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1,200 detained in India amid ban on citizenship law protests
NEW DELHI - Police detained more than 1,200 protesters in some of India's biggest cities Thursday after they defied bans on assembly that authorities imposed to stop widespread demonstrations against ...
Dec 21, 2019
Impeachment trial plans in disarray as Congress heads home
WASHINGTON - Congress has headed home for the holidays leaving plans and a possible timeline for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in disarray. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted ...
Dec 21, 2019
Buttigieg-Warren clash on campaign trail spills into debate
LOS ANGELES - The long-festering feud between Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg erupted Thursday night in a high-stakes debate that tested the strength of the Democratic Party's shrinking pool of pr...
Dec 21, 2019
23 dead as protests grow against India citizenship law
NEW DELHI - Nine people died Saturday during clashes between demonstrators and police in northern India, raising the nationwide death toll in protests against a new citizenship law to 23, police said....
Dec 21, 2019
Supreme Court ruling means children of Russian spies are Canadian citizens
OTTAWA - Alexander Vavilov, the Toronto-born son of Russian spies, breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the Supreme Court declared him a Canadian citizen and ended a long-running le...
Dec 21, 2019
'Intimidating:' Alberta's energy war room singles out climate campaigner
Steven Lee has spoken in hundreds of classrooms around the country about challenges for today's young people posed by everything from genetic engineering to artificial intelligence to climate cha...
Dec 21, 2019
Trump ally Meadows won't run again, may join White House
RALEIGH, N.C. - Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a top conservative ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday he won't seek reelection next year. He is expected to join the Trump ad...
Dec 21, 2019
Virginia biochemist Camille Schrier is crowned Miss America
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Organizers wanted to make it clear the 99th Miss America competition isn't your grandmother's beauty pageant, and their winner did just that on Thursday. Virginia biochemist Camill...
Dec 21, 2019
Syria says possible drone attacks hit 3 oil, gas facilities
BEIRUT - Near-simultaneous attacks believed to have been carried out by drones hit three government-run oil and gas installations in central Syria, state TV and the Oil Ministry said Saturday. No one ...
Dec 21, 2019
Assault charges against former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle dismissed
OTTAWA - A judge on Thursday dismissed all charges against former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle, who had been accused of assaulting his wife Caitlan Coleman. It took Ontario Court Ju...
Dec 21, 2019