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UK lawmakers set to back early election but haggle over date
LONDON - After months of stalemate in Parliament, Britain appeared on course Tuesday for an early general election that could break the country's political deadlock over Brexit. Opposition lawmakers b...
Oct 31, 2019
Lebanese prime minister quits amid anti-government protests
BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister resigned Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators shortly after baton-wielding Hezbollah supporters rampaged through the main pr...
Oct 31, 2019
Ninety-eight rookie MPs undergo House of Commons training in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ninety-eight new MPs are in Ottawa to learn how to manage their budgets, get their parking passes and, later on, protect their sanity. The House of Commons began welcoming the rookie MPs, inc...
Oct 31, 2019
Federal judge blocks Alabama's strict abortion ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama's near-total abortion ban from taking effect next month and called the law - part of a wave of new abortion restrictions by conservative s...
Oct 31, 2019
Li delights home crowd and takes lead in Shanghai
SHANGHAI - Li Haotong has come a long way in the HSBC Champions, which he realized before hitting any of his 64 shots Thursday that carried him to a one-shot lead. Standing next to him on the tee was ...
Oct 31, 2019
Overtime, uniform bans proposed if Metro Vancouver transit strike begins Friday
VANCOUVER - The union representing bus drivers and other transit staff across Metro Vancouver says if ongoing negotiations don't produce a deal by midnight Thursday, job action will begin with ba...
Oct 31, 2019
Gooding due in court to face new sex misconduct allegations
NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr. faces a new accuser and new charges in his New York City sexual misconduct case, his lawyer said Wednesday. The actor is due in court Thursday for an arraignment on an upda...
Oct 31, 2019
Fraud, corruption trial underway for former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi
MONTREAL - The fraud and corruption trial of a former executive with the Montreal engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has gotten underway at the Montreal courthouse. Jurors were selected earlier this week i...
Oct 31, 2019
AP sources: Hinchcliffe to be replaced at new McLaren team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - James Hinchcliffe has been released from the new Arrow McLaren SP Racing team, two people with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press, despite repeated public as...
Oct 31, 2019
Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles dies at 79
RICHMOND, Va. - Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles, a Democrat known as the "transportation governor" and for his work to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and increase foreign trade, died Tuesday. He was ...
Oct 31, 2019
