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Downtown Tokyo's homeless fear removal ahead of Olympics
TOKYO - Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo's Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where "salarymen" rushing home and co...
Jan 22, 2020

Iran uses violence, politics to try to push US out of Iraq
BEIRUT - Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighbouring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to th...
Jan 22, 2020

Judge hints he may rule for migrants in Border Patrol suit
TUCSON, Ariz. - A judge indicated Wednesday he may side with migrants in a lawsuit that alleges extreme overcrowding and inhumane conditions at some of the Border Patrol's facilities in Arizona. U.S. ...
Jan 22, 2020

AP-NORC poll: Public doubts Senate trial will be revealing
WASHINGTON - Americans are sharply divided along party lines about whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, and they doubt the Senate impeachment trial will do anything to change ...
Jan 22, 2020

Trump's rollback of US water protections nears completion
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration was expected to announce completion as soon as Thursday of one of its most momentous environmental rollbacks, removing federal protections for millions of miles o...
Jan 22, 2020

Trial highlights: Democrats roll out case as senators fidget
WASHINGTON - House prosecutors faced fidgeting senators as they rolled out their case against President Donald Trump on Wednesday, the trial's previous session having lasted a fatigue-inducing 13 hour...
Jan 22, 2020

Democrats not alone in soliciting votes in Iowa; GOP is, too
WASHINGTON - With all eyes on Democrats as they prepare to cast their ballots in Iowa's highly anticipated kickoff caucuses, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is working to try to persuade ...
Jan 22, 2020

Downtown Tokyo's homeless fear removal ahead of Olympics
TOKYO - Shelters made of cardboard start popping up in the basement of Tokyo's Shinjuku train station right before the shutters come down at 11 p.m., in corridors where "salarymen" rushing home and co...
Jan 22, 2020

'Birth tourism' faces new restrictions from State Department
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is coming out with new visa restrictions aimed at restricting "birth tourism," in which women travel to the U.S. to give birth so their children can have a covete...
Jan 22, 2020

Court to rule in case accusing Myanmar of Rohingya genocide
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations' highest court is set to rule Thursday on whether to order Myanmar to halt what has been described as a genocidal campaign against the country's Rohingya Mu...
Jan 22, 2020