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4 homeless men attacked and killed in New York City
NEW YORK - A man wielding a long metal object rampaged through New York City early Saturday attacking sleeping homeless people, killing four and leaving a fifth in critical condition. New York Police ...
Oct 05, 2019
Civilian employee kills 4 in knife attack at Paris police HQ
PARIS - A civilian employee raged through Paris police headquarters with a knife Thursday, stabbing four police colleagues to death before he was shot and killed, French authorities said. The man, a t...
Oct 05, 2019
Trump tweet of Nickelback video aimed at Biden removed
NEW YORK - Twitter and YouTube have removed a video from President Donald Trump that featured an edited Nickelback music video clip that took aim at former Vice-President Joe Biden. Both a Twitter pos...
Oct 05, 2019
Ugandan activist Bobi Wine defies ban on trademark red beret
KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan pop star and opposition figure whose trademark red beret has been banned by the government is urging supporters to defy the order that he calls a "sham." The beret worn b...
Oct 05, 2019
Bianca Andreescu ready to face Naomi Osaka after 17th win in a row
BEIJING - Bianca Andreescu's next test figures to be one of her biggest challenges of the year. The Canadian tennis star set up a quarterfinal showdown with Japan's Naomi Osaka on Friday by winni...
Oct 05, 2019
Freitas do Amaral, a ‘father’ of Portuguese democracy, dies
LISBON, Portugal - Diogo Freitas do Amaral, a conservative Portuguese politician who played a leading role in cementing the country's democracy after its 1974 Carnation Revolution and later became pre...
Oct 05, 2019
Jumping the shark? Kiss will play for them in the ocean
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place _ under the sea, where they will perform for great...
Oct 05, 2019
Revelations in impeachment inquiry rattle State Department
WASHINGTON - The State Department has been deeply shaken by the rapidly escalating impeachment inquiry, as revelations that President Donald Trump enlisted diplomats to dig up dirt on a political riva...
Oct 05, 2019
Impeachment probe reaches into White House with new subpoena
WASHINGTON - The impeachment inquiry is reaching directly into the White House, with Democrats subpoenaing officials about contacts with Ukraine and President Donald Trump signalling his administratio...
Oct 05, 2019
Prince Harry sues 2 UK tabloids over alleged phone hacking
LONDON - Prince Harry is suing two British tabloid newspapers over alleged phone hacking. British media reports Friday night said Harry took legal action against the Sun and Mirror newspapers. Bucking...
Oct 05, 2019