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December 11, 2018

US arrests 32 at San Diego border demonstration

U.S. authorities arrested 32 people at a demonstration Monday that was organized by a Quaker group on the border with Mexico, ...

December 10, 2018

Brexit deal in turmoil as May postpones Parliament vote

Facing almost certain defeat, British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday postponed a vote in Parliament on her Brexit deal, ...

December 11, 2018

Trump scrambling to find new White House chief of staff

Wanted: Top aide to most powerful leader in world. Chief qualification: Willing to take the job. Must also be prepared to ...

December 10, 2018

Judge sets court date for ex-Trump campaign chair Manafort

A judge has set a court date for this week for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after prosecutors with the ...

December 10, 2018

Dems: Pelosi foes seek term limits on leaders, panel chairs

Democrats who have opposed Nancy Pelosi's effort to become speaker next year want her to commit to limiting how long ...

December 10, 2018

Agency: Fear of returning home spikes at US-Mexico border

The number of people expressing fear of returning to their home countries when stopped at the U.S. border with Mexico has ...

December 11, 2018

Snowed-in South makes the best of day off from work, school

Snowed-in Southerners made the best of a day without work or school Monday while officials warned that roads remained ...

December 10, 2018

No sentence yet for man who rammed rally counterprotesters

Jurors considering the punishment for a man who drove his car into counterprotesters during a white nationalist rally heard ...

December 10, 2018

US sanctions 3 North Korean officials for human rights abuse

The Trump administration imposed sanctions Monday on three senior North Korean officials for human rights abuses in the ...

December 10, 2018

Admitted killer sentenced to 3 life terms plus max 230 years

A Nebraska man convicted of killing his wife has pleaded guilty to killing his parents and a niece and will spend the rest ...

December 11, 2018

Report: USOC and others delayed in response to Nassar

An independent report details a toxic pattern of bureaucratic paralysis among Olympic leaders who reacted slowly, if at all, ...

December 10, 2018

China pressures US, Canada ahead of Huawei hearing

China raised the pressure on the United States and Canada as a bail hearing resumed Monday for a top Chinese technology ...

December 11, 2018

Police rip toddler from mother's arms at benefits office

Outrage built Monday over a video showing police officers violently yanking a toddler from his mother's arms at a Brooklyn ...

December 10, 2018

Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change

Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to ...

December 10, 2018

Russia sends 2 nuclear-capable bombers to Venezuela

Two Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers arrived in Venezuela on Monday, a deployment that comes amid soaring Russia-U.S

December 10, 2018

The Latest: No sentence yet for man who rammed protesters

The Latest on the sentencing of James Alex Fields Jr. for the murder of Heather Heyer (all times local): 5:30 p.m.

December 10, 2018

Stormy Daniels protests law raising age for exotic dancers

A porn actress who claimed to have had an affair with President Donald Trump joined other women to voice opposition to a law ...

December 10, 2018

Customs officers searching more travelers' devices

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are searching the electronic devices of travelers more often, and did not always ...

December 10, 2018

Trump plan to reclassify nuke waste alarms environmentalists

The Trump administration wants to reclassify some radioactive waste left from the production of nuclear weapons to lower its ...