Feb 09 Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel By Sheila Norman-Culp, Associated Press Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving seas that closed down ports. Continue reading
Feb 09 Unique Illinois privacy law leads to $550M Facebook deal By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press Facebook has agreed to a $550 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating the rights of millions of Illinois users by harvesting their biometric data without permission. Continue reading
Feb 09 Graham: DOJ has process to review Giuliani’s Ukraine info By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a close ally of President Donald Trump, said Sunday that the Justice Department has established a way to review information gathered in Ukraine by Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Continue reading
Feb 09 Iran again fails to put satellite into orbit amid US worries By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press An Iranian rocket failed to put a satellite into orbit on Sunday, state television reported, the latest setback for a program the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. Continue reading
Feb 09 NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats By Michael Casey, Associated Press Bounding onto a stage at a conference center in New Hampshire, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang beamed a smile to a cheering crowd and launched into his pitch for votes heading intod of Tuesday’s first-in-the nation primary. Continue reading
Feb 09 Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine By Erika Kinetz, Associated Press For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration… Continue reading
Feb 09 US says 2 soldiers killed, 6 wounded in Afghanistan attack By Rahim Faiez, Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, the U.S. military said. Continue reading
Feb 09 Soldier kills 26 in bloodiest mass shooting in Thailand By Grant Peck, Busaba Sivasomboon, Associated Press A soldier with a grudge gunned down 26 people and wounded 57 in Thailand's worst mass shooting before he was fatally shot inside a mall in the country's northeast on Sunday, officials said. Continue reading
Feb 09 China’s virus death toll surpasses SARS but new cases fall By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China's death toll from the new virus outbreak has risen by 89 to 811, surpassing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, as other governments step up efforts to block the disease. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:43 Democrats look to New Hampshire after chaotic Iowa caucuses Democratic presidential hopefuls took to the stage for another debate Friday as they looked for an edge in the lead-up to the New Hampshire primaries following last week's chaotic Iowa caucuses. Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute,… Continue watching