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Woman takes plea in beating death of 5-year-old son in Iowa

January 27, 2020

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A woman has taken a plea deal on charges stemming from the beating death of her 5-year-old son in Iowa.Jacqueline Rambert pleaded guilty Friday to child endangerment resulting in death and child endangerment-multiple acts, station...

Elizabeth Warren seeks a spark in the final sprint to Iowa

By STEVE PEOPLES, SARA BURNETT, and WILL WEISSERT | January 27, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Elizabeth Warren is fighting to regain momentum in the turbulent tussle for the Democratic presidential nomination amid lingering questions about her consistency and ability to defeat President Donald Trump.Warren was considered...

Connecticut tribe takes issue with schools’ Indian names

By MICHAEL MELIA | January 27, 2020

MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — For decades the Montville High School athletic teams have competed as the “Indians” with the blessing of the Mohegans, the Native American tribe that traces its local history back centuries and today operates one of the world’s...

Nighttime rocket attack on US Embassy in Baghdad injured 1

By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | January 27, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — A top U.S. commander said on Monday mortars were used in an attack on the American embassy in Baghdad that injured one person and caused some material damage the previous night, not katyusha rockets as was initially reported by staffers...

Berlin zoo prepares panda cubs for their big day out

January 27, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Two baby pandas born at Berlin's zoo have been chipped and checked in preparation for their first public outing in a few days, officials said Monday.The zoo said the 5-month-old cubs, nicknamed Pit and Paule, were injected with a tiny...

Priest gets 60 days in jail for bubble wrapping boy

January 27, 2020

ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan priest accused of wrapping a teenager in bubble wrap was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail for attempted false imprisonment, prosecutors said.The Rev. Brian Stanley appeared in Allegan County court, two months after...

UN health chief visits China to help with virus containment

January 27, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — 11:20 p.m.The director-general of the World Health Organization has flown to China to meet with government officials and health experts trying to contain the spread of a deadly virus that has killed 81 people in China and infected 2,750.Tedros...

IS vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan

January 27, 2020

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group vowed in an audio message released Monday that the extremists will start a new phase of attacks that will focus on Israel and blasted the U.S. administration's plan to resolve the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian...

Kosovo PM hails as ‘positive signs’ recent deals with Serbia

January 27, 2020

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo’s outgoing prime minister on Monday considered as “positive signs” two recently-achieved agreements with Serbia that will restore air and railway traffic between the two former war foes.Speaking after paying respects...

German privacy watchdog investigates clothing retailer H&M

January 27, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — A German privacy watchdog says it has opened an investigation into clothing retailer H&M amid evidence that the Swedish retailer had committed “massive data protection breaches” by spying on its customer service representatives...

Croatia army helicopter crashes; 1 pilot dead, other missing

January 27, 2020

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Croatian army helicopter on Monday plunged into the Adriatic Sea, killing one crew member while the search is underway for the other, the country's defense minister said.Damir Krsticevic told reporters that an investigation...

Russia expels Japanese man accused of gathering secret data

January 27, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — A Japanese man was expelled from Russia after being accused of looking for military secrets, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.The ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the man was detained on Saturday...