EU grants Brexit delay to Jan. 31; U.K. ponders new election

BRUSSELS -- The European Union agreed Monday to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year -- making the concession just three days before Britain was due to become the first country ever to leave the 28-nation bloc. After a very short meeting of diplomats in Brussels, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Twitter that the EU's 27 other countries will accept "the UK's request for a Brexit flextension until 31 January, 2020." In London, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said it was Parl