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Lebanese protesters get creative as they block roads
BEIRUT - On a main thoroughfare in Beirut on Monday, Lebanese protesters set up a living room with an area rug, a couch and a refrigerator. On another, they held a morning yoga class. And on a third r...
Oct 28, 2019
Trump draws boos when introduced to crowd at World Series
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's low-profile appearance Sunday night at Game 5 of the World Series came at a high-profile moment of his presidency. Yet he still drew loud boos and jeers when intr...
Oct 28, 2019
'I'm dying': Relatives await answers in smuggling case
DO THANH, Vietnam - One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying. Another grieving family set up a makeshift altar for their missing daughter who paid...
Oct 28, 2019
EU grants new Brexit delay to Jan. 31
BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year on Monday - just three days before it was due to take place. European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that th...
Oct 28, 2019
Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US
MOSCOW - The Russian woman convicted in the United States of being a Russian agent returned to Moscow on Saturday and declared that she has no desire to go back to America. Maria Butina was deported F...
Oct 28, 2019
Paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player to get spinal surgery in Thailand
CALGARY - A hockey player paralyzed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is to depart on a 12,000-kilometre journey to Thailand later this week for surgery that could help restore some of his m...
Oct 28, 2019
Stars advocate for progress at honorary Oscars event
LOS ANGELES - Inequality in the film industry got a high-profile spotlight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 11th annual Governors Awards, where Cherokee actor Wes Studi, Italian dir...
Oct 28, 2019
Washington Capitals complete comeback, down Canucks 6-5 in shootout
Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat says his team simply wasn't good enough to steal a win from the Washington Capitals on Friday night. Though the Canucks (6-3-1) were up four goals late in...
Oct 27, 2019
Altuve, Astros show up in World Series, win Game 3 in DC 4-1
WASHINGTON - From the moment George Springer jumped on the game's third pitch for a single, then quickly swiped a base, to the way he and his teammates sprinted off the field after the final out a lit...
Oct 27, 2019
Altuve, Astros show up in World Series, win Game 3 in DC 4-1
WASHINGTON - The World Series finally showed up back in Washington, 86 years later - and, sparked by Jos Altuve, the Houston Astros finally showed up in this World Series. Altuve doubled twice and sco...
Oct 27, 2019