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New York, NY (AP) Actress Annabella Sciorra is confronting Harvey Weinstein at his New York City rape trial. With her voice quivering, Sciorra testified Thursday about an accusation she kept largely private for decades: That Weinstein pushed his way into her apartment, pinned her to a bed and raped her in the early 1990s. It's…

BEIRUT (AP) — Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to the effort, stoking anti-American feelings that Tehran hopes to exploit to help realize the goal. The Jan. 3 killing has…

Washington, D.C. (AP) The Senate has wrapped up a late session approving rules for President Donald Trump’s trial on two articles of impeachment. The Democrats failed in their efforts to gain Republican agreement for issuing subpoenas for documents and witnesses, though such issues can be revisited.  A Democratic victory came earlier in the day when…

(AP) The U.S. has its first case of a new virus that was found only last month in China. A U.S. resident who recently returned from a trip to central China has been diagnosed with the new virus. Health officials said Tuesday that the man returned to the Seattle area in the middle of last…

(AP) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had little to say about climate change issues that are a focus of this year's gathering of top business and political leaders in the Swiss Alps. Trump addressed the annual…