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Man carrying knife arrested outside White House after threat

By MICHAEL BALSAMO | February 9, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man carrying a knife was arrested outside the White House after he told a U.S. Secret Service officer that he was there to kill the president, police said.Roger Hedgpeth, 25, was arrested Saturday afternoon on a charge of making...

West Virginia Democrat fires back at Trump criticism

By JOHN RABY | February 9, 2020

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has fired back at President Donald Trump’s criticism of the West Virginia Democrat for voting guilty on two articles of impeachment. Manchin says he — not Trump — has fought tirelessly for his constituents.Manchin...

“Where it begins”: Young hungry locusts bulk up in Somalia

By JOSPHAT KASIRE and BEN CURTIS | February 9, 2020

GAROWE, Somalia (AP) — At a glance, the desert locusts in this arid patch of northern Somalia look less ominous than the billion-member swarms infesting East Africa in the worst outbreak some places have seen in 70 years.But their time will come.Small...

Utah sends employees to Mexico for lower prescription prices

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST | February 9, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ann Lovell had never owned a passport before last year. Now, the 62-year-old teacher is a frequent flier, traveling every few months to Tijuana, Mexico, to buy medication for rheumatoid arthritis — with tickets paid for by the...

Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal

By KATHLEEN FOODY | February 9, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Pezen, Carlo Licata and Nimesh Patel are among millions of people who have been tagged in Facebook photos at some point in the past decade, sometimes at the suggestion of an automated tagging feature powered by facial recognition...

Moroccans protest Trump’s Mideast plan, support Palestinians

February 9, 2020

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Thousands of people marched in Morocco's capital Sunday to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Mideast and to oppose what they see as the Moroccan government's lenient position toward it.Moroccan political...

Violence, intimidation threaten Cameroon’s legislative vote

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI | February 9, 2020

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A surge of violence derailed voting in Cameroon's English-speaking regions Sunday because residents were too scared to cast ballots in legislative and municipal elections after militant separatists kidnapped scores of candidates...

‘QAnon’ conspiracy theory creeps into mainstream politics

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | February 9, 2020

MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Donald Trump was more than halfway through his speech at a rally in Milwaukee when one of his hand gestures caught the eye of a supporter standing in the packed arena.The 51-year-old woman believed the president had traced...

Azerbaijan voters choose new parliament in ex-Soviet nation

February 9, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Azerbaijan were choosing a new parliament Sunday in an early election after a short and low-key campaign.President Ilham Aliev, in power since 2003, called the election in early December after the parliament appealed to be dissolved...

Swiss vote on law against anti-LGBT discrimination

February 9, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters are delivering their verdict Sunday on a measure that would make it illegal to discriminate against people because of their sexual orientation.Switzerland's parliament has approved the move to extend existing legislation banning...

Flashing signs, cheering fans as Dems make NH closing pitch

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE and HUNTER WOODALL | February 9, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The battle for momentum in New Hampshire, for at least one night, came down to how expressive fans in the cheap seats could be.Democrats made an effort to project an aura of unity at a party dinner Saturday designed to pump up...

NYPD: Officer shot, wounded in ‘assassination attempt’

February 9, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City police officers narrowly escaped with their lives when a gunman fired into their patrol van Saturday night, wounding one of them in an attack officials called an attempted assassination.The ambush, which Police Commissioner...