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In interview, Klobuchar, Steyer can’t name Mexican president

By The Associated Press | February 14, 2020

Democratic presidential hopefuls Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer were stumped when asked during a televised interview in Nevada to name the Mexican president.Klobuchar, Steyer and fellow 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg were asked during one-on-one interviews...

Nevada’s lone black congressman backs Biden before caucuses

By MICHELLE L. PRICE | February 14, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, the only black member of Nevada's congressional delegation, is endorsing Joe Biden for president on the eve of early voting in the state's caucuses.The Democrat said in a statement shared with The Associated...

Appeals court deals blow to Trump’s Medicaid work rules

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JILL BLEED | February 14, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's effort to remake Medicaid by requiring low-income people to work for health care suffered a serious setback Friday when a federal appeals court ruled it goes beyond what's allowed by law.The unanimous decision...

Former priest convicted in 1960 Texas slaying dies at 87

February 14, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former Texas priest who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1960 killing of a schoolteacher who came to him for confession has died, prison officials said.John Bernard Feit, 87, died Thursday afternoon at Huntsville Hospital,...

Reworked charges in Chicago cite another R. Kelly accuser

By MICHAEL TARM | February 14, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — An updated federal indictment against R. Kelly unsealed Friday in Chicago includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser, adding to the jailed singer's mounting legal challenges across three states.The 13-count superseding indictment...

Bernie Sanders pranked by Russians posing as Greta Thunberg

By TANYA TITOVA and DARIA LITVINOVA | February 14, 2020

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian pranksters claim they called U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders pretending to be climate activist Greta Thunberg and offered Thunberg's support to his campaign.Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who have...

Vatican, Chinese foreign ministers hold highest-level talks

February 14, 2020

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican and Chinese foreign ministers met Friday in the highest-level encounter between the two sides following the 2018 signing of a landmark accord on Catholic bishop nominations.The Vatican said Archbishop Paul Gallagher met...

AP Exclusive: Agency memo contradicts Greyhound on bus raids

By GENE JOHNSON | February 14, 2020

SEATTLE (AP) — A Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by The Associated Press confirms that bus companies such as Greyhound do not have to allow Border Patrol agents on board to conduct routine checks for immigrants in the country illegally,...

Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits US kids

By MIKE STOBBE | February 14, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade.The number of child deaths and the hospitalization rate for youngsters are the highest seen at this point in any season...

US travel ban for Sri Lanka army chief in hospital shelling

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI | February 14, 2020

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday issued a travel ban Sri Lanka's army chief, saying there is “credible information of his involvement” in human rights violations during the final phase of the island nation's civil war that...

Goodrich: Jordan won fairly in 1988, judges not in cahoots

By ANDREW SELIGMAN | February 14, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — More than three decades later, some details of the classic slam dunk contest showdown between Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins are a bit fuzzy to Hall of Famer Gail Goodrich.One of five judges for the competition, the former Los Angeles...

Virus cases rise as experts question China’s numbers

By KEN MORITSUGU | February 14, 2020

BEIJING (AP) — Infections and deaths from the new virus in China ballooned for a second straight day Friday, on paper at least, as officials near the epicenter of the outbreak struggled to keep up with a backlog of patients’ lab work.The acceleration...