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Northern Irish police arrest 2 over killing of journalist

LONDON - Police in Northern Ireland say they have arrested two teenagers in connection with the fatal shooting of a journalist during rioting in the city of Londonderry. The men, aged 18 and 19, were ...

Apr 20, 2019

Egypt vote on referendum extending el-Sissi's rule to 2030

CAIRO - Egyptians were being asked Saturday to vote on constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030. The three-day voting period for the natio...

Apr 20, 2019

Storms in South kill girl in Florida, bring tornado threat

ATLANTA - A strong storm system barrelling through the South killed an 8-year-old girl in Florida and threatened to bring tornadoes to large parts of the Carolinas and southern Virginia. A tree fell o...

Apr 20, 2019

6.1 quake causes light damage in Taiwan capital, east coast

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A strong earthquake shook eastern Taiwan on Thursday afternoon, causing scattered light damage in the capital and along the eastern coast. The 6.1 magnitude quake was centred northwes...

Apr 20, 2019

Police official: Short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame fire

Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters ...

Apr 20, 2019

Maryland court won't reconsider denial of new 'Serial' trial

BALTIMORE - Maryland's highest court won't reconsider its rejection of a new trial for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial" and an HBO documentary series. The defen...

Apr 19, 2019

Judge says Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are now single

LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are officially single, though more work is left before the terms of their divorce are final. Los Angeles Superior Court documents show that Judge John W. Oud...

Apr 19, 2019

NKorea says it tested new weapon, wants Pompeo out of talks

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of "tactical guided weapon," its first such test in nearly half a year, and demanded that Washington remove Secr...

Apr 19, 2019

Ex-Virginia Gov. McAuliffe won't run for president in 2020

RICHMOND, Va. - Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe won't run for president in 2020, meaning establishment, centrist Democrats will have one less option in a nominating free-for-all that so far has h...

Apr 19, 2019

Heiress pleads guilty in NXIVM sex slave case

NEW YORK - A wealthy heiress pleaded guilty on Friday in a sensational case accusing a a cult-like upstate New York group of creating a secret harem of sex slaves for the group's self-anointed spiritu...

Apr 19, 2019