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Taylor Swift donates $113K to Tennessee LGBTQ advocacy group
NASHVILLE - Music superstar Taylor Swift says the efforts of a Tennessee LGBTQ advocacy group to fight a handful of contentious bills moving inside the state's Republican-controlled General Assembly i...
Apr 09, 2019
25 years after genocide, Rwanda's Kagame is praised, feared
KAMPALA, Uganda - A quarter-century after Rwanda's brutal genocide, President Paul Kagame remains a constant figure atop the country's politics, feted by those who say it needs his visionary leadershi...
Apr 09, 2019
Chicago symphony may cancel more concerts; strike continues
CHICAGO - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra may cancel more concerts after striking musicians rejected what it calls its last, best and final offer on a new contract. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Associati...
Apr 09, 2019
Britain's May in Berlin to plead case for new Brexit delay
BERLIN - Prime Minister Theresa May brought her case for a further delay to Britain's departure from the European Union to Berlin on Tuesday, while German and French officials insisted that any extens...
Apr 09, 2019
Inside 12 days of turmoil that shook Homeland Security
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump had had it. The flow of migrants at the southern border was surging. Another caravan appeared to be forming. And his government had run out of holding space, forcin...
Apr 09, 2019
In cyclone-hit Mozambique, a quest to find and name the dead
MAGARU, Mozambique - He was haunted by the thought of a small child's skull, unburied and lost in the debris of a cyclone that had claimed hundreds of lives. Stephen Fonseca stood in a field of ruined...
Apr 09, 2019
City of Edmonton takes responsibility in deaths of feral cats
EDMONTON- The City of Edmonton has pleaded guilty to a regulatory charge under the Animal Protection Act in the deaths of three feral cats.All charges against four city employees at the Animal Care an...
Apr 09, 2019
Theresa May woos UK opponents and EU leaders over Brexit
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May wooed domestic political opponents and European leaders Monday as she sought to break Britain's Brexit impasse and secure a delay to the country's departure from th...
Apr 09, 2019
Nissan ex-chair Ghosn says a 'conspiracy' led to his arrest
TOKYO - Nissan's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn is maintaining he is innocent and in a video released by his legal team accuses some executives at the Japanese automaker of a "conspiracy" that led to hi...
Apr 09, 2019
3 American soldiers, 1 US contractor killed in Afghanistan
KABUL - U.S. forces in Afghanistan say three U.S. service members and a contractor have been killed in a roadside bombing near the main American air base in the country. The Taliban claimed responsibi...
Apr 09, 2019