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Pope nixes French cardinal resignation after coverup
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has declined to accept the resignation of French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin as archbishop of Lyon after he was convicted of failing to report a known predator priest to pol...
Mar 21, 2019
New populist star emerges from Dutch local elections
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Netherlands woke up Thursday to a new star of right-wing populism, as the party of a Latin-quoting, philosophy-reading lawmaker surged past anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wild...
Mar 21, 2019
Yaremko and Bjorklund eye upset in 1st round series against Everett.
A pair of players from the peace region will look to try and lead the Tri-City Americans on a lengthy playoff run this spring.Spirit River's Nolan Yaremko and Grande Prairie's Paycen Bjorklund are com...
Mar 21, 2019 Paycen Bjorklund (Left) and Nolan Yaremko (Right) will begin their post-season Friday in Everett. (photo credit to the Tri-City Americans)
Kazakhstan's president to step down after 30 years in power
MOSCOW - President Nursultan Nazarbayev, the only leader that independent Kazakhstan has ever known, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday after three decades in power, raising uncertainty over t...
Mar 21, 2019
Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls
OTTAWA - The Liberal-dominated justice committee of the House of Commons pulled the plug Tuesday on its probe of the SNC-Lavalin affair, prompting fresh howls of opposition outrage and a wal...
Mar 21, 2019
NZ city scarred by shooting is home to white supremacists
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The leafy New Zealand city where a self-proclaimed racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known for its picturesque meandering river and English ...
Mar 21, 2019
Records show special counsel zeroed in on Cohen early on
NEW YORK - Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and...
Mar 21, 2019
Elevated benzene levels near Texas petrochemicals facility
HOUSTON - National Guard troops have been called in and residents are being told to stay inside after elevated levels of benzene were detected near a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility that ...
Mar 21, 2019
Heat records falling twice as often as cold ones, AP finds
Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press data analysis shows. The AP loo...
Mar 21, 2019
Judges grill lawyers in suit over Trump's Washington hotel
RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court on Tuesday grilled lawyers for the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia about their claims that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution b...
Mar 21, 2019