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Trump answers rebuke of border order with a veto
WASHINGTON - Unbowed by a congressional rebuke, President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday in a demonstration that he is not through fighting for his signature campaign p...
Mar 16, 2019
As Brexit stalls, supporters protest betrayal of their dream
SUNDERLAND, England - With Britain's departure from the European Union likely to be put on hold, some Brexit supporters fear their dream is dying. Hard-core Brexiteers led by former U.K. Independence ...
Mar 16, 2019
New US military budget focused on China despite border talk
WASHINGTON - Chinese bombers. Chinese hypersonic missiles. Chinese cyberattacks. Chinese anti-satellite weapons. To a remarkable degree, the 2020 Pentagon budget proposal is shaped by national securit...
Mar 16, 2019
Beyond veto: Trump seeks more work-arounds to avoid Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's first congressional veto was more than a milestone: It signals a new era of ever more fraught relations between the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Trump's legis...
Mar 16, 2019
Trump downplays white nationalism threat after massacre
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by racist white nationalism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massacre called the president "a symbol of renewed white i...
Mar 16, 2019
New Jersey Devils fight back to beat Vancouver Canucks in overtime
VANCOUVER - Damon Severson scored in the seventh round of the shootout to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night. The Devils had trailed 2-0 early in the ...
Mar 15, 2019
R. Kelly sex tapes: from duffel bag to national circulation
CHICAGO - An acquaintance of R. Kelly's recalled how the singer once lugged a duffel bag everywhere - to recording studios, film sets and gyms. Stuffed inside, she said, was a collection of his homema...
Mar 15, 2019
Tyler Motte scores twice as Canucks down Rangers 4-1 in feisty battle
VANCOUVER - Tyler Motte's teammates tried hard to help him get his first NHL hat trick. Instead, the Vancouver Canucks centre had to settle for a pair of goals in his first multi-point game, a 4-1 win...
Mar 15, 2019
Balanced attack powers New Jersey Devils past Edmonton Oilers 6-3
EDMONTON - The New Jersey Devils snapped out of their slump just in time to damage the playoff hopes of the Edmonton Oilers. Kenny Agostino, Damon Severson and Kevin Rooney each had a goal and an assi...
Mar 15, 2019
Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49; 1 man charged
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called "one of New Zealand's darkest...
Mar 15, 2019
