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AP Interview: Italy wants to shift but stay in EU’s orbit

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and TRISHA THOMAS | February 4, 2020

ROME (AP) — Italy is not looking to leave the European Union but wants reforms that would shift the Britain-less bloc's “center of gravity” away from bureaucratic institutions in Brussels to elected bodies like the European Parliament, the country's...

Jury awards ex-One America News Network employee $290K

February 4, 2020

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An African-American man fired from his TV talk show producer job at One America News Network was not harassed on the basis of racial prejudice, but was fired in part because he lodged his complaint, a California jury found.The San Diego...

UN chief warns ‘a wind of madness is sweeping the globe’

By EDITH M. LEDERER | February 4, 2020

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that “a wind of madness is sweeping the globe,” pointing to escalating conflicts from Libya and Yemen to Syria and beyond.At a wide-ranging news conference, he said, “All...

Package labeled ‘Bag Full of Drugs’ leads to Florida arrests

By Associated Press | February 4, 2020

MIAMI (AP) — Two men charged with drug trafficking could have done a better job hiding their wares than using a package labeled “Bag Full of Drugs,” Florida authorities said.Ian Simmons and Joshua Reinhardt, both 34, were pulled over in Santa Rosa...

China’s virus outbreak weighs on global business

By JOE McDONALD | February 4, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — Global business is catching a chill from China's virus outbreak.Mink breeders in Denmark called off a fur auction because Chinese buyers can’t attend due to travel curbs imposed to contain the disease.Airlines have canceled 25,000 flights...

Poland: Bill allowing judges to be punished signed into law

February 4, 2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday signed into law much-criticized legislation that gives politicians the power to fine and fire judges whose actions and decisions they consider harmful.The legislation has drawn condemnation...

Turkmenistan to build a $1.5-billion city amid spending cuts

February 4, 2020

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan's president allocated $1.5 billion to build a new city as the government cuts social spending and the country's economy is weakened by low global energy prices.President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said in a...

Trump faces accusers: What to watch during his big speech

By LAURIE KELLMAN | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who's clapping now?On the brink of his Senate acquittal, President Donald Trump will be unleashing “relentless optimism” during his third State of the Union address, a speech designed to pivot from his impeachment to his drive...

National Symphony cancels 3 China concerts due to virus

By The Associated Press | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Symphony Orchestra has canceled two concerts in Beijing and one in Shanghai next month following China's virus outbreak.Music director Gianandrea Noseda had been scheduled to lead performances in Beijing on March 13 and...

Maryland man held in bus shooting that killed 1, wounded 5

By STEFANIE DAZIO | February 4, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gunman who killed a woman and wounded five others on a Greyhound bus in Southern California was cursing and muttering incoherently before the attack, passengers and authorities said.Investigators are trying to determine a motive...

Russia convicts 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses amid crackdown

February 4, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia's eastern Siberia on Tuesday convicted two Jehovah's Witnesses of extremism because of their membership in the religious group, the latest in a wave of crackdown on the organization.Stanislav Kim and Nikolay Polevodov...

Virus blocks 3 Chinese brands from Milan Fashion Week

By COLLEEN BARRY | February 4, 2020

MILAN (AP) —Italian fashion officials on Tuesday forecast a nearly 2% drop in first-half revenues due to the virus emerging from China, which also is preventing three Chinese fashion houses from traveling to Milan Fashion Week later this month.Chinese...