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Northern Star

US speeds cases of translators, others blocked by travel ban

By GENE JOHNSON | February 10, 2020

SEATTLE (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has agreed to speed up the cases of some former interpreters for the U.S. military in Iraq and hundreds of other refugees whose efforts to move to the United States have been in limbo since he announced...

A bridge too far? UK looks at linking Scotland, N Ireland

By JILL LAWLESS | February 10, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The British government said Monday it is seriously studying the feasibility of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, an audacious idea that has been floated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Johnson’s spokesman, James Slack,...

Irish election produces an earthquake as Sinn Fein tops poll

By JILL LAWLESS and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE | February 10, 2020

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland braced for weeks of political uncertainty Monday after an earth-shaking election that saw the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein — long shunned by its bigger rivals — take the largest share of votes.In a surge that...

Trump calls for slashing funding for toxic Superfund cleanup

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER | February 10, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called Monday for slashing funding for the Superfund hazardous waste program, even as the backlog of clean-ups has grown around the country for lack of money.The $113 million in Superfund clean-up cuts are part...

UK man convicted of plot to attack London tourist sites

February 10, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A former Uber driver was convicted Monday of plotting a vehicle and weapons attack on London tourist sites, just over a year after he was cleared of attacking police with a sword outside Buckingham Palace.Jurors at London’s Woolwich...

Elizabeth Warren’s challenge: Breaking out of murky middle

By WILL WEISSERT and JULIE PACE | February 10, 2020

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Elizabeth Warren isn’t struggling like Joe Biden. But she isn’t soaring, like Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders.Instead, the Massachusetts senator enters a critical stretch of the campaign relegated to the murky middle. She...

Mozambique drops appeal in South Africa over former minister

By TOM BOWKER | February 10, 2020

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — The Mozambican attorney general’s office on Monday withdrew its appeal to South African courts to have former Finance Minister Manuel Chang extradited back home amid a massive debt scandal.Chang faces trial in the United...

Sony, Amazon, others drop out of big tech show over virus

By KELVIN CHAN | February 10, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Two big Japanese companies are the latest to pull out of a major European technology show due to fears over the outbreak of the new coronavirus.Electronics manufacturer Sony and mobile phone carrier NTT DoCoMo said Monday they're scrapping...

Revolution or realism? NH tests Democrats’ call for change

By STEVE PEOPLES | February 10, 2020

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters are poised Tuesday to re-order the field of Democratic presidential candidates. But as important, they will also send a message about what kind of change they want their party to stand for to challenge President...

In the heart of Mexico’s violence, disillusion grows

By ASTRID GALVAN | February 10, 2020

URUAPAN, MEXICO (AP) — Alejandra Uvilla fled her home city of Apatzingan because of overwhelming violence, moving 65 miles (105 km) north to bustling, mountain-nestled Uruapan in the avocado belt of Michoacan state. Three years later, the bloodshed...

No. 12 Arizona women get past No. 9 Oregon State in OT

By GARY HOROWITZ | February 10, 2020

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Coming off a 33-point loss at No. 3 Oregon, Arizona had something to prove when it stepped on the court Sunday against No. 9 Oregon State.And the 12th-ranked Wildcats (19-4, 8-4 Pac-12) delivered a definitive statement with a...

Massachusetts waitress surprised with $2,000 tip on $12 bill

February 10, 2020

SWANSEA, Mass. (AP) — A man surprised a Massachusetts waitress with a $2,000 tip.The server got the tip during the lunch rush at Harvest Market in Swansea last week, The Fall River Herald News reported. She declined to give her full name but said she...