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Baltic presidents reaffirm commitment to regional infrastructure projects
The presidents of the Baltic states -- Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania -- are determined to advance the Rail Baltica railway project and to ensure its completion as scheduled, Latvian President Egils Levits said at a joint news conference with his Baltic counterparts here on Tuesday.
Trump sends letter to Pelosi, slamming impeachment ahead of full House vote
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday sent a six-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slamming the House Democrats impeachment effort as an "illegal, partisan attempted coup" and an "unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power."
US opposes lifting key sanctions against North Korea
The United States said Tuesday that it opposes a draft resolution proposed by China and Russia that would terminate U.N. sanctions on key North Korean exports, calling the measure "premature" at a time when Pyongyang is threatening to conduct "an escalated provocation" and is refusing to meet with U.S. officials to discuss denuclearization.
India-based firm pays California over foreign workers' visas
California has settled with an India-based technology company that it accuses of misclassifying foreign workers and related tax fraud, the state attorney general's office said Tuesday.
4 dead, several injured across South in outbreak of twisters
A swarm of tornadoes and other storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked through pieces of their homes on Tuesday.
Party-swapping congressman gets Trump praise, Democratic ire
A party-switching congressman drew praise Tuesday from President Donald Trump and condemnation from Democrats, underscoring how his political fate could hinge on how forcefully he is backed by the president whose impeachment he is refusing to support.
Puerto Rico to approve cockfighting, defy federal ban
Puerto Rico will defy the U.S. government and approve a law to keep cockfighting alive in a bid to protect a 400-year-old tradition practiced across the island despite a federal ban that goes into effect this week, officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday night.
In reversal, border agents allow sick 7-year-old to enter US
A 7-year-old child who is unable to contain her own waste due to a congenital illness and who had been refused entry to the United States three times was finally allowed into the country Tuesday, after U.S. border agents exempted her and her mother from the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.
House nears impeachment as Trump decries 'vicious crusade'
On the eve of almost-certain impeachment, President Donald Trump fired off a furious letter Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denouncing the "vicious crusade" against him, while Democrats amassed the votes they needed and Republicans looked ahead, vowing to defend Trump at next month's Senate trial.
12 inmates dead in shootout at Panama prison
Twelve inmates were killed and about a dozen more were wounded in a gunfight Tuesday inside a prison in the capital, Panamanian authorities said.