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UN agency: More reports of sexual violence against Rohingya
GENEVA - The head of the U.N.’s migration agency warned Wednesday about increasing reports of sexual violence directed at Rohingya Muslims, who have been fleeing violence in Myanmar in recent we...
Sep 29, 2017
Rapper Young Thug arrested on drug, gun charges in Georgia
ATLANTA - The rapper Young Thug was arrested on drug and gun charges after a traffic stop near Atlanta. DeKalb County Jail records show that he was released on bond Wednesday. The rapper, whose real n...
Sep 29, 2017
Documentary filmmakers sue over arrest at St. Louis protest
ST. LOUIS - Two documentary filmmakers are suing the city of St. Louis and three police officers, saying one of them was cursed at and beaten and they were both sprayed with chemicals when they were a...
Sep 29, 2017
Tribal head who led Dakota Access pipeline fight voted out
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Native American official who has been the face and voice of the fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline has been voted out of office. Unofficial results from the Standing Roc...
Sep 29, 2017
Death penalty sought in Indiana officer's shooting death
INDIANAPOLIS - Prosecutors said Thursday that they will seek the death penalty against the man charged with fatally shooting a police officer who was trying to help him following a car crash in Indian...
Sep 29, 2017
$5 trillion question for Trump tax plan: How to pay for it?
WASHINGTON - How do you pay for an estimated $5.8 trillion tax cut? For President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders, that is the mostly unanswered $5,800,000,000,000 question. The plan...
Sep 29, 2017
Now even money is running out in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - First, Hurricane Maria knocked out power and water to Puerto Rico. Then diesel fuel, gas and water became scarce. Now, it’s money. The aftermath of the powerful storm has...
Sep 29, 2017
Puerto Ricans says US relief efforts failing them
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Trump administration declared Thursday that its relief efforts in Puerto Rico are succeeding, but people on the island said help was scarce and disorganized while food supp...
Sep 29, 2017
'Devastating': Travel rules leave Iranian-Americans in limbo
LONG BEACH, Calif. - U.S. Navy veteran Mohammed Jahanfar has travelled overseas four times in the last year to visit his Iranian fiancee, most recently hoping to complete government paperwork that wou...
Sep 29, 2017
Senator slams Twitter over suspected accounts tied to Russia
WASHINGTON - Social media giant Twitter told congressional investigators it has suspended at least two dozen accounts that may have been tied to Russia, but the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence...
Sep 29, 2017