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February 20, 2020 12:05 p.m.

Amid 'Anonymous' fallout, NSC adviser reassigned

WASHINGTON (AP) — Victoria Coates, a top official on the National Security Council, is being reassigned amid fallout over the identity of the author of the inside-the-White House tell-all book by “Anonymous.”

February 20, 2020 12:05 p.m.

Texas plans to close 2 state prisons amid population decline

DALLAS (AP) — Texas will close two of its more than 100 state prisons amid a yearslong decline in the incarcerated population and serious understaffing at some facilities, officials said Thursday.

February 20, 2020 12:05 p.m.

1 trillion euros: EU leaders get into big fight over budget

BRUSSELS (AP) — European leaders argued into the early hours of Friday about how to spend and share some 1 trillion euros ($1.1 trillion) over the next seven years. Their first summit since Britain quit the EU last month has been bruising, long — and so far inconclusive.

February 20, 2020 12:05 p.m.

Sudanese activists say security forces fire tear gas at them

CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese pro-democracy activists said the country's security forces fired tear gas Thursday at hundreds of protesters in the capital Khartoum.

February 20, 2020 12:05 p.m.

AP News Digest 2 p.m.

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February 20, 2020 12:05 p.m.

Fired Chicago Police superintendent getting $190K pension

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's former police chief has been receiving a pension of more than $15,800 a month since the mayor fired him for allegedly lying about a night he was found asleep in his city-issued SUV, according to a newspaper report.

February 20, 2020 8:05 a.m.

Conflict of interest fears cast shadow over EU budget talks

BRUSSELS (AP) — As European Union leaders deliberated over their 1 trillion-euro ($1.1 trillion) budget Thursday, lawmakers were deeply concerned about potential conflicts of interest that could see hundreds of millions of euros in funds granted to companies linked to some of the very people deciding how the money should be spent.

February 20, 2020 7:30 a.m.

German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people

HANAU, Germany (AP) — A German who shot and killed nine people of foreign background in a rampage that began at a hookah bar frequented by immigrants had posted an online rant calling for the “complete extermination” of many “races or cultures in our midst,” authorities said Thursday.

February 20, 2020 6:30 a.m.

1 trillion euros: causing a big, long fight at EU summit

BRUSSELS (AP) — Everything is set for a trillion-euro EU summit to be bruising, long, and, very likely, inconclusive.

February 20, 2020 6:30 a.m.

AP Entertainment Digest for Thursday

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February 20, 2020 6:05 a.m.

WH report says economy accelerated under Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new White House report says the U.S. economy is growing faster than expected, even though the annual gains of 3% that President Donald Trump promised to voters have yet to be achieved.

February 20, 2020 6:05 a.m.

New threats emerge in outbreak while China voices optimism

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials expressed new optimism Thursday over the deadly virus outbreak while authorities in South Korea’s fourth-largest city urged residents to hunker down as fears nagged communities far from the illness’ epicenter.

February 20, 2020 4:30 a.m.

South Sudan rival leaders agree to form coalition government

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s rival leaders on Thursday announced they have agreed to form a coalition government just two days before the deadline, a breakthrough after months of delays and a major step in the emergence from a five-year civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people in the world’s youngest nation.

February 20, 2020 4:05 a.m.

1 trillion euros: worth a big, long fight at the EU summit

BRUSSELS (AP) — Everything is set for the EU's bruising trillion-euro summit.

February 20, 2020 3:05 a.m.

The 1 trillion-euro fight: EU leaders wrangle over spending

BRUSSELS (AP) — Everything is set for the EU's bruising trillion-euro summit.

February 20, 2020 1:30 a.m.

9 killed in suspected far-right attack in Germany

HANAU, Germany (AP) — A 43-year-old German man shot and killed nine people at several locations in a Frankfurt suburb in attacks that appeared to have been motivated by far-right beliefs, officials said Thursday.

February 20, 2020 12:05 a.m.

Rory McIlroy delivers strong rejection to proposed new tour

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rory McIlroy became the first top player to publicly reject the idea of a proposed new tour, saying he values his choice of where to play over whatever money the Premier Golf League is promising.

February 20, 2020 12:05 a.m.

Trump ousts top defense official who certified Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ousted the Pentagon's top policy official who

February 20, 2020 12:05 a.m.

'Voodoo statistics' floated as EU budget battle looms

BRUSSELS (AP) — After almost two years of sparring, the European Union was girding itself Wednesday for perhaps the final round of the bloc’s traditional budget slug-fest, a potentially long and fiery summit to thrash out Europe’s spending plans for the next seven years.

February 20, 2020 12:05 a.m.

Seattle City Council OKs more tent cities, tiny houses

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council has voted to allow the creation of up to 40 tent cities, tiny house villages, or parking lots where people living in their cars can camp — a sharp increase from the number the city currently allows.