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Panama arrests partners in Mossack-Fonseca firm

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Panama say they’ve formally arrested the partners of a law firm involved in last year’s “Panama Papers” scandal, in which thousands of pages of documents re...

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police seize companies linked to Mafia boss

ROME – Police in Sicily have confiscated four olive companies, farmland, villas and other property that anti-Mafia prosecutors contend belong to the business empire of Italy’s top Mafia boss...

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cats at the Westminster dog show?

NEW YORK – Dogs from petite papillions to muscular Rottweilers showed off their four-footed agility Saturday at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, tackling obstacles from hurdles to tunne...

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gangs of French youth clash with police in Paris suburb

PARIS – A peaceful demonstration protesting the alleged rape of a black youth by police has degenerated, with small groups setting at least one vehicle afire and throwing projectiles at poli...

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump and Japan’s Abe share high-five on golf course

President hosts first foreign leader at resort in Florida

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP dilemma on health law taxes: To repeal or not to repeal?

GOP faces dilemma on health law taxes

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Angry voters flood town halls of GOP lawmakers

Across U.S., lawmakers get pushback

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump eases tensions by accepting ‘one-China’ policy

BEIJING – President Donald Trump reaffirmed Washington’s long-standing “one China” policy in a call with Beijing’s leader, a move that could ease anger in China over his earlier suggestions ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iran marks 1979 ouster of shah

Nation’s president vows country will ‘strongly answer to any threat’

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. attorneys ponder next step on ban

‘All options’ considered after appeals court ruling

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Allies rallying to help Trump’s Labor nominee

WASHINGTON – Rattled by bitter fights over President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, Republicans and their allies have launched a fresh campaign to defend fast-food executive Andrew Puzder’s n...

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

US, Chinese aircraft in ‘unsafe’ encounter over South China Sea

BEIJING – A Chinese early warning aircraft and a U.S. Navy patrol plane had an “unsafe” encounter over the South China Sea this week, the U.S. Pacific Command said Friday, in the first such ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World