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Gun industry gathers amid slumping sales, rising tensions

The gun industry is gathering in Las Vegas for its annual trade show amid slumping sales and an uncertain political landscape

12:15PM ( 43 minutes ago )

By The Associated Press

No give: Trump's impeachment defense, prosecutors dig in

Advocates for and against President Donald Trump are giving no ground in the shadow of his Senate impeachment trial

12:00PM ( 58 minutes ago )

By The Associated Press

Many options await Prince Harry and Meghan after royal split

A new life awaits Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, now that they are splitting from the royal family

11:42AM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

US marks King holiday amid fears of deep racial divisions

As the nation celebrates the holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King, some worry that the country is not fulfilling the dream of the African American leader who strove against hate and preached racial and social justice

11:34AM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

On the edge of America, census begins a tiny Alaska town

The 2020 census in the U.S. will begin this week in a tiny community in Alaska

11:34AM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

Germany hosts summit on Libya, seeks to halt proxy fighting

Germany has brought together the key players in Libya’s long-running civil war

11:27AM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

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A look at expected participants in Virginia gun rally

State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia that's expected to draw a mix of militias, firearms advocates and white supremacists to Richmond

10:54AM ( 2 hours ago )

Candidates seek new caucus voters in trailer parks, rallies

Bernie Sanders is seeking out first-time Iowa caucus participants where they live, work and shop

10:26AM ( 2 hours ago )

Beirut braces for more violence, after night of riots

Lebanon's State News Agency says the country's prosecutor has ordered the release of 34 people arrested during the most violent anti-government protests in months

9:24AM ( 3 hours ago )

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National News

Trump to promote China, Mexico-Canada trade deals to farmers

President Donald Trump is expected to discuss new U.S. trade agreements with its North American neighbors and with China during an appearance Sunday in Texas at a convention of American farmers

12:26PM ( 34 minutes ago )

Thousands-strong Hong Kong protest cut short by clashes

Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Hong Kong, cutting short a rally after thousands had gathered at a park to call for electoral reforms and a boycott of the Chinese Communist Party

9:21AM ( 3 hours ago )

In Texas and other states, voters face a variety of barriers

Texas and other Republican-controlled states across the country have been imposing registration and voting restrictions in recent years that make casting a ballot more difficult

9:14AM ( 3 hours ago )

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Washington

No escape: Senators to be quiet, unplugged for Trump trial

No cellphones

8:59AM ( 4 hours ago )

Buttigieg says Oval Office needs wartime veteran

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says the Oval Office benefits from the perspective of a commander in chief who has served in the military in wartime

7:29AM ( 5 hours ago )

Biden rips Sanders campaign for Social Security attacks

Joe Biden has called for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign to “disown” what he calls “doctored video” that some Sanders supporters say shows the former vice president endorsing Republican calls to cut Social Security and Medicare

7:24AM ( 5 hours ago )

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Elections

Couple together for nearly 65 years die on the same day

A couple who had been together for nearly 65 years have died on the same day at a St. Louis-area nursing home

9:24AM ( 3 hours ago )

Fire at Czech asylum for mentally ill kills 8 patients

Czech officials say eight male patients have been killed in a fire at an asylum for the mentally ill

6:28AM ( 6 hours ago )

China reports 17 new cases in viral pneumonia outbreak

Seventeen more people in central China have been diagnosed with a new form of viral pneumonia that has killed two patients and placed other countries on alert

10:33PM ( 14 hours ago )

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Health and Medicine

Organizers appeal Virginia rally gun ban; 6 now arrested

A gun-rights group wants the Virginia Supreme Court to block a ban on firearms at their Monday rally at the state Capitol

By The Associated Press

11:05AM ( 2 days ago )

Michigan lawmakers push sexual harassment probe of colleague

Legislative leaders say a Republican state lawmaker should be subject to a sexual harassment investigation for telling a young female reporter she could have “a lot of fun” with a group of high school boys visiting the Michigan Capitol

By The Associated Press

5:19PM ( 3 days ago )