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'Star Wars' fans hope to get 'Episode IX' details at event

The Skywalker saga may be coming to an end this December as the latest Star Wars trilogy finishes, but eight months out from its release fans still know precious little about what director J.J. Abrams...

Apr 12, 2019

Japan's emperor and empress celebrate 60 years of marriage

TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary just three weeks before he abdicates his throne. The couple met at a 1957 tennis tournament remembered as ...

Apr 12, 2019

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

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

Apr 12, 2019

Bombing at open-air market in southwest Pakistan kills 16

QUETTA, Pakistan - A powerful bomb went off at an open-air market in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 30, police and hospital officials said...

Apr 12, 2019

Dalai Lama hospitalized with chest infection, feeling better

NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama has been hospitalized in the Indian capital with a chest infection and is feeling better, his spokesman said Wednesday. The 83-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader is under med...

Apr 11, 2019

Boeing makes 96 flights to test software on troubled Max jet

DALLAS - Boeing's CEO says crews have made 96 flights to test a software update for its troubled 737 Max jet and will make more in coming weeks as the company attempts to convince regulators to let th...

Apr 11, 2019

Johnny Depp sues ex-wife for $50 million in defamation suit

FAIRFAX, Va. - Actress Amber Heard is asking a judge to dismiss a $50 million defamation lawsuit her ex-husband Johnny Depp filed over a Washington Post op-ed she wrote about domestic violence. In the...

Apr 11, 2019

Uber reveals strong growth, huge losses ahead of IPO

SAN FRANCISCO - Uber is providing a look under the hood of its business in the lead-up to its hotly anticipated debut on the stock market, revealing strong growth but still struggling to overcome huge...

Apr 11, 2019

City of Chicago sues Jussie Smollett for investigative costs

Chicago has sued "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett to recoup the costs of investigating a racist, anti-gay attack that officials say Smollett staged. City lawyers filed a civil lawsuit Thursday in a Cook...

Apr 11, 2019

Autopsy: Migrant detainee died from AIDS complications

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A Honduran transgender migrant, whose 2018 death while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sparked protests and calls for an investigation, died of a rare di...

Apr 11, 2019