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The House hearing will have testimony by Fiona Hill, a former White House expert on Russia, and David Holmes, an embassy official in Kyiv.

Ms. Hill’s decision to be the president’s top adviser on Russia and Europe strained friendships, made her a target of conspiracy theories — and landed her in the center of the tumult over Ukraine.

They put forward a shifting array of arguments to defend the president against impeachment — some of which conflict.

The United States ambassador to the European Union told the impeachment inquiry his efforts to press Ukraine to announce investigations were ordered by President Trump, and top officials knew.

A plum ambassadorship lands the cheerful hotelier in the red-hot middle of a fast-cooking impeachment crucible.

The candidates mostly tempered their criticism of one another and presented a united front on vital issues like climate change.

It was a mostly bloodless evening among the 10 candidates onstage, but there were some standout moments.

Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker stood out at the fifth Democratic primary debate in Atlanta.

Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the EU, told Congress that “everyone was in the loop” on the Ukraine pressure campaign.

“He had to announce the investigations. He didn’t actually have to do them,” EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland said.

Figuring out there was a quid pro quo was "2+2," the ambassador said.

His fallback argument is that presidents have full authority to shape foreign policy, even to help their own campaigns.

The aid became a part of Trump’s efforts to extort Ukraine into investigating the Bidens.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House, the president read from handwritten notes claiming his innocence.

The senator may have had the line of the night while criticizing Biden for his opposition to legalizing marijuana.

Biden goofs, Warren stays steady, Buttigieg avoids a pile-on.

When CNN confronted Father Luk Delft about allegations that he abused at least two boys in the Central African Republic (CAR), he was unapologetic

• Two key impeachment witnesses to testify

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questions Ambassador Sondland during the impeachment hearings, pressing the ambassador about a scheduled meeting that never happened between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Alex Salmond, for years the leading face of the Scottish independence campaign, appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday and pled not guilty to multiple sexual offenses.

U.S. women’s soccer star Carli Lloyd said Wednesday she is serious about pursuing an NFL kicking career and will start her journey following the 2020 Olympics.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took a stance against Major League Baseball’s reported plan to eliminate 42 minor league teams by 2021.

A former NBA executive made his pitch Wednesday to bring a Major League Baseball team to Orlando.

A$AP Rocky made an unlikely cameo in a marathon House impeachment hearing Wednesday when U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland mentioned his name on at least five separate occasions in relation to the American rapper’s jailing in Sweden, an international incident that happened around the same time President Trump asked Ukraine for a probe into Joe Biden and his son.

Kourtney Krietemeier experienced great joy at her wedding to her husband Tanner when the men in blue during the traditional father-daughter dance took the place for her own father.

For decades, the Iranian regime has exported extremism, mayhem and chaos throughout the Middle East. Now it’s facing a tremendous backlash across the region — with the worst of it coming from its own backyard.

President Trump is expected to sign a bill aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid an escalating pro-democracy movement in the semiautonomous city after the legislation cleared both chambers of Congress this week, with overwhelming support on both sides of the aisle.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told an audience in Beijing on Thursday that China and the United States are in the “foothills of a Cold War,” warning that the current trade war between the two nations could escalate into an armed conflict worse than World War I if left unresolved.

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There are ideological differences in the presidential field, but what Democrats are really debating is: Which one can defeat Donald Trump?       

Gordon Sondland, a businessman-turned-ambassador, had a starkly different demeanor than that of others who testified in the Trump impeachment inquiry.      

A sprawling storm in the central U.S. could wreak travel havoc in the days before Thanksgiving: Snow, rain and even thunderstorms are possible.       

The Saugus High School shooting in California renewed calls for metal detectors. But experts don't believe that's the best way to protect students.       

Analysis: Here's who held their ground, who made a bid to break out from the pack, and whose presidential hopes may be on the ropes.

Analysis: The ambassador did not accuse the president of bribery — but implicated Trump and several of his closest advisers in putting personal political interests ahead of the country's.

The 17-year-old reported vaping a variety of flavored products, as well as THC.

Watch the full video of the fifth Democratic debate hosted by MSNBC and the Washington Post, where ten candidates faced off in Atlanta, Ga.

Vitaly Pruss introduced Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine's key players. Now Democrats want Giuliani to share all his communications with Pruss.

Sam Anello was holding his 18-month-old granddaughter on a cruise ship near a railing when she fell 11 stories to her death. His attorneys say it was a horrible accident, not a crime, and that Anello thought the window was closed.

The "Full House" star and her fashion designer husband are fighting federal indictments.

"Cases like this aren't just about criminal defendants," an ACLU lawyer said. "It's about all of our rights under the Constitution."

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos shares the key stories he's following today and why they are important.

It's Thursday, Nov. 20, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.

A security guard at a clothing store in Boston has been indicted for choking and punching an 11-year-old girl who was shoplifting.

China is demanding Trump veto legislation aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong and renewing a threat to take “strong countermeasures”

A strong earthquake has shaken a border area between northern Thailand and Laos, swaying high-rises in Bangkok and Hanoi

China bats away rumors, says Beijing working with US to resolve ‘core concerns’ in trade dispute

Italian rescue services say a blast at a fireworks factory in Sicily has killed five people and seriously injured two others

A food worker at a Texas elementary school has been arrested after allegedly placing a small hidden camera inside a boy’s bathroom.

What happens when you pair one of Canada’s most exhilarating, award-winning rock bands with one of Canada’s most well-respected, award-winning chefs? Well, you get pure magic, as witnessed by the recent get-together of the Arkells with Suzanne Barr, head chef/owner of True True Diner in Toronto, and considered the queen of comfort food who is […]

Is it open season on tow-truck drivers? Just a week after the funeral of Oshawa tow-truck driver Todd Burgess, who was struck and killed on the job, another driver has had a close call in a hit and run. Andrew Cortes had just finished loading a big yellow school bus onto his tow rig Tuesday […]

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — If Mike Babcock laid a foundation for the Maple Leafs during his tenure as coach, Brendan Shanahan isn’t sure why the club wasn’t able to take the next steps to becoming a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. “I think that’s the magic question,” Shanahan, the Leafs president, said at the club’s hotel on […]

That Sheldon Keefe would replace Mike Babcock as coach of the Maple Leafs was totally expected earlier this summer. It’s just no one saw it coming before the 2020 playoffs at the earliest and certainly not prior to this American Thanksgiving. But club president Brendan Shanahan had seen enough troubling signs from his under-achieving team […]

If you didn’t know what Kyle Dubas looks like, you do now. He’s the baby-faced general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The data-driven millennial with the hipster glasses and the boyish smile. He’s also the guy in the crosshairs. And he’s all out of bullets. In firing Mike Babcock on Wednesday — a decision […]

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (9-10-4) at ARIZONA COYOTES (13-7-2) Thursday, 9 p.m., Gila River Arena TV: Sportsnet Ontario;, Radio: 590 AM   THE BIG MATCHUP Auston Matthews vs. Phil Kessel Matthews knew only Mike Babcock as his coach in the NHL, while Kessel never had that chance, being traded to Pittsburgh from Toronto in the months […]

Well, that didn’t take long. After just 23 games, Mike Babcock was fired as the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Truthfully, it should have happened earlier. It was no secret that after losing in Game 7 to the Boston Bruins, Babcock entered this year with his job in jeopardy. Once GM Kyle Dubas […]

The text message asked Mike Babcock to come to Brendan Shanahan’s hotel room. Babcock was told Kyle Dubas would be there, too. He had to know what was next.  “He’s a pro,” said Shanahan. “I knew and he knew what the conversation was going to be about.” Almost five years after Shanahan convinced Babcock to […]

The Duke of York looked remarkably cheerful as he left his Windsor home driving his £170,000 Bentley Flying Spur this morning, despite calls for him to give evidence to the FBI reaching fever pitch.

Jeremy Corbyn is trying to kick-start his stuttering campaign by launching the 'radical and ambitious' hard-Left programme in Birmingham.

The 64-year-old former First Minister appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh today to face allegations of offences against 10 women.

Princess Beatrice, 31, visited a private member's club in Mayfair last night while Eugenie, 29, attended an event run by an elephant charity of which she is patron.

Pictures show the coastal path above Crooklets beach, towards Northcott Mouth, Bude, after the latest landslip. The incident is believed to have happened on November 15.

Grace Millane's alleged killer, 27, also took 'trophy photographs' following her death because of a 'morbid interest in a dead woman's genitalia,' jurors at Auckland High Court heard on Wednesday.

Prince Andrew and alleged pimp Ghislaine Maxwell (together in 2000) are said to have met up on or about June 5, the day before she set off on a charity motoring rally from London to Monte Carlo.

The claims were made by Derbyshire Chief Supt Graham McLaughlin, the 'gold commander' of a contingent of UK police officers sent to the British Virgin Islands to assist with Hurricane Irma.