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Beetle scourge forces ash loggers to race against time
WALTON, N.Y. - Loggers in snowy forests are cutting down ash like there's no tomorrow, seeking to stay one step ahead of a fast-spreading beetle killing the tree in dozens of states. The emerald ash b...
Feb 27, 2019
In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats
EL ALTO, Bolivia - A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world's more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the traditional bil...
Feb 27, 2019
In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats
EL ALTO, Bolivia - A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world's more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the traditional bil...
Feb 27, 2019
Trump, Kim share smiles, dinner before nuke talks
HANOI, Vietnam - U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, leaders of two nations with a long history of hostilities, opened their second summit Wednesday with smiles, hopeful talk an...
Feb 27, 2019
Cohen says Trump knew about WikiLeaks email dump beforehand
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer is planning to tell a House committee that Trump knew ahead of time that WikiLeaks had emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's presidential ca...
Feb 27, 2019
Nigeria's president is re-elected, but challenger rejects it
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's president was declared the clear winner of a second term in Africa's largest democracy early Wednesday, after a campaign in which he urged voters to give him another chance ...
Feb 27, 2019
Chicago will elect a black woman as its mayor for first time
CHICAGO - A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff to become Chicago's first black female mayor after leading a large field Tuesday that included a member...
Feb 27, 2019
Business chief says delaying Brexit is an option for sanity
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May insisted Wednesday that Britain will leave the European Union on schedule next month, while the head of a major business organization said May's grudging decision t...
Feb 27, 2019
Source: Star striker Jozy Altidore agrees to new deal with Toronto FC
Toronto FC has come to terms with star striker Jozy Altidore on a new long-term contract, according to a source. The deal is expected to be finalized Wednesday. The 29-year Altidore's existi...
Feb 27, 2019
Canadian Bianca Andreescu beats Switzerland's Jil Teichmann at Mexican Open
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Canadian Bianca Andreescu made easy work of Switzerland's Jil Teichmann in her opening match at the Mexican Open. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., downed her Swiss oppon...
Feb 27, 2019