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German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic relic

By GEIR MOULSON | February 4, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — A German appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man's bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where Martin Luther once preached.The “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture on the Town Church...

Police say Lesotho’s first lady to be charged with murder

By HERBERT MOYO | February 4, 2020

MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — The first lady of Lesotho is set to be charged with murder in connection with the 2017 killing of the prime minister's former wife, police said Tuesday.Maesaiah Thabane, who fled the country on Jan. 10 to escape arrest, returned...

EU rejects Trump Mideast plan amid annexation concerns

By LORNE COOK | February 4, 2020

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Tuesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for securing peace in the Middle East and expressed concern about Israel’s plans to annex more Palestinian land.Trump's plan, which was unveiled last week,...

Charges withdrawn in ‘Voodoo ritual’ assault case

February 4, 2020

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors have dismissed charges against two Massachusetts women who had been accused of hurting and threatening two children during what authorities described as a Voodoo ritual.Sisters Rachel Hilaire, 42, and Peggy LaBossiere,...

Montana lawmaker rejects resigning over socialism comments

By AMY BETH HANSON | February 4, 2020

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana lawmaker on Monday rejected legislative leaders' call for his resignation over his assertion that the U.S. Constitution allows socialists to be jailed or shot.Republican Rep. Rodney Garcia of Billings, responding to the...

UK inquiry: Rogue breast surgeon hurt over 1,000 patients

By DANICA KIRKA | February 4, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The chair of an independent inquiry into how a prominent British breast surgeon was able to perform unnecessary operations for years concluded Tuesday that more than 1,000 patients might have been affecte d by a “dysfunctional'' system...

Holocaust survivor seeks teens to bear witness for future

By LORI HINNANT | February 4, 2020

DRANCY, France (AP) — The girls and boys in the room were just a little older than Victor Perahia was when he was finally freed in 1945, his body wracked with tuberculosis and typhus, his mind anguished by the suffering and death he had seen. After...

Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi is dead at age 95

By TOM ODULA | February 4, 2020

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya’s longest-serving president and led the East African nation through years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, died Tuesday at age 95.Moi succeeded...

Nationalists in Rome cheer Brexit, honor Pope John Paul II

By NICOLE WINFIELD | February 4, 2020

ROME (AP) — European and American nationalists attending a conference Tuesday in Rome cheered Brexit, warned of left-wing “totalitarianism” and waxed nostalgic about St. John Paul II's papacy and the “glorious revolution” that brought down communism.The...

Trump’s envoy urges Kosovo to drop taxes on Serbian goods

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC | February 4, 2020

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Kosovo and Serbia on Tuesday urged the new Kosovo government to follow up on an agreement to abolish punitive tariffs on Serbian goods that have blocked negotiations between the...

Changing counts reveal inexact science of calorie labels

By CANDICE CHOI | February 4, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Almonds used to have about 170 calories per serving. Then researchers said it was really more like 130. A little later, they said the nuts may have even less.Calorie counting can be a simple way to help maintain a healthy weight —...

Brother of Manchester Arena bomber goes on trial for murder

February 4, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester is just as guilty as the attacker, a British prosecutor said Tuesday, as the surviving sibling went on trial for murder.Hashem Abedi,...