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Senate rejects witnesses in Trump trial, ensuring acquittal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate rejected the idea of summoning witnesses for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial late Friday, all but ensuring his acquittal. But senators considered pushing off fi...
Jan 31, 2020 In this image from video, Senators cast their vote on the motion to allow additional witnesses and evidence to be allowed in the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 31, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)
US advises no travel to China, where virus deaths top 200
BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period repo...
Jan 31, 2020 Travellers wear facemasks as a screen shows a video about the proper way to wear a mask at the Beijing Railway Station on Jan. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump trial could end soon; Alexander says no to witnesses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will oppose calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, all but dashing Democratic efforts to hear more testimo...
Jan 31, 2020 Sen. Lamar Alexander. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)
UN agency declares global emergency over virus from China
BEIJING - The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of c...
Jan 30, 2020
Vanessa Bryant statement: ‘We are completely devastated’
Vanessa Bryant made her first public comment Wednesday since the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven others, taking to Instagram to thank people for ...
Jan 30, 2020 FILE - This Feb. 26, 2018 file photo shows Vanessa Bryant, from left, Kobe Bryant, Natalia Bryant and Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant at the world premiere of "A Wrinkle in Time" in Los Angeles. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. He was 41. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
China counts 170 virus deaths, new countries find infections
BEIJING (AP) - China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home...
Jan 30, 2020 Residents scuffle with police officers during a rally to protest the government's decision to quarantine South Koreans returning from Wuhan in their home town in Jincheon, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. (Lim Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP)
Trump’s defense shifts to not ‘impeachable’ even if true
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a striking shift from President Donald Trump's claim of "perfect" dealings with Ukraine, his defense asserted at his Senate trial that a trade of U.S. military aid for political f...
Jan 30, 2020 In this image from video, Alan Dershowitz, an attorney for President Donald Trump, answers a question during the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)
Trump: New trade deal with Canada, Mexico to boost US growth
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico that he said replaces the "nightmare" of a Clinton-era agreement and ...
Jan 29, 2020 President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the White House to sign a new North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico on Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
‘Like I’m trapped’: Africans in China lockdown see no escape
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two other shoppers, and fear sank in. "...
Jan 28, 2020 This Jan. 27, 2020, photo, provided by Dr. Khamis Hassan Bakari of Tanzania, shows him posing for a photo in Wuhan, China. Bakari is among more than 4,000 African students in the Chinese city of 11 million people, and has been sending updates on social media about the outbreak of a new virus to the more than 400 other Tanzanian students in Wuhan, as China’s astonishing lockdown of more than 30 million people continues. (Khamis Hassan Bakari via AP)
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
OSWIECIM, Poland - Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp recalled their suffering as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning to the place where they lost entire families...
Jan 27, 2020
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