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Bloomberg News wrestles with coverage of candidate Bloomberg

By DAVID BAUDER | February 20, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Three months after Bloomberg News tried to thread the needle with a plan for covering a presidential campaign with company founder Mike Bloomberg as a candidate, its journalists are learning how hard that can be.Bloomberg's rise in the...

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...

Trump taps loyalist Grenell as nation’s top intel official

By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE | February 20, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, will become acting director of national intelligence, a move that puts a staunch Trump ally in charge of the nation's 17 spy agencies, which the...

Egypt’s once-reviled street dogs get chance at a better life

By ISABEL DEBRE | February 19, 2020

CAIRO (AP) — Karim Hegazi spends his days in a Cairo clinic taking care of animals long considered a menace in Egypt.Stray dogs roam in almost every Cairo neighborhood — lurking in construction sites, scavenging through trash and howling nightly atop...

The Latest: Sanders: Democrat with most delegates should win

February 19, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The latest on the 2020 presidential campaign and Democratic debat e (all times local):8 p.m.Bernie Sanders is the only Democratic candidate on the debate stage who thinks the candidate with the most delegates should win the party’s...

Label: Rapper Pop Smoke slain in Hollywood Hills shooting

By ANDREW DALTON | February 19, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pop Smoke, a rising Brooklyn rapper who had a breakout year of hit songs and albums that made some of the biggest names in hip-hop his fans and collaborators, was fatally shot during a break-in Wednesday at a Hollywood Hills home,...

China revokes 3 Wall Street Journal reporters’ credentials

February 19, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — China revoked the press credentials of three reporters for The Wall Street Journal over a headline for an opinion column the government said Wednesday was racist.The expulsions come after the Trump administration on Tuesday designated...

Democrats won’t commit to same-day release of Nevada results

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY | February 19, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrats won’t commit to releasing the unofficial results of Saturday’s Nevada caucuses on the day of the vote, as they emphasize accuracy over speed in the aftermath of the chaos surrounding the Iowa caucuses.Tom Perez, chairman...

Indiana official ‘sorry’ for Islamophobic posts won’t resign

February 19, 2020

KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana councilman whose predecessor resigned after posting Islamophobic comments online says he will not step down after he was also criticized for sharing similar views on Facebook.Roger Stewart, a member of the Kokomo Common...

‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’ is online star after implosion

February 19, 2020

DALLAS (AP) — A social media sensation dubbed the “Leaning Tower of Dallas” was born when a portion of a building survived an implosion in Dallas.After the implosion Sunday failed to bring down the core of the 11-story former Affiliated Computer...

AP source: Barr tells people he might quit over Trump tweets

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER | February 18, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has told people close to him he’s considering quitting his post after President Donald Trump wouldn’t heed his warning to stop tweeting about Justice Department cases, an administration official told...

2 top execs stepping down at publisher Tribune amid turmoil

By TALI ARBEL | February 18, 2020

Two top executives at newspaper publisher Tribune are stepping down as the company deals with its largest shareholder, a hedge fund known for cutting newsroom jobs, andgrapples with a decline in revenue as the print-ad business shrinks.The Chicago-based...