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(AP) U.S. military officials says two American soldier  were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. officials say an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire late Saturday in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. Afghan officials said one Afghan soldier was also killed, and the gunman died in…

(AP)  New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea says a gunman is in custody after he ambushed police officers in the Bronx twice in 12 hours. Shea says the gunman shot and wounded an officer in an unprovoked attack Saturday evening on a patrol van. Police say the same shooter opened fire Sunday morning at…

Feb 07, 2020 3:51PM (GMT 21:51) The decorated soldier and national security aide who played a central role in the Democrats' impeachment case against President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House complex on Friday. David Pressman, an attorney for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, accused Trump of exacting revenge and said Vindman was…

(AP) China's ruling Communist Party is faced anger and recriminations from the public over the death of a doctor who was threatened by police after trying to sound the alarm about the new coronavirus over a month ago. The death toll, meanwhile, has risen to nearly 640, and the number of people infected worldwide has…

Beijing, China (AP) Japan has reported 41 new cases of a virus on a quarantined cruise ship and turned away another luxury liner while the death toll in mainland China rose to 636, including a doctor who got in trouble with authorities in the communist country for sounding an early warning about the disease threat.…