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50 detained as anti-Semitic group marches in Swedish city
COPENHAGEN - Police said at least 50 people were detained Saturday during a right-wing demonstration in Sweden’s second-largest city that left one police officer and several others injured. The ...
Sep 30, 2017
Mexico official: Warnings over school ignored before quake
MEXICO CITY - A Mexico City borough president said officials from a previous administration ignored warnings that unauthorized construction work had damaged the structural integrity of a school that c...
Sep 30, 2017
Felon who graduated from Yale allowed to become lawyer
HARTFORD, Conn. - A convicted felon who became an award winning author and graduated from Yale Law School won approval Friday to practice law in Connecticut, after a state panel reviewed his moral cha...
Sep 30, 2017
NewsAlert: U.S. Health Secretary resigns over criticism of travel costs
WASHINGTON - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigns amid criticism of his travel on private planes. The Canadian Press
Sep 30, 2017
Man arrested in Hollywood shooting of rapper is released
LOS ANGELES - Officials say a man arrested after rapper Young Dolph was shot outside a Hollywood hotel has been released without charges. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office says p...
Sep 30, 2017
Ohio residents say monkeys on the loose in neighbourhood
LEBANON, Ohio - Residents of a quiet town in southwest Ohio swear they’re not seeing things when they tell people monkeys are on the loose in their neighbourhood. WLWT-TV reports residents in Le...
Sep 30, 2017
Vatican newspaper chimes in - finally - on 'The Young Pope'
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican newspaper has broken a yearlong silence and weighed in on director Paolo Sorrentino’s “The Young Pope,” giving the TV series a generally positive review de...
Sep 30, 2017
"Yes" side wins Catalonia independence vote marred by chaos
BARCELONA, Spain - Catalonia’s regional government declared a landslide win for the “yes” side in a disputed referendum on independence from Spain that degenerated into mayhem Sunday...
Sep 30, 2017
'Let's Make a Deal' host, philanthropist Monty Hall dies
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Former “Let’s Make a Deal” host Monty Hall has died. He was 96. Sharon Hall says her father died Saturday morning of heart failure at his home in Beverly Hill...
Sep 30, 2017
Deer in the headlights: Burglers caught on wildlife camera
CAMDEN, S.C. - Like deer trapped in the headlights, two burglars have been captured by an outdoor wildlife camera in South Carolina. Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says a homeowner’s camera...
Sep 30, 2017