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Giants hire Gabe Kapler as manager to replace Bruce Bochy
SAN FRANCISCO - Gabe Kapler has been hired as manager of the San Francisco Giants, a month after being fired from the same job by the Philadelphia Phillies. Kapler replaces Bruce Bochy, who retired at...
Nov 12, 2019
Jonathan Drouin scores winner, Canadiens beat Blue Jackets 3-2 in shootout
MONTREAL - Jonathan Drouin scored the shootout winner to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Brendan Gallagher and Toma...
Nov 12, 2019
USC campus left shaken by 9 student deaths since August
LOS ANGELES - The first death occurred in late August, two days before classes began, when an incoming freshman was struck by a car while walking on a freeway near the University of Southern Californi...
Nov 12, 2019
Trump to face limits of his power in impeachment hearings
NEW YORK - For three years, Donald Trump has unapologetically defied the conventions of the American presidency. On Wednesday, he comes face to face with the limits of his power, confronting an impeac...
Nov 12, 2019
Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire
HONG KONG - Following a day of violence in which one person was shot by police and another set on fire, Hong Kong's leader pledged Monday to "spare no effort" to halt anti-government protests that hav...
Nov 12, 2019
Live, from DC: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public
WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the wor...
Nov 12, 2019
Tensions rise as Bolivia opposition leader claims presidency
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Clashes broke out in the streets of Bolivia's capital Tuesday evening when an opposition leader in the Senate declared herself the country's interim president after Evo Morales fled ...
Nov 12, 2019
As Hong Kong descends into chaos, China mulls its options
BEIJING - A sharp escalation of violence in Hong Kong is once again raising the question of how China's central government will respond: Will it deploy its armed forces, or allow the chaos and destruc...
Nov 12, 2019
Teen climate activist is leaving US, setting sail for Spain
HAMPTON, Va. - Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will leave North America and begin her return trip across the Atlantic on Wednesday aboard a 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran sailboat whose pas...
Nov 12, 2019
Spanish king, Cuban president meet in Havana
HAVANA - Spanish King Felipe VI and Cuban President Miguel Daz-Canel met Tuesday at the start of the first modern state visit to Cuba by a member of the royal family that once ruled the Caribbean isla...
Nov 12, 2019