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New Zealand skier Alice Robinson wins World Cup super-G; Lindsey Vonn 4th

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — New Zealand’s Alice Robinson was already leading the Olympic season’s giant slalom standings. Now she’s a threat in super-G, too. Robinson won a World Cup supe...

Haruki Murakami honored with awards and a jazzy tribute in New York

NEW YORK (AP) — Haruki Murakami was in town last week to hear his words set to music and his praises literally sung. The 76-year-old Tokyo resident and perennial Nobel Prize candidate receiv...

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party votes to disband after more than 30 years of activism

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy party voted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an era of the Chinese semiautonomous city 's once-d...

Another blue wave? Meet the Democrat trying to make it happen and the Republican trying to stop her

ATLANTA (AP) — Even though Republican Brian Jack is only a first-term congressman, he has become a regular in the Oval Office these days. As the top recruiter for his party's House campaign ...

Arctic air mass pushes to the U.S. South; Midwest also bracing for dangerous wind chills

MONROE, Wash. (AP) — A blast of arctic air swept south from Canada and spread into parts of the northern U.S. on Saturday, while residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudsli...

What to know about the US military's role in Syria after deadly IS attack

BEIRUT (AP) — The death of two U.S. service members and one American civilian in an attack in Syria by an alleged member of the Islamic State group has drawn new attention to the presence of...

Thailand says Cambodian rocket fire has caused its first civilian death in new border fighting

KANTHARALAK, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s government said a rocket attack from Cambodia on Sunday killed a 63-year-old villager, its first civilian death reported as a direct result of combat ...

Swiss skier Loic Meillard leads 3 Norwegians in 1st run of Val d'Isere slalom

VAL D'ISERE, France (AP) — Swiss skier Loic Meillard led the opening run of a World Cup slalom on Sunday and was in position to claim his second victory of the Olympic season in two days. Me...

Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies intensify across Europe

LONDON (AP) — In the past year, tens of thousands hostile to immigrants marched through London, chanting “send them home!” A British lawmaker complained of seeing too many non-white faces on...

Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces

DOUANKARA, Mauritania (AP) — The girl lay in a makeshift health clinic, her eyes glazed over and her mouth open, flies resting on her lips. Her chest barely moved. Drops of fevered sweat tri...

Denver hosts Houston on 4-game home skid

Houston Rockets (16-6, third in the Western Conference) vs. Denver Nuggets (18-6, second in the Western Conference) Denver; Monday, 9:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Denver hosts Houston looking to...

Morocco aims to boost legal cannabis farming and tap a global boom

BAB BERRED, Morocco (AP) — Since he started growing cannabis at 14, Mohamed Makhlouf has lived in the shadows, losing sleep while bracing for a knock on his door from authorities that could ...