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Apple supplier denies charges of unsafe, unclean conditions
In this photo taken in Oct. 2017 and provided to the Associated Press by China Labor Watch, workers rest at night in a cafeteria at a Catcher Technologies factory in Suqian in eastern China's Jiangsu province. An Apple Inc. supplier in eastern China on Wednesday denied allegations by a New York rights group that its workers toil for ten-hour shifts in loud, polluted conditions, without proper overtime pay or adequate safety protections to make MacBook and iPhone parts, before returning to filthy dormitories with cold showers. Apple also said it sent an investigative team to Suqian to interview over 150 workers but "found no evidence that Catcher was violating our standards." (China Labor Watch via AP)
UK citizens ask Dutch court to protect post-Brexit EU rights
Barrister Jolyon Maugham, who represents Chris, Molly and Deborah Williams, three U.K. nationals, pose for a photograph outside district court in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Two organisations and 5 British nationals challenge the right of the British government and the European commission in court to negotiate away their rights as EU citizens in the Brexit talks. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Burberry shares down sharply on disappointing holiday sales
Change in politics, society on sexual misconduct 'not fast enough,' says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a round table discussion with The Canadian Press in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Thursday will be Day 8 of Lac-Megantic jury deliberations
Manager of train operations Jean Demaitre, right, speaks with his lawyer Gaetan Bourassa, after the jury said they were at an impasse on the sixth day of deliberations Tuesday, January 16, 2018 in Sherbrooke, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Bank of Canada hikes interest rate on strong economy, but underlines NAFTA risks
The Bank of Canada is seen in Ottawa on September 6, 2017. All eyes will be on the Bank of Canada this morning as it makes its latest scheduled interest-rate announcement. Economists widely believe that based on the economic environment, it's likely that governor Stephen Poloz will raise the central bank's benchmark interest rate today for a third time since last summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Feds long way from restarting or scraping missing, murdered women inquiry: PM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a round table discussion with The Canadian Press in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Thousands pay respects to slain Kosovo Serb leader
People carry the coffin of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in front of his office in the northern, Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Ivanovic was gunned down Tuesday morning in the northern Kosovo city of Mitrovica. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)
Former German death camp guard's clemency appeal rejected
European car sales increase for 4th straight year
Members of the media look over the 2019 Volkswagen Jetta at the North American International Auto Show, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
France abandons plans to build new airport in the west
Stopped for Miami Beach python show, woman faces deportation
Netanyahu says US Embassy to move to Jerusalem this year
Indian workers put up a hoarding with a photograph of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate) near Bavla in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Netanyahu are expected to inaugurate a start-up support center iCreate in presence of nearly 1000 top industrialists on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
7 dead as Myanmar police open fire to disperse protesters
In this Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, image made from video, a man recovers from a head wound in a hospital after being allegedly involved in a protest confrontation with police during a local festival in the ancient city of Mrauk-U, Rakhine, western Myanmar. Officials say local police opened fire at hundreds of protesters angry about a ban on a local festival, killing seven people. (DVB via AP)
Syrian Kurds appeal to UN as Turkey prepares to attack
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Erdogan on Tuesday called on NATO to take a stance against the United States, a fellow ally, over its plans to form a 30,000-strong Kurdish-led border security force in Syria. Turkey has been threatening to launch a new military offensive in Syria against Syrian Kurdish militias, which Turkey considers to be terrorists because of their affiliation with outlawed Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Body found in Calgary parking lot; multiple people taken in for questioning
Great Smoky Mountains National Park increasing fees
Washington's Mount Vernon mansion to close temporarily
Office of rights group in Russia's North Caucasus torched
In this handout photo released by Russian rights group Memorial, a view of the working room of the regional Prominent human rights group Memorial after the arson attack in Nazran, Ingushetia region, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. Masked attackers on Wednesday torched the office of the prominent Russian rights group Memorial in the region of Ingushetia, the latest escalation of tensions between the activists and officials in the North Caucasus. (Russian rights group Memorial, Photo via AP)
Qatar: Exiled sheikh promoted by Saudi Arabia now in Kuwait
FILE- In this Aug. 17, 2017 file photo, released by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Salman, left, walks with Qatari Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al Thani, right, at the monarch's vacation home in Tangiers, Morocco. Exiled Sheikh Abdullah, once promoted by Saudi Arabia amid its ongoing dispute with Doha, appeared in an online video posted Sunday, Jan. 14, 2018, and aired by Doha-based satellite news network Al-Jazeera, claiming he's being held against his will in the United Arab Emirates, an allegation denied by an Abu Dhabi official. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
Chinese-American journalist says China kidnapped his wife
Motion-activated cameras capture animals being wild, weird
13 siblings held captive were likely coerced to remain quiet
Riverside County Sheriff's Department Capt. Greg Fellows speaks with reporters during a news conference in Perris, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. A 17-year-old girl called police after escaping from her family's home where she and her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, some so malnourished officers at first believed all were children even though seven are adults. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)
Australian actress Jessica Falkholt dies after car crash
Amid misbehaviour everywhere, NBA may need to flex its muscle
Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green, left, passes against Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Museum run entirely by volunteers to keep moving forward
In this January 2018 photo an apatosaurus forelimb and triceratops skull are among the prized fossils on display at the Paleon Museum in Glenrock, Wyo. The museum is operated entirely by volunteers, with most of the work done by a group of women who call themselves the "bone biddies." (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
Pakistani police: Suicide bomber targets officer in Karachi
In this Tuesday night, Jan. 16, 2018, photo, Pakistani police officer Rao Anwar, who reportedly escaped an attack, talks to reporters in Karachi, Pakistan. Pakistani police says senior officer Anwar known for leading raids on militant hideouts, escaped assassination when a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle blew himself up near his vehicle in the port city of Karachi. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Politics weighs heavily on foreign businesses in China
FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, Chinese and American flags fly outside of a JW Marriott hotel in Beijing. Politics weighs more heavily on foreign companies in China than it has in nearly three decades, as companies face pressure on many sides from Chinese President Xi Jinping's more nationalistic stance and twin campaigns to tighten the ruling Communist Party's political control and have it play a more direct role in business. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Talk of joint Olympics hockey team worries South Koreans
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, center top, poses with South Korean women's and men's ice hockey team players during a visit to Jincheon National Training Center in Jincheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. There is growing concern in South Korea that a proposal to form a joint women's hockey team with North Korea for the Olympics could be bad for the South Korean players. (Ha Sa-hun/Yonhap via AP)
Mueller team would hardly be first lawyers to question Trump
In this Jan. 16, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. An Associated Press review of statements made under oath by Trump gives clues about how he might handle questions from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators. It’s not clear when or even if Mueller and his team will question Trump, though the topic has been broached. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Body found in trunk of charred car near Trail considered suspicious
Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in classic cars
In this Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 photo, a collection of luxury vintage cars used by the Hashemite monarchy from 1921 until 1958, including a 1936 Mercedes Benz, foreground, that was a gift from Adolf Hitler and others that belonged to Uday, the notoriously brutal playboy son of Saddam Hussein, are stored in a garage for safe-keeping in Baghdad, Iraq. The promise of better days after Iraq’s victory against the Islamic State group is rekindling interest in vintage cars. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
'Very strong' Democratic sentiment to oppose GOP budget bill
FILE- This Jan. 3, 2018, file photo shows the Capitol in Washington. The government is financed through Friday, Jan. 19, and another temporary spending bill is needed to prevent a partial government shutdown after that. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Lawmakers: Gov. Greitens' affair distracts from tax effort
WH claiming sweeping 'executive privilege' in Russia probes
Canada's Shapovalov falls to Tsonga in second round of Australian Open
Canada's Denis Shapovalov makes a backhand return to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Rauner spokesman: 'Governor believes David Duke is a racist'
FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks at an event in Springfield, Ill. After fumbling the answer to a question about whether a former Ku Klux Klan leader is a racist, the campaign of Republican Bruce Rauner clarified the governor's opinion of David Duke. On Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, campaign spokesman Justin Giorgio said in a statement that Rauner "believes that David Duke is a racist." (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
GOP still struggling with Trump's remarks on Africa
Sen. Cory Booker D-N.J., questions Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Argentines try to understand why the pope won't return home
A group of nuns pose for a picture with an Argentine flag, after an encounter with Pope Francis at the Plaza de Armas in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Kucinich frames Ohio governor bid around 'We the People'
FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2013 file photo, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, and his wife Elizabeth Kucinich, arrive for a reception honoring the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors honorees, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kucinich is preparing to make the Democratic primary for Ohio governor a five-way race. The outspoken Democrat is set to make his announcement on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at a community center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Lender seeks foreclosure on two rental properties owned by Vancouver’s Sahota family
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Memorial Mass held for former Ohio congressman, mayor
FILE - In this Dec. 2, 1977 file photo, U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, left, points out a sign in the crowd to U.S. Rep. Tom Luken, D-Ohio, at dedication ceremonies for a new bus terminal area in downtown Cincinnati. The former Ohio congressman and Cincinnati mayor who was a Democratic force in a decades-long political career and known for mentoring young politicians such as Jerry Springer has died. Luken's son, Charlie Luken, told reporters that his father passed away Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo)
Pope has tough words for indigenous, Chile during Mass
Flames engulf the Santa Juana Catholic chapel in the Alta Can Can community of Cunco, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Three churches including Santa Juana have been firebombed in Chile on the first full day of Pope Francis' visit to the Andean nation. (AP Photo/Alejandro Hidd)
Justices ponder throwing out Pennsylvania congressional map
Landlord in fatal fire again due to file brief in appeal
FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2016, file photo, Gregory Nisbet listens to Justice Thomas Warren during his trial in Portland, Maine. Nisbet, the landlord who was convicted following a fatal fire in Maine, is due to file a brief in his appeals case. Nisbet was convicted of code violations stemming from the November 2014 fire, which killed six people in Portland. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald via AP, File)
Walmart offers way to turn leftover opioids into useless gel
FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Walmart is helping customers get rid of leftover opioids by giving them packets that turn the addictive painkillers into a useless gel. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
'Mama warrior' in Miami aids children of deported migrants
In this Jan. 2, 2018 photo, immigration activist Nora Sandigo, center, talks with Yamilet Salmeron, 11, left, and Britzayda Ramirez, 4, at her home in Miami, FL. At least once a week, Sandigo, a 52-year-old mother of two daughters, drives south to the city of Homestead and drops off donated clothing and food for some of them, mostly people from Mexico and Central America who work on nearby farms. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Timberlake previews album in forest-like space, bugs and all
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2017 file photo, Justin Timberlake performs at the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tenn. Timberlake previewed his new album “Man of the Woods” Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at a venue that was decorated with bushes and trees, and served ants coated in black garlic and rose oil and grasshoppers, showcasing the album’s theme. Timberlake, who will headline next month’s Super Bowl halftime show, worked again with his mega-producer Timbaland on the album. First single and album opener, “Filthy,” debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Nadal into third round; Wozniacki saves pair of match points at Australian Open
Belinda Bencic hits a shot against Luksika Kumkhum during the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 17, 2018.
Leafs give up late goal, lose to Blues in overtime
St. Louis Blues left wing Alexander Steen scores against Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen during third-period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.
Wynne to shuffle several senior cabinet posts months before Ontario election
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne makes her way onto the stage as she attends the Confederation of Tomorrow 2.0 Conference in Toronto, on Dec. 12, 2017.
Frat pledge's alcohol death leads to hazing charges for 9
FILE - This Nov. 3, 2017 file photo shows the Florida State University, Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house near the FSU campus in Tallahassee, Fla. The Tallahassee Police Department on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2018, said that nine men are facing hazing charges in connection with the death of a Florida State University fraternity pledge, Andrew Coffey, 20, who was a junior and a pledge at Pi Kappa Phi. He died Nov. 3 after he was found unresponsive after a party. (Joe Rondone/Tallahassee Democrat via AP, File)
Doug Ford robocalls made before annual barbecue may have violated election rules, officials warn
Doug Ford speaks to reporters at City Hall in Toronto, on Nov. 21, 2014.
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