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Torrential rains overshadow Post Malone pre-Super Bowl show

By KELLI KENNEDY | February 1, 2020

MIAMI (AP) — Torrential rains in Miami overshadowed rapper Post Malone's pre-Super Bowl show, ultimately shutting down the red carpet and delaying his set until the early morning hours of Saturday. Nearby, the weather forced Harry Styles to cancel his...

Notorious Utah brothel owner’s interview eludes historians

February 1, 2020

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Scholars at a Utah university are trying to unlock a mystery after discovering a nearly 70-year-old transcript of an interview with a notorious brothel owner that is written in a shorthand style that few people can read today.The...

Emails show the fallout from Trump’s claims about Dorian

By LYNN BERRY and JILL COLVIN | February 1, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly illustrates the consternation and outright alarm caused by President Donald Trump’s false claim...

Nigeria to address issues that led to visa restrictions

By SAM OLUKOYA | February 1, 2020

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) —Nigeria's government pledged Saturday to try to address security issues the Trump administration cited in its decision to stop granting immigration visas to people from Africa's most populous nation.Immigrants from Nigeria and three...

Week 2 at Weinstein trial: Four accusers and a Chihuahua

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, TOM HAYS, and JENNIFER PELTZ | February 1, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — The second week of testimony at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial ended on a bit of a cliffhanger.The woman he's charged with raping testified Friday, giving an often vivid account of fraught interactions with this once revered Hollywood...

Brexit: Day 1 brings talk of EU unity with trade talks ahead

By DANICA KIRKA | February 1, 2020

LONDON (AP) — If you thought the drawn-out battle over the U.K.'s departure from the European Union was painful, wait until you see what comes next.While Britain formally left the EU at 11 p.m. local time Friday, the hard work of building a new economic...

Chicago’s former top cop consulting local cannabis company

February 1, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — A former head of the Chicago Police Department is advising a local cannabis company on security after more than $200,000 was stolen from it during a burglary last month.Danny Marks, the co-owner of MOCA Modern Cannabis, told the Chicago...

Some House challengers eager to push California further left

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | February 1, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Costa is something of an outlier in liberal-minded California — a centrist Democrat who supported the Keystone XL pipeline and was one of the last holdouts to line up behind President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.Costa...

Think you know Iowa? Take AP quiz before Monday’s caucuses

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and SCOTT McFETRIDGE | February 1, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For a brief few days, Iowa will be the center of the political universe, thanks to the state's caucuses, which kick off the presidential nominating season. Every four years, candidates spend months and millions wooing the state's...

Brexit no detour for migrants hoping to cross Channel to UK

By Associated Press | February 1, 2020

CALAIS, France (AP) — Migrants and refugees waiting by the French side of the English Channel say Brexit hasn't derailed their determination to cross over to pursue better lives in Britain.Mingled alongside police officers in the French port of Calais,...

Pompeo says US can supply Belarus with 100% of oil, gas

By MATTHEW LEE | February 1, 2020

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday that the United States is willing and able to provide Belarus with 100% of its oil and gas, taking a slap at Russia which recently cut off supplies.Pompeo is the first secretary...

US states join global push to ban animal-tested cosmetics

By MICHELLE L. PRICE | February 1, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A growing number of U.S. states are considering a ban on the sale or import of cosmetics that have been tested on animals, as advocates argue testing products such as lotions, shampoos and makeup on rabbits, mice and rats is cruel and...