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US-backed Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State

BAGHOUZ, Syria - A U.S.-backed Syrian force says it has liberated the last area held by the Islamic State group in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz, declaring victory over the extremists and the ...

Mar 23, 2019

European shares shaken by Brexit jitters after gains in Asia

BANGKOK - Shares were mixed in Europe on Thursday after a day of gains in Asia spurred by the Federal Reserve's promise not to raise interest rates during this year. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.2 per c...

Mar 23, 2019

Nicaragua government says it will free all jailed protesters

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - President Daniel Ortega's administration promised Wednesday to free within 90 days all demonstrators arrested in the year since protests erupted against the Nicaraguan government....

Mar 22, 2019

Navajo Nation company ends bid to buy power plant, mine

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West will close this year as planned after a Navajo Nation company ended its long-shot bid Friday to acquire it. The Navajo Genera...

Mar 22, 2019

Treasury grants further relief on IRS withholding penalties

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department announced Friday that it is expanding again the relief it grants taxpayers who had too little in income taxes withheld from their paychecks in the first year of a ...

Mar 22, 2019

The Latest: New fire extinguished at Texas chemical plant

HOUSTON - The Latest on a fire that had been burning at a Texas petrochemical storage facility (all times local): 5:15 p.m. The company that operates a Houston-area chemical plant says a new fire has ...

Mar 22, 2019

A look at Russians who became mixed up in Trump probe

MOSCOW - An investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into an elaborate Russian operation that sought to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and try to help Donald Trump win the White ...

Mar 22, 2019

Mueller concludes Russia-Trump probe, delivers report

WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency, enta...

Mar 22, 2019

Ohio cuts funding for Planned Parenthood after court OK

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Health is ending grants and contracts that send money to Planned Parenthood after a divided federal appeals court upheld a state anti-abortion law that blocks p...

Mar 22, 2019

Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions

LANSING, Mich. - Faith-based adoption agencies that are paid by the state of Michigan will no longer be able to turn away LGBT couples or individuals because of religious objections under a legal sett...

Mar 22, 2019