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Tiger Woods makes Masters 15th and most improbable major

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again. Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he ...

Apr 14, 2019

Trivago hotel website actor arrested in Texas on DWI charge

HOUSTON - The actor who has become something of a sex symbol as the scruffy-faced, somewhat rumpled star of ads for the travel booking site Trivago has been arrested in Texas on a misdemeanour driving...

Apr 14, 2019

Chevron vaults into new league on $33B Anadarko acquisition

Chevron is buying Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion, energizing its oil and gas drilling capabilities in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico while vaulting itself into a new league. The combined company wil...

Apr 14, 2019

Amid scandal, audit into Baltimore non-profit's work ordered

Baltimore's acting leader has ordered an audit of a non-profit's management of a city youth fund with $12 million set aside from property tax revenue after the organization was tied to embattled Mayor...

Apr 14, 2019

Exasperated Ecuador ends asylum for world's worst houseguest

QUITO, Ecuador - Did Western media and government hypocrisy bring about Julian Assange's arrest, or was it his bad manners? The dramatic end to Julian Assange's asylum has sparked curiosity about his ...

Apr 14, 2019

UK pressured not to overlook Swedish claims to Assange

LONDON - British lawmakers are heaping pressure on the government to make sure that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces Swedish justice if prosecutors there reopen a rape investigation against him....

Apr 14, 2019

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down across US, Europe

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were not loading as of early Sunday morning. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors site outa...

Apr 14, 2019

Seychelles president's underwater speech: Protect our oceans

DESROCHES ISLAND, Seychelles - In a striking speech delivered from deep below the ocean's surface, the Seychelles president is making a global plea for stronger protection of the "beating blue heart o...

Apr 14, 2019

New 'Star Wars' film promises 'The Rise of Skywalker'

"No one is ever really gone," says the voice of Luke Skywalker in the first teaser trailer for "Star Wars: Episode IX," which audiences finally learned will be called "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker...

Apr 14, 2019

Malaysia revives China-backed rail link, cost cut by a third

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's government said Friday it has decided to resume a China-backed rail link project, after the Chinese contractor agreed to cut the construction cost by one-third. The...

Apr 14, 2019