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Hong Kong protesters set fires, then retreat before arrest
HONG KONG - Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the street on Saturday, while police fired tear gas and blue-colored water from truck-mounted canno...
Aug 31, 2019
Hong Kong democracy activists get bail, protest march banned
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while auth...
Aug 30, 2019 Pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, right, and Agnes Chow speak to media outside a district court in Hong Kong, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019. Wong and Chow were granted bail Friday after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities denied permission for a major march in what appears to be a harder line on this summer's protests. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Florida preps for an ‘absolute monster’: Hurricane Dorian
MIAMI (AP) - Unsure where Hurricane Dorian is going to land next week, many Florida residents faced a sense of helplessness as they prepared for what President Donald Trump said could be an "absolute ...
Aug 30, 2019 A shopper stands with a dolly of plywood at The Home Depot ahead of Hurricane Dorian on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Watchdog: Comey violated FBI policies in handling of memos
WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director James Comey violated FBI policies in his handling of memos documenting private conversations with President Donald Trump, the Justice Department's inspector general sa...
Aug 29, 2019
Wrong-way driver gets 30 years to life for killing 5 teens
BURLINGTON, Vt. - A driver convicted of killing five teenagers in a wrong-way crash nearly three years ago in Vermont was sentenced Monday to 30 years to life in prison. Steven Bourgoin was convicted ...
Aug 27, 2019
World shares tumble as US-China trade war renews uncertainty
TOKYO - Shares mostly fell Monday after the latest escalation in the U.S.-China trade war renewed uncertainties about global economies, as well as questions over what President Donald Trump might say ...
Aug 26, 2019
Trump vows response as China plans tariffs on $75B US goods
BEIJING - President Donald Trump on Friday called on U.S. companies with operations in China to consider an alternative place to do business after Beijing announced a series of retaliatory tariffs Fri...
Aug 23, 2019
Billionaire David Koch, conservative donor, dies at age 79
WASHINGTON - David H. Koch, executive vice-president of Koch Industries Inc. and a long-time philanthropist, has died at age 79. His older brother, Charles, announced the death on Friday, saying, "It ...
Aug 23, 2019 (The Associated Press)
S. Korea cancels Japan intelligence deal amid trade dispute
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea will stop exchanging classified intelligence on North Korea with Japan amid a bitter trade dispute, an official said Thursday, a surprise announcement that is l...
Aug 22, 2019 (The Associated Press)
Greenland fallout: Trump’s cancelled trip blindsides Denmark
COPENHAGEN - Escalating an international spat , President Donald Trump said Wednesday he scrapped his trip to Denmark because the prime minister made a "nasty" statement when she rejected his idea to ...
Aug 21, 2019
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