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When gunman advanced on New Zealand mosque, 1 man ran at him
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn't hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a credit card machine, a...
Mar 16, 2019
'RUN!': NZ shooting victims recount horror, mourn the lost
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - They had walked that once innocuous stretch of sidewalk side-by-side so many times. Every Friday, Yasir Amin and his dad had ambled along the path toward the mosque where t...
Mar 16, 2019
O'Rourke begins 2020 bid with big crowds, centrist message
BURLINGTON, Iowa - Democrat Beto O'Rourke jumped into the 2020 presidential race Thursday, shaking up the already packed field and pledging to win over voters from across the political spectrum as he ...
Mar 16, 2019
New Zealand shooter steeped attack in dark internet culture
SAN FRANCISCO - The suspected New Zealand shooter carefully modeled his attack for an internet age. He live-streamed the massacre, shouted out a popular meme slogan and published a long, rambling mani...
Mar 16, 2019
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
