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MEXICO CITY - Civil defence officials in northeast Mexico say a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky. Tamaulipas civil defence says in a brief statement that rain Tuesday in...

BEIJING - China on Thursday ordered North Korean-owned businesses to close, cutting foreign revenue for the isolated North under U.N. sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile programs. China is ...

BRUSSELS - The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator warned Thursday that talks on Britain’s departure from the bloc are weeks, possibly months, away from making substantial progress, d...

WASHINGTON - Melania Trump is listening and learning about the nation’s opioid epidemic. The first lady heard Thursday from experts and people affected by addiction to drugs whom she invited to ...

NEW YORK - A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL’ BAH’-skee-aht) from the collection of Yoko Ono is going to auction this fall. Sotheby’s says the work, titled “C...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - A 3-year-old girl became Nepal’s new living goddess Thursday, revered by both Hindus and Buddhists in the Himalayan nation. Trishna Shakya was carried in a religious ceremony ...

WAVES, N.C. - Maria raced away from the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, giving the nation its first rest from the constant threat of tropical weather for more than a month. No injuries have been reported...

CEDARTOWN, Ga. - Two police officers were shot, one of them fatally, when a man walked out of the woods Friday and opened fire as the officers investigated a stolen car found beside a road in rural Ge...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Super Tuesday, the jam-packed day of presidential primary voting every four years, may get supercharged in 2020 with California joining the pack, bringing along its prize of the m...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A New York woman accused of beating her boyfriend’s 3-year-old daughter and then preventing others from seeking medical care for her has been found guilty of murder. A judge in...