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AP-NORC poll: GOP more fired up for 2020, Democrats anxious

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and EMILY SWANSON | January 30, 2020

When it comes to the 2020 presidential election, Democrats are nervous wrecks and Republican excitement has grown.That's according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research as Americans look ahead to a high-stakes election...

EU fines NBCUniversal for restricting film merchandise sales

January 30, 2020

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union authorities have fined NBCUniversal for restricting cross-border sales of “Jurassic Park" toys, “Minions” school bags, “Big Lebowski" mugs and other licensed film merchandise, in the bloc's latest regulatory effort...

Philippine church denies FBI allegations, to fight in court

By JIM GOMEZ | January 30, 2020

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine religious group on Thursday denied allegations by American law enforcement agents that it was involved in a scheme to trick followers into becoming fundraisers and arrange sham marriages to keep them in the U.S.FBI...

Thieves steal bronze Dali sculptures from Swedish gallery

January 30, 2020

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least two thieves have stolen items from an art gallery in Stockholm, police said, with Swedish media reporting that they include 10 to 12 table-size bronze sculptures by Spanish artist Salvador Dali.Police said “at least...

Poland urged to end ‘damaging’ impasse at Jewish museum

By VANESSA GERA | January 30, 2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two co-founders of a prominent Jewish history museum in Warsaw urged their third partner — the Polish government — to comply with an agreement to re-appoint the museum's former director, arguing Thursday that a failure to do...

EU renews efforts to resume Kosovo-Serbia talks

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI | January 30, 2020

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat on Thursday called on Serbia and Kosovo to resume dialogue, saying it's the only way to normalize their ties and achieve a final agreement.Talks between the Balkan neighbors broke down in November...

Biden under pressure to prove he can thwart new GOP attacks

By BILL BARROW | January 30, 2020

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — With five days until the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden is fending off a new onslaught of GOP attacks over his son's business overseas and facing piling pressure to show Democratic voters he can handle the incoming.As Republicans amplified...

Gulf Arabs back Trump’s Mideast efforts, but not peace plan

By AYA BATRAWY | January 30, 2020

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A tectonic shift in relations quietly underway for years now was on full display as representatives of Gulf Arab states attended President Donald Trump's unveiling this week of an Israeli-Palestinian plan that heavily...

UN: Africa’s locust outbreak needs $76M ‘by, actually, now’

By CARA ANNA | January 30, 2020

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years needs some $76 million to help control and the money is “required by, actually, now,” the United Nations said Thursday.So far just $15 million has been...

Parents charged after Chicago boy shot in struggle over gun

January 30, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Charges have been filed against the parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home, police said.Travis McCoy, 26, was charged with felony false alarm to 911 and misdemeanor...

Indian police detain man for firing during student protest

January 30, 2020

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police on Thursday detained a man who allegedly fired a pistol near a university in New Delhi where students were protesting a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims.The man challenged protesters as they started marching from...

Florida man guilty; used claw hammer, knife to kill family

January 30, 2020

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man could get a death sentence after being found guilty of using a claw hammer, knife and gun to kill his mother and half-brothers.Jurors in Pensacola convicted Donald Hartung Sr., 63, on three counts of premeditated,...