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Police: Stabbing at London mosque not terror-related

February 20, 2020

LONDON (AP) — A man was stabbed during afternoon prayers at one of London's biggest mosques Thursday, and police officers detained another man on suspicion of attempted murder.The city's Metropolitan Police force said detectives investigating the stabbing...

Amid ‘Anonymous’ fallout, NSC adviser reassigned

By JILL COLVIN | February 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Victoria Coates, a top official on the National Security Council, is being reassigned amid fallout over the identity of the author of the inside-the-White House tell-all book by “Anonymous.”Coates, who serves as national security...

Irish lawmakers meet as wrangling to form government goes on

February 20, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s parliament convened Thursday for the first time since an election two weeks ago that left three parties on roughly level pegging, with no easy route to forming a stable government.Talks among the parties have failed to make...

Iran announces 3 new cases of new virus after 2 deaths

By AMIR VAHDAT | February 20, 2020

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Thursday that three more people have been infected with the new virus that originated in central China, following an announcement the day before that two people had died of the illness caused by the virus in the Iranian...

New colobus monkey makes debut at St. Louis Zoo

By JIM SALTER | February 20, 2020

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident, and boy is he cute.The zoo announced Thursday that Teak, a black and white colobus monkey, was born on Feb. 3. Colobus monkeys are born white with a pink face. By age 6 months, the little monkey...

US sanctions Iran clerics for vetoing election candidates

By MATTHEW LEE | February 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday ratcheted up pressure on Iran by slapping sanctions on top members of a powerful clerical body that disqualified thousands of candidates from running in that country's parliamentary elections.A...

Putin hails US for helping prevent terror attack in Russia

February 20, 2020

Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday hailed the FBI for sharing information that helped thwart a terror attack by adherents of the Islamic State group in St. Petersburg during the New Year holidays.Speaking at a meeting with senior officials...

Uber resumes operating in Colombia after three-week hiatus

By MANUEL RUEDA | February 20, 2020

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Uber restarted operations in Colombia on Thursday after shutting down its app for almost three weeks.In a statement, the platform said it had found “new alternatives” to work legally in the South American country.Uber said...

Justices return for season of big decisions, amid campaign

By MARK SHERMAN | February 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a Supreme Court that says it has an allergy to politics, the next few months might require a lot of tissues.The court is poised to issue campaign-season decisions in the full bloom of spring in cases dealing with President Donald...

W.Va. gov says economy is rosy, but doubters not buying that

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | February 20, 2020

ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — For years, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has told people they need only look at the lines at Dairy Queen to see how much the state's economy has improved since he took office.But for Grace Waterman, snacking on vanilla soft serve...

Spanish judge summons Venezuelan TV owner in PDVSA probe

February 20, 2020

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has named the owner of Venezuelan television network Globovisión in an investigation of alleged corruption and money laundering by Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA.National Court judge María Tardón issued...

South Sudan rival leaders agree to form coalition government

By MAURA AJAK | February 20, 2020

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s rival leaders on Thursday announced they have agreed to form a coalition government just two days before the deadline, a breakthrough after months of delays and a major step in the emergence from a five-year...