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Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers amid storm

HELSINKI - Rescue workers off Norway's western coast rushed to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday, winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving w...

Mar 25, 2019

Tom Clancy's widow expands challenge of rights ownership

BALTIMORE - Tom Clancy's widow says in a lawsuit that his estate is the exclusive owner not just of the novelist's famous character Jack Ryan, but the rights to the character John Clark and several bo...

Mar 25, 2019

Michael Avenatti charged with extortion and wire, bank fraud

LOS ANGELES - U.S. prosecutors on two coasts have charged President Donald Trump critic and attorney Michael Avenatti with extortion and bank and wire fraud. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Los A...

Mar 25, 2019

Ethiopian Airlines chief questions Max training requirements

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The warning and training requirements set for the now-grounded 737 Max 8 aircraft may not have been adequate, in light of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed 157 people, the ...

Mar 25, 2019

The Latest: Apple says news service won't track you

CUPERTINO, Calif. - The Latest on Apple's streaming TV event (all times local): 10:40 a.m. Apple says its new subscription News Plus service will not track what you read. Apple says the article recomm...

Mar 25, 2019

Trump formally recognizes Israeli control of Golan Heights

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Monday recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing more than a half-century of U.S. policy. Standing alongside Israe...

Mar 25, 2019

New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall won't seek Senate re-election

SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico Senator Tom Udall announced Monday he will not seek re-election in 2020 in a move that opens up a secure Democratic seat to competition. The second-term senator and former ...

Mar 25, 2019

Actor Michael Madsen accused of driving under the influence

MALIBU, Calif. - Police have arrested actor Michael Madsen after they say he was stopped while driving under the influence. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says Madsen was driving a Land R...

Mar 25, 2019

For Venezuela's 1 per cent, a lavish wedding amid crisis

ACARIGUA, Venezuela - It was the sort of celebration that's become rare in troubled Venezuela: a lavish destination wedding of two young entrepreneurs at a dude ranch on the country's vast tropical pl...

Mar 25, 2019

Extremists attack Somalia govt office, minister among 5 dead

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Gunmen set off a suicide car bombing and then stormed a government building in Somalia's capital Saturday, killing at least five people including the country's deputy labour minis...

Mar 25, 2019