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Montana lawmaker rejects resigning over socialism comments

By AMY BETH HANSON | February 4, 2020

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana lawmaker on Monday rejected legislative leaders' call for his resignation over his assertion that the U.S. Constitution allows socialists to be jailed or shot.Republican Rep. Rodney Garcia of Billings, responding to the...

Holocaust survivor seeks teens to bear witness for future

By LORI HINNANT | February 4, 2020

DRANCY, France (AP) — The girls and boys in the room were just a little older than Victor Perahia was when he was finally freed in 1945, his body wracked with tuberculosis and typhus, his mind anguished by the suffering and death he had seen. After...

Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi is dead at age 95

By TOM ODULA | February 4, 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and led the East African nation through years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, died Tuesday at age 95.Moi succeeded...

Nationalists in Rome cheer Brexit, honor Pope John Paul II

By NICOLE WINFIELD | February 4, 2020

ROME (AP) — European and American nationalists attending a conference Tuesday in Rome cheered Brexit, warned of left-wing “totalitarianism” and waxed nostalgic about St. John Paul II's papacy and the “glorious revolution” that brought down communism.The...

Trump’s envoy urges Kosovo to drop taxes on Serbian goods

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC | February 4, 2020

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Kosovo and Serbia on Tuesday urged the new Kosovo government to follow up on an agreement to abolish punitive tariffs on Serbian goods that have blocked negotiations between the...

Jailed woman in need of cancer surgery moved to state prison

February 4, 2020

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A woman sentenced to 10 months in jail for a $109.63 theft, despite needing surgery to treat what her family says is advanced uterine and cervical cancer, is being transferred to a Pennsylvania state prison, her lawyer said Monday.Ashley...

The Latest: France warns against all travel to China

February 4, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China (all times local):9:45 p.m.France’s government has joined Britain in warning against any non-essential travel to China and suggesting that all of its citizens in China leave while...

UK urges citizens in China to leave; Belgium sees first case

February 4, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain on Tuesday urged all of its citizens in China to leave because of the virus outbreak, while Belgium became the latest nation to announce a confirmed case.The U.K. Foreign Office said in an updated travel advisory that commercial...

The Latest: Dems say delay due to coding error, results soon

February 4, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local):8:45 a.m.The Iowa Democratic Party says delays in reporting the outcome of Monday's caucuses were due to a coding issue that has been fixed. The party says...

EU regrets US military policy about-face on landmines

February 4, 2020

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union expressed regret on Tuesday that the United States has decided to use anti-personnel landmines more widely and once again considers them to be an important weapon of war.Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump canceled...

UK boosts climate effort by banning new gas vehicles by 2035

By JILL LAWLESS | February 4, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain announced Tuesday that it plans to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035 — five years earlier than its previous target — in a bid to speed up efforts to tackle climate change.The announcement was timed to coincide...

Caroline Kennedy backs Biden, calls him Democrats’ best bet

By BRIAN SLODYSKO | February 4, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, calling the former vice president Democrats' “best bet to win the White House.”The Kennedy family has been a major force in Massachusetts...