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Sanders' Social Security 'adjustments' undercut Biden attack
DES MOINES, Iowa - As a congressman in the 1990s, Bernie Sanders expressed an openness to making "adjustments" to the tax and benefit structure of Social Security. He also praised an overhaul of the s...
Jan 28, 2020
AP Exclusive: Feds backtrack on transfer of Epstein warden
NEW YORK - The Bureau of Prisons is holding off on transferring the warden who was in charge of the New York City jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. The agency said Tuesday it would defer the ...
Jan 28, 2020
Harvard professor charged with hiding China ties
BOSTON - A Harvard University professor has been charged with lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program and concealing payments he received from the Chinese government for research, fe...
Jan 28, 2020
Ed Belfour arrested in Kentucky hotel on mischief, alcohol charges
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Former NHL star goaltender Ed Belfour has been arrested for criminal mischief and alcohol intoxication in a public place after an incident in a hotel early Tuesday morning. Bowlin...
Jan 28, 2020
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits between Cuba and Jamaica
HAVANA - A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday. Witnesses reported strong shaking but there was no immediate word of casualties or...
Jan 28, 2020
Judge calls impaired driving case "exceptionally egregious"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A Lethbridge Provincial Court judge called the circumstances surrounding an impaired driving case just before Christmas so bad, she imposed a harsher sentence on a 63-year-old man tha...
Jan 28, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse
Former UN committee member defends stance on LNG pipeline in B.C.
VANCOUVER - A former member of an anti-racism committee at the United Nations says she stands by its statement in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs. Gay McDougall was vice-chair of th...
Jan 28, 2020
Pilot of Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog
CALABASAS, Calif. - The veteran pilot whose helicopter plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounde...
Jan 28, 2020
Pence touts school choice in liberal capital of Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. - Vice-President Mike Pence touted alternatives to a public school education during a visit Tuesday to the state where the private school voucher program began, stopping in battleground ...
Jan 28, 2020
Top San Francisco street clean-up official arrested
SAN FRANCISCO - A top San Francisco official in charge of cleaning up the city's notoriously filthy streets who has promoted portable public toilets to ease public urination has been arrested, jail re...
Jan 28, 2020