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BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is trying to strike a cordial tone on his visit to China. He says the U.S. is looking forward to the first meeting between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng). In talks with Xi in Beijing on Sunday, Tillerson said Trump places a "very high value" on communications with the Chinese president via phone calls and exchanges of letters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime adviser to President Donald Trump says neither he nor Trump "have anything to fear in a fair, balanced inquiry" into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Roger Stone says he has been asked by the Senate intelligence committee to retain any documents that could be related to its investigation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll finds that a majority of young adults — 57 percent — see Donald Trump's presidency as illegitimate, including about three-quarters of blacks and large majorities of Latinos and Asians. The GenForward poll finds a majority of young whites in the poll, 53 percent, consider Trump a legitimate president, but even among that group, 55 percent disapprove of the job he's doing.
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea's leader is crowing about his country's latest test of a new type of high-thrust rocket engine. Leader Kim Jong Un calls it a revolutionary breakthrough. He attended the test according to a report Sunday by the Korean Central News Agency. The KCNA report said Kim called the test "a great event of historic significance." The report indicated the engine is to be used for North Korea's space and satellite-launching program.
AUBURN, Ga. (AP) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting outside a grocery store in a suburb northeast of Atlanta. WSB-TV reports Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith says 51-year-old Dorothy Russell of Statham, Georgia, was found shot to death in a car. Police say her husband, 50-year-old Darrin Russell fled, but was caught 45 minutes later. Russell has been charged with one count of murder.
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