• Sat, 23 Feb 2019

• 'Beale Street' tops Spirit Awards, Close wins best actress
• The Latest: Pompeo urges Venezuelan troops to let aid in
• North Korea leader Kim Jong Un boards train to summit
• Oscars: Stars and stand-ins rehearse for the big show
• Southern storms, flooding, tornado in east Mississippi city
• Venezuelan aid convoys meet fierce resistance; 2 killed
• The Latest: Mississippi tornado wrecks businesses, shops
• Small plane crashes at airport; instructor and student die
• Hanoi summit nightmare scenario: Bad deals and little change
• Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim gets loud ovation for Duke game
• Sheriff: No likely survivors in jetliner crash near Houston
• Prosecutors paint dark portrait of manipulative R. Kelly
• US-North Korean deals often made away from negotiating table
• Biden's 2020 opening? Dem field missing foreign policy hand
• Ole Miss players kneel in response to Confederacy rally
• The Latest: Avenatti: Notion victims are lying 'outrageous'
• Buffett encourages investors to bet on American economy
• Mueller: Manafort 'brazenly violated the law' for years
• Sen. Feinstein debates children over climate change
• Women take Catholic bishops to task at Vatican abuse summit
• Goodell has wide-ranging powers to fine or suspend Kraft
• Mueller still seeking secrecy in Manafort investigation
• Counting starts in Nigeria's delayed poll marked by violence
• Stanley Donen, director of 'Singin' in the Rain,' dies at 94
• The Latest: Sex abuse victims speak of lost childhoods
• US Latinas rally around 'Roma' actress Yalitza Aparicio
• Pentagon chief getting firsthand look at US-Mexico border
• Teens tweet Trump, find Senate ally, score civil rights win
• Told to leave, IS 'caliphate' holdouts in Syria stay devoted
• The Latest: Mueller sentencing memo in Manafort case pending
• Trump picks ambassador to Canada for UN post
• Aid showdown: Venezuela opposition prepares to deliver goods

• Fri, 22 Feb 2019

• Trump vows veto as Democrats try to block emergency order
• R. Kelly arrested, charged in Chicago with sexual abuse
• Patriots owner Kraft denies charges of soliciting prostitute
• Smile: Some airliners have cameras on seat-back screens
• Trump sets up abortion obstacles, barring clinic referrals
• The Latest: R. Kelly arrives at Chicago police precinct
• Venezuela opposition leader Guaido appears at aid concert
• Ground-breaking electric Chevrolet Volt runs out of juice
• Case against R. Kelly may be stronger this time
• Spring training games underway in Florida, Arizona
• Criminal charges possible in North Carolina's US House fight
• R. Kelly's European concerts in doubt after new charges
• Social media provides fuel for Jussie Smollett story
• Virginia Republicans invite Fairfax's accusers to testify
• Fired Amazon worker with Crohn's sues over bathroom breaks
• The Latest: Venezuela's Guaido shows up at benefit concert
• AP source: Mueller report not expected next week
• Round 2 of teacher strikes looks beyond pay and funding
• The Latest: Trump raises prospect of dropping Huawei charges
• El Chapo wants new trial, hearing to probe jury misconduct
• GM extends life of its only Detroit factory until early 2020
• Haunting 'Roma' scene shines a rare spotlight on stillbirths
• Judge orders feds to list private groups receiving watchlist
• California parents of 13 plead guilty to torture, abuse
• New attorney general in hot seat as Mueller report nears
• US and China resume trade talks as Trump's deadline nears
• Records: 75 percent of revoked Illinois gun licenses ignored
• At Kraft Heinz, a fed investigation and a $15.4B write-down
• Vatican sex abuse summit seeks new culture of accountability
• UN nuclear watchdog: Iran stays within limits of 2015 deal
• US cardinals hope new accountability stops abusers in future
• 'Empire' producers cut Smollett from season's last episodes
• FIFA bans Chelsea from signing players through next season
• In letters, Whitey Bulger fondly recalled old days, Alcatraz
• Chicago's vast camera network helped Smollett investigation
• Fly-past honors WWII airmen who died saving UK children
• China bars millions from travel for 'social credit' offenses
• Worry about US-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit
• Powerful 7.5-magnitude quake hits southern Ecuador
• Ireland publishes no-deal Brexit bill it hopes it won't need
• French bishops agree to compensation for sex abuse victims

• Thu, 21 Feb 2019

• Judge grants citizenship to twin son of gay couple
• The Latest: Judge imposes gag order on Trump confidant Stone
• Israel flying to moon after SpaceX launch
• Brigade of volunteers vow to bring aid to Venezuela's needy
• The Latest: New election ordered in undecided US House race
• Case against Jussie Smollett resembles detailed movie script
• Judge considers expanding child separation case
• Amid loss of leaders, unknown militant rises in Philippines
• Rare snow dusts Vegas strip, sticks to LA-area foothills
• White House ends California talks on mileage dispute
• Oregon housing squeeze sets stage for statewide rent control
• IRS employee charged in leak of Trump attorney records
• Monkees' lovable bass-guitar player Peter Tork dead at 77
• Trump ally Stone gets gag order after 'crosshairs' post
• New election ordered in disputed North Carolina House race
• Feds: El Chapo's sons indicted on drug conspiracy charges
• Smollett reactions epitomize polarized state of US politics
• Gov. Hogan: No Trump primary challenge without major shift
• Venezuela's Maduro closes Brazil border to block aid entry
• The Latest: Smollett quiet after posting bond, leaving jail
• Searing testimony heard at Vatican sex abuse summit
• Michael Jackson estate lawsuit sues HBO over documentary
• Threat allegations keep Coast Guard officer jailed
• Polygraph launched probe of deputy suspected in sex assaults
• Official says Oakland is waiting for teachers' counteroffer
• A global look at the Catholic Church's sex abuse problem
• Brothers in Smollett case are bodybuilders, aspiring actors
• Chicago police chief angry over alleged Smollett hoax
• Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Dominick Argento dead at 91
• Why do zebras have stripes? Perhaps to dazzle away flies
• Abuse victims: Italian law helps bishops dodge investigation
• Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway
• The Latest: Officials try to verify French IS member's death
• The Latest: Pope issues ideas for handling clergy sex abuse
• Shoe blowout, knee injury leave Zion, Duke to mull future
• Polish activists pull down statue of priest in abuse protest
• Deadly Bangladesh fire shows lapses in development
• More than 150 IS militants handed over to Iraq from Syria
• Fire guts ancient part of Bangladesh's capital, killing 81
• Top centrist Netanyahu rivals unite for Israeli election run
• 2-day teacher strike over in West Virginia: School to resume
• The Latest: Lawyer says woman who joined IS a US citizen
• Climate threat doubter is leading effort to advise Trump
• With Zion injured, No. 8 UNC routs No. 1 Duke 88-72
• Democrats prepare resolution against Trump's declaration

• Wed, 20 Feb 2019

• 'Empire' actor charged with making false police report
• Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakers
• Authorities announce Houston officer case review, FBI probe
• Khloe Kardashian bestie Malika Haqq fierce on cheating front
• US: Alabama woman who joined Islamic State is not a citizen
• Democrats' resolution against Trump emergency coming Friday
• The Latest: Smollett charged with filing false police report
• Aid wars: US-Russia vie to ease Venezuelan crisis
• Muslim group seeks congressional probe on terror watchlist
• Lawyers for El Chapo concerned by juror misconduct claims
• Samsung folding phone is different - but also almost $2,000
• After veteran salaries drop, baseball players want change
• Abuse survivors demand Vatican transparency, accountability
• 'Excessive fines' ban applies to states, Supreme Court says
• Minutes show Fed officials noted number of rising threats
• What will win best picture? It's a maddeningly close race
• Civilians, including many children, leave IS-held enclave
• Priest's son demands Vatican attention for clergy's children
• Powerful political leader warns against squandering peace
• N. Carolina elections board calls challenged House candidate
• United Methodists confront possible split over LGBT issues
• After surgery, Michael Cohen's prison date postponed to May
• The Latest: Son of priest meets with Vatican investigator
• Driver hurt by air bag shrapnel as investigation drags on
• Winter storm closes schools, snarls travel across much of US
• AP NewsBreak: Gwyneth Paltrow denies causing Utah ski crash
• Pope strives to fight cleric sex abuse with Vatican summit
• Florida officer goes on trial for killing black motorist
• Thais give Russia, US right to extradite hacking suspect
• As US pushes to ban Huawei, UK considers softer approach
• UK politics fractures further as 3 Conservatives defect
• The Latest: Russia releases video of new underwater drone
• Artist probes Russia's toxic legacy through family history
• Putin sternly warns US against putting missiles in Europe
• The Latest: Smollett gave false information in 2007 case
• Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates

• Tue, 19 Feb 2019

• APNewsBreak: Feds share watchlist with 1,400 private groups
• Trump chooses Jeffrey Rosen for deputy attorney general
• Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders' hairdos for free
• Police dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator
• Flynn pushed to share nuclear tech with Saudis, report says
• Haiti probes US men detained with weapons, no license plates
• Trump says he has 'absolute right' to declare emergency
• Trump wants California to pay back billions for bullet train
• Man pleads guilty in rape, murder of Pennsylvania teen
• Legal hurdles would look familiar in any new R. Kelly case
• Mexico closes temporary migrant shelter near US border
• AP Explains: Venezuela opposition's fight to win over troops
• Burberry apologizes for hoodie with noose knot
• A look at rival Branson vs Maduro concerts for Venezuela
• Coaching site builds list of those banned from US Olympics
• Lagerfeld's legacy: Youthful designs, elaborate showmanship
• AP source: Machado, Padres agrees to $300M, 10-year deal
• Judge orders Roger Stone to court over Instagram post
• N. Carolina poll workers: County's results counted early
• Judge OKs suit aimed at halting Obama library in Chicago
• Payless files for bankruptcy, closing North American stores
• Pressure builds to get civilians out of last IS-held enclave
• Designer Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's global icon, dies in Paris
• West Virginia House tables bill that prompted teacher strike
• AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence
• Religious orders apologize for sex abuse inaction, cover-ups
• USA Gymnastics hires NBA exec Li Li Leung as new CEO
• EU, UK to have more Brexit talks but key disagreement intact
• Ginsburg returns to Supreme Court bench in public session
• Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president in 2020
• Tech could unite Europe's populists ahead of EU vote in May
• US, China resume trade talks in Washington ahead of deadline
• Supreme Court staying out of actor's 'Empire' lawsuit
• Poll: Rural/urban political divisions also split the suburbs
• French rally against anti-Semitism; Macron visits cemetery
• Honda to shut plant in Brexit-shaken Britain
• Police: More than a dozen people rescued from SeaWorld ride
• Roger Stone apologizes to judge for Instagram post about her
• Belles of the ball: Dem freshmen courted by 2020 hopefuls

• Mon, 18 Feb 2019

• Lisa Borders steps down as head of Time's Up organization
• Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest
• No plan for Smollett to do follow-up police interview Monday
• Official: Deputy AG Rosenstein expected to depart in March
• First-ever 'Jeopardy! team contest draws top champions
• 16 states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration
• 3 children among 4 found dead after west Michigan shooting
• Trump pleads with Venezuela's military to back Guaido
• W.Va. teachers' unions call for strike over education bill
• Venezuela's Maduro to throw concert rivaling Richard Branson
• First private Israel lunar mission to be launched this week
• N Carolina elections head says ballots handled illegally
• Tense standoff spells endgame for IS militants in Syria
• Trump lashes out at key officials involved in Russia probe
• Israeli leaders' Nazi comments derail European summit
• Trump the pundit handicaps 2020 Democratic contenders
• French judge refuses to block Catholic sex scandal movie
• China accuses US of trying to block its tech development
• Sailor in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 95
• Democratic candidates spend holiday in New Hampshire, Iowa
• Border wall a complex issue for 2020 prospect Beto O'Rourke
• 'Digital gangsters': UK wants tougher rules for Facebook
• Brex-split: 7 lawmakers quit Labour over EU, anti-Semitism
• Semenya arrives for landmark case at Swiss sports tribunal
• Abe mum on Trump's claim of nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
• Chicago police seek follow-up interview with Jussie Smollett
• EU states mixed on Trump demand to take back IS fighters
• Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
• White House indicates Trump to veto disapproval of emergency
• DC's many prankster activists turn anger into street theater

• Sun, 17 Feb 2019

• Team LeBron rallies to beat Team Giannis, 178-164
• Aurora shooting victims included plant manager, intern
• The Latest: Third quarter of All-Star game gets underway
• Ex-FBI official: 'Crime may have been committed' by Trump
• Warren highlights her work on economic crisis in Vegas stop
• 'Taking their last breath': IS hides among Syrian civilians
• Smollett developments leave some baffled, others outraged
• Denny Hamlin cruises to 2nd Daytona 500 victory in 4 years
• Aurora shooter's permit was revoked but gun wasn't seized
• Family: UK teen who joined Islamic State has baby in Syria
• School board in Virginia may end transgender bathroom ban
• Patrick Caddell, pollster to Jimmy Carter, dies at 68
• NYC's Chinatown welcomes Year of the Pig with vibrant parade
• Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case
• 'Carer-feeder': Gillibrand plays up motherhood in 2020 race
• Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner released from prison
• Retailers, fashion brands struggle with racial insensitivity
• Polish PM cancels Israel visit amid new Holocaust tensions
• Abu Dhabi arms fair opens amid Yemen war criticism
• 'Black Panther' costume designer blazes trail to inspire
• Iran pressures Europe to do more to save the nuclear deal
• Early-voting states are focus for Democrats in 2020 contest
• The Latest: OKC's Diallo leaps over Shaq to win dunk contest
• Hundreds stranded as British airline Flybmi collapses
• State Department: Nauert out as pick for UN ambassador
• France's yellow vests mark 3 months amid racist tensions
• New-look Daytona 500 has a certain throwback feel
• In Brexit limbo, UK veers between high anxiety, grim humor
• Chicago police: Jussie Smollett assault case has 'shifted'

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