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Powerful storm dumps more rain and snow across the West
LOS ANGELES - Heavy rain again raised the risk of mudslides in Southern California burn areas where evacuations were ordered during a powerful storm that flooded roads, toppled trees and cut power fur...
Feb 14, 2019
US unemployment claims rise by 4,000 to 239,000
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains at levels low enough to show that most workers enjoy job security. The Labor Department says claims f...
Feb 14, 2019
UK's May fights to avoid another defeat on Brexit strategy
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May was scrambling Thursday to avoid another defeat on her Brexit plans amid opposition from members of her own party who claim she is moving in the wrong direc...
Feb 14, 2019
Nicki Minaj pulls out of BET concert after network's tweet
LOS ANGELES - Nicki Minaj says she's cancelling her appearance at the BET Experience Concert after the network tweeted about her and fellow rapper Cardi B. Minaj said Monday on social media that she w...
Feb 14, 2019
US-backed Syrian forces clearing IS remnants from villages
BEIRUT - U.S.-backed Syrian forces are clearing two villages in eastern Syria of remaining Islamic State militants who are hiding among the local population, and detaining others attempting to flee wi...
Feb 14, 2019
Teen who fled UK to join Islamic State wants to come home
LONDON - A pregnant British teenager who ran away from Britain to join Islamic State extremists in Syria four years ago has said she wants to come back to London, but her path home is not clear. Shami...
Feb 14, 2019
Papua New Guinea on hunt for 275 cars missing after APEC
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A Papua New Guinea police superintendent on Thursday was hot on the trail of one of the many high-end cars he's trying to recover after an international summit. About 275 car...
Feb 14, 2019
Fentanyl deaths from 'Mexican oxy' pills hit Arizona hard
TUCSON, Ariz. - Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever. He became yet another victim killed by a flood of illicit fentan...
Feb 14, 2019
Parkland massacre survivors privately mourning anniversary
PARKLAND, Fla. - The communities and families terrorized by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre will spend Thursday's anniversary visiting graves, packing meals for the needy and contrib...
Feb 14, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Declaring emergency for wall not so ordinary
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump would be taking an extraordinary step by declaring a national emergency to steer money to his promised border wall. He's making it sound quite ordinary. TRUMP: "You...
Feb 14, 2019