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Delaney, longest-running Democratic candidate, ends 2020 bid

By ASHRAF KHALIL and HUNTER WOODALL | January 31, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — John Delaney, the longest-running Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential race, is ending his campaign after pouring millions of his own money into an effort that failed to resonate with voters.The announcement, made Friday...

Anne Cox Chambers, wealthy newspaper heiress, dies at 100

By JEFF MARTIN | January 31, 2020

ATLANTA (AP) — Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country's richest women, died Friday at the age of 100.Chambers' nephew James Cox Kennedy announced her death to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,...

Government works to ease ballooning immigration case backlog

By COLLEEN LONG | January 31, 2020

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Inside the glass high-rise that houses the headquarters of the nation's immigration courts, the focus is on how to make the immensely strained system more efficient.Grappling with an inherited backlog that has ballooned to 1...

Greece boosts border patrols, plans cameras to stop migrants

By COSTAS KANTOURIS | January 31, 2020

PYTHIO, Greece (AP) — Greece is stepping up security on its porous land border with Turkey, used by thousands of migrants to clandestinely enter Europe, with extra guards supported by a network of powerful surveillance cameras, officials said Friday.The...

Doncic, Young lead list for Rising Stars game at All-Star

January 31, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star starters Luka Doncic of Dallas and Trae Young of Atlanta headlined the list of players released Friday to participate in the Rising Stars game at All-Star weekend in Chicago.Also on the list: likely rookie of the year frontrunner...

Airbus paying $4 billion to end global corruption probes

By ANGELA CHARLTON | January 31, 2020

PARIS (AP) — U.S., British and French authorities approved an unprecedented agreement Friday with Airbus that will see the planemaker pay up to $4 billion to end years of damaging corruption investigations.All three countries called it the largest global...

After Brexit: UK leaves EU but what’s next far from certain

By JILL LAWLESS | January 31, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Britain is leaving the European Union after 47 years of membership. That's just the first stage of a journey that still has many twists in store.The U.K. is quitting a 28-nation bloc of almost half a billion people which for decades has...

Dutch government plans to ban some forms of fireworks

January 31, 2020

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government plans to ban the sale of most fireworks in a bid to rein in injuries and attacks on emergency service workers during unruly New Year’s Eve celebrations, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Friday.The ban,...

Abused circus animals arrive at South African sanctuary

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | January 31, 2020

WINBURG, South Africa (AP) — Twelve tigers and five lions have been relocated to a sanctuary in South Africa after being rescued from circuses in Guatemala following years of abuse and confinement.The animals, both cubs and adults, are among 200 that...

Former FBI translator gets probation for doctored transcript

By MATTHEW BARAKAT | January 31, 2020

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A former FBI translator was sentenced to probation Friday after he admitted doctoring transcripts when his own voice came up on intercepts of phone calls placed by a terrorism suspect.Abdirizak Wehelie of Burke, Virginia, also...

Atari plans to open video game-themed resorts in 8 US cities

January 31, 2020

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Atari, the arcade game company that ushered in the gaming revolution in the 1980s, is opening eight video game-themed hotels across the United States, including ones in Las Vegas and Phoenix.The company said this week it will break...

Caterpillar 4Q profit rises despite sales decline

January 31, 2020

Caterpillar put a lid on costs in the fourth quarter, pushing profits higher despite an 8% decline in revenue.The strong profits, however, were overshadowed by an uncertain take on the year ahead with global growth slowing.Shares slipped $1.06 to $134.31...