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Northern Star

‘SNL’ takes aim at New Hampshire primary in opening skit

February 8, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” cast aside the impeachment vote for a cold open with the Democratic primary debate in New Hampshire.Former cast members Jason Sudeikis and Rachel Dratch returned Saturday to play Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar...

Biden tells NH Democrats that Buttigieg ‘not a Barack Obama’

By JULIE PACE and HUNTER WOODALL | February 8, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Scrambling to salvage his presidential campaign, Joe Biden escalated his criticism of Pete Buttigieg on Saturday, mocking Buttigieg's experience as a small city mayor and cutting down the comparisons Buttigieg has drawn to the...

Democrats on edge after 2020 election season’s ragged launch

By JULIE PACE | February 8, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For Democrats, this was supposed be a moment to begin easing three years of built-up of anxieties. Instead, the launch of the 2020 presidential primary has left the party deeply unsettled and President Donald Trump gleeful about...

21 dead, 31 hurt in Thai mass shooting; gunman hides in mall

By SAKCHAI LALIT and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA | February 8, 2020

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AP) — A gunman described as a soldier angry over a financial dispute killed two people and then went on a far bloodier rampage Saturday in northeastern Thailand, shooting as he drove to a busy mall where shoppers fled in...

Top 3 parties in dead heat after Irish parliament elections

By DANICA KIRKA and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE | February 8, 2020

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland’s three biggest political parties are likely to face a difficult process of forming a new government, with an exit poll suggesting they finished in a virtual dead heat in parliamentary elections Saturday.The survey conducted...

The Latest: Biden: first two states important, not critical

February 8, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on 2020 Democratic president race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local):4:30 p.m.Joe Biden is continuing to waffle over whether he needs to do well in New Hampshire even as he promised supporters...

Pompeo warns nation’s governors to be wary of China

February 8, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned America’s governors on Saturday to be wary of China, which he said was targeting individual U.S. states in a strategic effort to expand its economic and political influence.He said a Chinese...

Man charged after sheriff stops vehicle resembling cop car

February 8, 2020

WATERFORD, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man who was driving a SUV decked out like a police car when he was stopped by a county sheriff has been charged.Adrian Ansah-Asante was arraigned Saturday in the Oakland County Jail on a felony concealed weapons...

Deadly fire hangs over success of top Brazilian soccer club

By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE | February 8, 2020

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Marília de Barros Silva heard reports that the popular Brazilian soccer club Flamengo was signing a player for almost 17 million euros ($18.6 million), she felt sadness — but also resentment.For a year, she has been trying...

5 Britons with virus hospitalized in France after Alps stay

By ANGELA CHARLTON and DANICA KIRKA | February 8, 2020

France is closing two schools and trying to reassure vacationers in the Alps after five British citizens, including a 9-year-old child, contracted the new virus from China at a French ski resort.Saturday's announcement of the five new cases in France...

China virus cases increase as more preventive measures taken

February 8, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The rate of increase in new cases of the virus in China rose again after a brief respite, as the death toll rose to 722 on the mainland and countries around the world enforced stricter measures to contain its spread.A U.S. citizen died...

Oregon candidate, once a Trump critic, now embraces him

By ANDREW SELSKY | February 8, 2020

BEND, Ore. (AP) — In 2018, the Republican party's candidate for governor of Oregon painted himself as a centrist, criticized President Donald Trump's environmental stance and said he didn't want to be linked to divisive national figures.Knute Buehler...