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Iraqi protesters defy top cleric and return to the streets

By SAMYA KULLAB | January 26, 2020

BAGHDAD (AP) — One protester was killed by security forces after hundreds of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of Iraq's capital and southern provinces on Sunday, defying a powerful Iraqi religious leader who recently withdrew his support...

France reports 27% increase in anti-Semitic acts

January 26, 2020

PARIS (AP) — Anti-Semitic acts increased in France last year by 27%, acts against Muslims inched higher while anti-Christian acts remained stable but highest of all, France’s interior minister said Sunday, denouncing the situation as intolerable.On...

Burundi’s ruling party picks general as presidential hopeful

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA | January 26, 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi's ruling party has chosen an army general to be its candidate in the presidential election set for May, signaling that the country's president will now retire after serving three terms.Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye was chosen...

3rd woman accuses Michigan lawmaker of sexual harassment

January 26, 2020

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A third woman in two weeks has publicly come forward with sexual harassment allegations against a Michigan state legislator, according to a published report Sunday.Melissa Osborn, who works as a regulatory affairs specialist for...

Three years later, Trump travel ban heads back to court

By DENISE LAVOIE | January 26, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from several predominantly Muslim countries in 2018, the ruling appeared to shut down legal challenges that claimed the policy was rooted in anti-Muslim...

Pope on Holocaust atrocities: Let’s all say never again

January 26, 2020

VATICAN CITY (AP) —Pope Francis is inviting prayers and reflection about the “atrocity” of the Holocaust, urging people to vow in their heart “never again.”In remarks to the public in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, Francis noted that Monday is...

Pope’s new aide is priest who worked with street kids

January 26, 2020

Pope Francis has chosen a Uruguayan priest who has worked with street children to be one of his two personal secretaries.The Vatican said Sunday that Francis has known the Rev. Gonzalo Aemilius since 2006, when the pontiff was then-archbishop of Buenos...

Germany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus

By GEIR MOULSON | January 26, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's foreign minister is calling for strengthened efforts against anti-Semitism to ward off the possibility that many Jews decide to leave the country.Heiko Maas said in an article Sunday for the weekly Der Spiegel that German politicians...

Israel to allow its citizens to visit Saudi Arabia

January 26, 2020

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Interior Ministry said Sunday that it will now allow Israelis to travel to Saudi Arabia for religious or business visits.The announcement is the latest sign of quiet but warming relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. It...

Simmons doc, sans Oprah, receives huge ovation at Sundance

By JAKE COYLE | January 26, 2020

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons documentary “On the Record” went ahead with its premiere Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, where the women who came forward with sexual assault allegations against the hip-hop...

Dotson, Azubuike lift No. 3 Kansas over Tennessee 74-68

By MADDY TANNAHILL | January 25, 2020

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — With just seven scholarship players at coach Bill Self’s disposal, No. 3 Kansas weathered early foul trouble and escaped with a win.Devon Dotson scored 22 points, Udoka Azubuike added 18 and the Jayhawks beat Tennessee 74-68...

Ex-‘Bachelor’ contestant stripped of $1M fantasy sports win

January 25, 2020

BOSTON (AP) — Sports gambling giant DraftKings won't give a former "Bachelor” contestant the $1 million prize for winning an online fantasy football contest after she and her husband were accused of cheating.Jade Roper-Tolbert, who appeared in “The...