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Asian shares slump on fears of trade war between US, China
HONG KONG – Asian stock markets slumped Friday after Beijing responded to the Trump administration’s…
Congress OKs $1.3 trillion budget, averting another shutdown
WASHINGTON – Congress gave final approval Friday to a giant $1.3 trillion spending bill that…
World markets roiled by rising fears of US-China trade war
HONG KONG – Fears of a trade war roiled financial markets and sent the dollar…
The Latest: Putin thanks Russians for re-electing him
MOSCOW – The Latest on the re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russian president (all times…
Myanmar parliament selects expected presidential choice
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s parliament took a first step Friday in selecting a replacement for…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s pledge to vets on private care lags
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is holding out the promise of better health care for…
Behind Facebook’s baby step fixes: Defending its ad business
NEW YORK – Wondering why Facebook seems to be taking baby steps to address the…
Putin thanks nation for re-election, promises “breakthrough”
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin thanked Russians Friday for his landslide re-election to another six-year…
GOP Idaho senator slows huge bill in fight over forest name
WASHINGTON – The $1.3 trillion spending bill Congress approved early Friday was shaped by battles…
Deal reached to evacuate second pocket of Syria’s Ghouta
BEIRUT – An agreement was reached Friday to evacuate the second of three pockets held…
AP-NORC Poll: Support soars for stricter gun control laws
NEW YORK – Support for tougher gun control laws is soaring in the United States,…
Government pledges to eliminate tuberculosis in the North by 2030
OTTAWA – By 2030, tuberculosis will be a thing of the past in Canada’s North,…
Afghanistan: Car bomb near stadium kills 13, says official
KABUL – A car bombing outside a sports stadium in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on…
Funeral Mass held for Saints and Pelicans owner Benson
NEW ORLEANS – NFL and NBA executives joined Saints and Pelicans players and coaches and…
UN reports see a lonelier planet with fewer plants, animals
WASHINGTON – Earth is losing plants, animals and clean water at a dramatic rate, according…
2 university researchers accused of misusing credit cards
CONCORD, N.H. – Two University of New Hampshire researchers have been accused of misusing credit…
Law requiring lifetime sex-offender registration upheld, Appeal Court rules
TORONTO – Forcing repeat sex offenders to go on a national registry for life under…
FBI: Agent’s cancer death due to Sept. 11 terror attacks
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The FBI says one of its first responders to the Sept.…
CFL players set to present united front in upcoming bargaining with league
WINNIPEG – CFL players will be foes on the football field this season but off…
Hurricane Harvey’s toxic impact deeper than public told
HOUSTON – A toxic onslaught from the nation’s petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the…
Cab driver sues authorities for allegedly failing to protect him from suspected terrorist
TORONTO – An innocent cab driver caught up in a bomb blast as police closed…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT
Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President…
Worker dies in furnace equipment supplier explosion
AYER, Mass. – An explosion at a Massachusetts manufacturing facility has killed one worker and…
Afghanistan: Sticky bomb blast in Kabul kills 1, wounds 13
KABUL – A sticky bomb detonated in the Afghan capital Kabul killing one person and…