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Dueling Venezuela leaders dig in defending presidency claims
CARACAS, Venezuela - The Venezuelan opposition leader who has declared himself interim president vowed Friday he would remain on the streets until the South American country has a transitional governm...
Jan 26, 2019
Undercover agents target Toronto-based cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab
NEW YORK - The Associated Press has found that Toronto-based researchers who reported the role of Israeli spyware in the targeting of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle are in t...
Jan 26, 2019
Asylum seekers worry new US policy will mean more waiting
TIJUANA, Mexico - Eusebio Gomez thought his arduous journey to the U.S. and monthslong wait in the border town of Tijuana, Mexico, would end when he made it to American soil. But a shift in the Trump ...
Jan 26, 2019
Ohio governor delays execution, orders look at other drugs
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday delayed next month's execution of a condemned Ohio man and ordered the prison system to look at alternative lethal injection drugs. The announcement by the ...
Jan 26, 2019
Trump's retreat: Shutdown ends without wall money, for now
WASHINGTON - Submitting to mounting pressure amid growing disruption, President Donald Trump agreed to a deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand that Congres...
Jan 26, 2019
Sheriff: Man admitted 2 slayings; gun used in 4
RENO, Nev. - A 19-year-old from El Salvador admitted killing a married couple in Nevada and used a handgun that he said he stole earlier from their Reno home to do it, according to a sheriff's report ...
Jan 26, 2019
Oscar-winning 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' composer Legrand dies
PARIS - Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" and who worked with some of biggest ...
Jan 26, 2019
German expert panel agrees on 2038 deadline to end coal use
BERLIN - In a pioneering move, a government-appointed panel on Saturday recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb climate cha...
Jan 26, 2019
Trump ally Stone charged with lying about hacked emails
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone has been charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's 2016 election bid. Prosecutors allege t...
Jan 26, 2019
In a Trump retreat, shutdown ends without wall money for now
WASHINGTON - The record 35-day federal shutdown has ended with President Donald Trump giving in to mounting pressure and signing legislation to reopen the government for three weeks, a retreat from hi...
Jan 26, 2019
