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Barr preparing a summary of Mueller report's key conclusions
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr scoured special counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on the Russia investigation with his advisers, deciding how much Congress and the American publi...
Mar 24, 2019
UK's Theresa May faces pressure to step down to save Brexit
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure from within her own party either to resign or to set a date for stepping down as a way to build support for her Brexit agreement with the Eur...
Mar 24, 2019
More passengers lifted off Norway cruise ship before towing
STAVANGER, Norway - Rescue workers are evacuating more passengers from a cruise ship that had engine problems in bad weather off Norway's western coast while authorities prepare to tow the vessel to a...
Mar 24, 2019
Russian arrested smuggling drugged orangutan in Indonesia
DENPASAR, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities have arrested a Russian tourist who was attempting to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of the resort island of Bali, a conservation official said Sunday. An...
Mar 24, 2019
In the news today, March 22
Five stories in the news for Friday, March 22 --- SENTENCING FOR DRIVER IN BRONCOS BUS CRASH A truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash is to be sentenced in a Saskatchewan ...
Mar 24, 2019
'Nobody wins in this:' Truck driver in fatal Broncos crash gets 8-year sentence
MELFORT, Sask. - A truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison by a judge who said she believed his remorse was sincere, but&n...
Mar 24, 2019
Broken-hearted but not broken: New Zealand prays together
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - New Zealanders observed the Muslim call to prayer Friday in reflecting on the moment one week ago when 50 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques were slain - an act that a...
Mar 23, 2019
FAA to look at Boeing's fixes for 737 Max jets next week
NEW YORK - Boeing on Saturday confirmed the flight-control software fixes that it plans to make for its grounded 737 Max 8, the plane involved in two fatal accidents within five months. The company is...
Mar 23, 2019
'I fought to live:' Manitoba Mountie shot in head faces shooter in court
MINNEDOSA, Man. - RCMP Cpl. Graeme Kingdon got a chance Thursday to face the man who shot him during a series of break-and-enters last summer in western Manitoba, and called for the maximum ...
Mar 23, 2019
Patriots owner apologizes in Florida prostitution case
MIAMI - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is apologizing after being charged in a Florida massage parlour prostitution investigation. "I am truly sorry," Kraft said in a statement Saturday. "I k...
Mar 23, 2019