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Delta, American and United suspend flights between US, China

By DAVID KOENIG, CATHY BUSSEWITZ, and JOSEPH PISANI | January 31, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Delta, American and United said Friday they will suspend all flights between the U.S. and mainland China, following the lead of several major international carriers that have stopped flying to China as the coronavirus outbreak continues...

Prosecutors: Owner of shuttered organic dairy ran $60M fraud

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM | January 31, 2020

READING, Pa. (AP) — The owner of an award-winning organic dairy in Pennsylvania that abruptly closed its doors last fall is accused of milking investors to the tune of nearly $60 million.Philip Riehl, the majority owner of Trickling Springs Creamery,...

Groups give notice they will sue to protect beluga whales

By DAN JOLING | January 31, 2020

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two environmental groups gave formal notice Friday that they will sue to protect endangered Alaska beluga whales from problems caused by oil and gas operations.The announcement came three days after a federal agency said the...

Iraqi cleric condemns use of force, 11 protesters wounded

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB | January 31, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's most powerful religious figure, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, reiterated Friday his condemnation of the use of force against anti-government protesters as the mass movement enters a critical juncture and political blocs tussle...

Letter with apparent fentanyl sickens 11 at Dannemora prison

January 31, 2020

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Employees at a maximum security New York prison fell ill Friday after a letter was opened that contained a substance believed to be fentanyl, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.Eleven people were taken to a hospital from the Clinton Correctional...

The Latest: Autoworker’s child among Germany’s 7 virus cases

January 31, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):4:40 a.m.Germany has confirmed its sixth and seventh cases of the virus that is spreading from central China — and one new patient is a child of an employee who...

China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed

By JOE McDONALD | January 31, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the center of a vast effort to contain a new viral disease.Outside...

National Democrat group backs Georgia’s Warnock for Senate

By BEN NADLER | January 31, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee on Friday endorsed the Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached, over two fellow Democrats in the Georgia race to challenge newly sworn-in...

US sanctions Tanzanian official for targeting gays, others

January 31, 2020

The United States has sanctioned a Tanzanian official who sparked fear in the gay community by announcing plans to track and punish homosexuals in the East African nation.The U.S. statement Friday said Paul Christian Makonda, regional commissioner for...

Trump signs order creating post focused on human trafficking

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | January 31, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marked the 20th anniversary Friday of federal legislation to help combat human trafficking by dedicating a new White House position to the issue.Surrounded by survivors, administration officials and members of...

Navajo Code Talker dies at 96; less than a handful remain

By Associated Press | January 31, 2020

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — One of the few remaining Navajo Code Talkers who used their native language to confound the Japanese in World War II has died.Joe Vandever Sr. died of health complications Friday in Haystack, New Mexico, according to his family....

Rights groups to Italy: Don’t renew migrant deal with Libya

January 31, 2020

ROME (AP) — Human rights advocates and aid groups slammed Italy on Friday for deciding to extend a deal that facilitates the return of Europe-bound migrants to detention centers in Libya where detainees are at risk for getting raped and tortured.Amnesty...