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November 16, 2020 8:33 p.m.

Dangerous Hurricane Iota makes landfall on Nicaragua coast

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Powerful Hurricane Iota made landfall on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast late Monday, threatening catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered by equally strong Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago.

November 21, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Diggs invokes "Super Freak" and has big game

Add “Super Freak” to the list of adjectives to describe Stefon Diggs’ league-leading receiving numbers.

November 21, 2020 12:27 a.m.

'Something very historical': Push for diverse Biden Cabinet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the powerful agency that oversees the nation’s tribes, setting up one of several looming tests of Biden’s pledge to have a Cabinet representative of Americans.

December 2, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Klain to lead Biden White House in return of professionals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Klain has checked all the boxes of a classic Washington striver: Georgetown, Harvard Law, Supreme Court clerk and Capitol Hill staffer, White House adviser and, along the way, of course, lobbyist and lawyer.

November 29, 2020 12:30 a.m.

Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An opinion piece published Sunday by a hard-line Iranian newspaper urged Iran to attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of the scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program in the early 2000s.

June 20, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Barr: Trump has removed top federal prosecutor in Manhattan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr on Saturday told the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan that President Donald Trump had removed him from the job, deepening tensions between the country's chief law enforcement officer and a high-profile U.S. attorney who had been overseeing investigations of Trump's allies.

June 20, 2020 4:06 p.m.

Manhattan top prosecutor leaves job after standoff with Barr

WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual standoff between Attorney General William Barr and Manhattan's top federal prosecutor ended Saturday when the prosecutor agreed to leave his job with an assurance that investigations by the prosecutor's office into the president's allies would not be disturbed.

July 18, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.

July 19, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.

July 20, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.

July 17, 2020 11:27 a.m.

Pritzker: Illinois speaker 'must resign' if allegations true

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.

July 1, 2020 12:06 a.m.

Pompeo urges UN arms embargo on Iran's `terrorist regime'

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Calling Iran “the world’s most heinous terrorist regime,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend the U.N. arms embargo against Tehran, which expires in October, and reject “extortion diplomacy.”

June 30, 2020 10:27 a.m.

Pompeo urges UN arms embargo on Iran's `terrorist regime'

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Calling Iran “the world’s most heinous terrorist regime,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to extend the U.N. arms embargo against Tehran, which expires in October, and reject “extortion diplomacy.”

November 20, 2020 8:30 a.m.

Diggs invokes "Super Freak" and has big game

Add “Super Freak” to the list of adjectives to describe Stefon Diggs’ league-leading receiving numbers.

November 20, 2020 10:03 p.m.

'Something very historical': Push for diverse Biden Cabinet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Native Americans are urging President-elect Joe Biden to make history by selecting one of their own to lead the powerful agency that oversees the nation’s tribes, setting up one of several looming tests of Biden’s pledge to have a Cabinet representative of Americans.

August 25, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in Belarus on Monday detained several leading opposition activists as well as a handful of protesters taking part in a wave of demonstrations challenging the reelection of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in balloting that they say was rigged.

August 24, 2020 9:27 a.m.

Police in Belarus detain opposition activists amid protests

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Police in Belarus on Monday detained several leading opposition activists as well as a handful of protesters taking part in a wave of demonstrations challenging the reelection of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in balloting that they say was rigged.

August 5, 2020 8:06 a.m.

Lebanon putting some Beirut port officials on house arrest

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government says it is putting an unspecified number of Beirut port officials under house arrest pending an investigation into how 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate came to be stored at the port for years.

August 5, 2020 3:27 p.m.

Signs ominous and hopeful as college sports hangs in balance

The announcements came within 40 minutes of each other Wednesday morning, one bleak, the other providing a glimmer of hope for a college football season that is looking iffy at best right now.

August 8, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Signs ominous and hopeful as college sports hangs in balance

The announcements came within 40 minutes of each other Wednesday morning, one bleak, the other providing a glimmer of hope for a college football season that is looking iffy at best right now.