty” to his boss led him to...

Ex-judges call for end to immigration arrests at courthouses

Published:Wednesday | December 12, 2018 | 9:45 AM

BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally, saying immigrants should be free to visit...

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen faces possible jail sentence

Published:Wednesday | December 12, 2018 | 9:41 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, a lawyer who made his career protecting President Donald Trump, is set to learn Wednesday whether his decision to cooperate with federal investigators will lessen his punishment for crimes including making...

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