All Stories from January 19, 2018 (Change date)
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Houston Baptist gets 2 years probation for NCAA violationsJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The NCAA handed Houston Baptist's football program two years of probation Friday along with a public reprimand and recruiting penalties after coach Vic Sh...
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What won't get done during a government shutdownJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Although the government won't actually close if Congress fails to pass a spending bill by Friday at midnight, there's plenty that won't get done if hun...
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New Zealand prime minister says she's pregnant, due in JuneJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand's prime minister announced on Friday that she is expecting her first child in June. Jacinda Ardern, 37, took office in October...
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Records: Las Vegas gunman was germophobe, possibly bipolarJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - After three months of investigation, police have learned more about Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock: He was a high-stakes gambler on a losing streak, o...
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2 prison guards attacked in Corsica jail, 4 inmates arrestedJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Two prison guards were attacked Friday by four inmates on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica as prison guards across the country protested working c...
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Los Angeles Times gets union, loses publisherJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Times journalists have voted to unionize for the first time in the newspaper's 136-year history while its chief executive is taking an unp...
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Pope to indigenous: Amazon is 'heart of the church'Jan 19, 2018 6:00 am - PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru (AP) - From deep in the scorching Amazon rainforest, Pope Francis demanded Friday that corporations stop their relentless extraction of timber, ga...
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Stocks rise despite looming US government closureJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Stock markets rose Friday as investors looked past the threat of a U.S. federal government shutdown and focused on a strong underlying economy. The pric...
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South awaits thaw from snowstorm, icy roads and numbing coldJan 19, 2018 6:00 am - DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Southerners awaited a big thaw that would end days of icy roads, broken pipes, snow and numbing cold after a fierce winter storm blasted their normal...
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Storm's death toll in Germany rises to at least 8Jan 19, 2018 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Authorities in Germany say the death toll from a storm that swept across the country has increased to at least eight. Police in the eastern state of Saxony...