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Ex-Baltimore police commissioner released from prison
BALTIMORE – A former Baltimore police commissioner who pleaded guilty to failing to file federal…
Mixed results for Canada on opening day of world junior curling championship
KRASNOYARSK, Russia – Winnipeg’s Jacques Gauthier split his first two games at the world junior…
Poland’s populist ruling party backs president’s reelection
WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s right-wing ruling party on Saturday endorsed President Andrzej Duda’s reelection in…
2 charged in multimillion-dollar prostitution operation
DENVER – A Colorado woman and an Israeli man are charged with laundering millions of…
Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk
MUNICH – U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that a truce agreement between the…
Suit filed over Margaritaville Amusement Park construction
GULFPORT, Miss. – A contractor is threatening to stop work on Margaritaville Amusement Park in…
Iran: Trump wrong if he thinks Tehran regime will collapse
MUNICH – Iran’s foreign minister said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump is receiving bad…
Democrats gaining voter edge in California House battles
LOS ANGELES – Republicans hope to recapture seven California U.S. House seats lost in a…
Ivanka Trump in Abu Dhabi ahead of women’s conference
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, arrived…
Cambodia gets more praise for allowing cruise ship to dock
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia – The cruise ship that was allowed to dock in Cambodia after being…
Lake Havasu City to end closures of London Bridge for events
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – Lake Havasu City officials plan to end scheduled closures of…
Thousands protest state vote that shook up German politics
BERLIN – Several thousand people rallied Saturday in eastern Germany to protest the ousting of…
Political corruption trial of big N Carolina donor to start
RALEIGH, N.C. – An insurance company magnate and two associates go on trial this week…
Livestock disease found in elk in Montana’s Ruby Mountains
BOZEMAN, Mont. – State officials say the livestock disease brucellosis has been found in elk…
Houston blast prompts safety debate in city with no zoning
Houston’s lack of zoning restrictions has left many residents with neighbours they don’t want: petrochemical…
New Zealand teenager Robinson wins GS in absence of Shiffrin
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia – New Zealand teenager Alice Robinson crowned her breakthrough season in the…
Amid virus outbreak, concerns about a hockey stick shortage
Jack Eichel snapped his stick over the crossbar in frustration after an empty-net goal sealed…
WHO chief praises China’s virus fight, urges more from world
MUNICH – The head of the World Health Organization is urging governments to step up…
Canada joins other nations pressing Iran for compensation to Ukranian jetliner victims
MUNICH – Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he and his counterparts from countries that…
Questions complicate efforts to contain new virus from China
WASHINGTON – Reports one day suggest the respiratory outbreak in China might be slowing, the…
‘Perfume cloud’ helps German police sniff out drunk driver
BERLIN – He just didn’t smell right. German police say they nabbed a drunk driver…
Shift to digital census raises fear of Iowa-like breakdown
ORLANDO, Fla. – The stakes are high when a major civic exercise involves a large…
Ukraine’s president vows to end war, invites Trump to Kyiv
MUNICH – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed Saturday to end the separatist conflict in the…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’
WASHINGTON – On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, President Donald Trump told a…