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Tijuana mayor: Caravan influx to last at least 6 months
TIJUANA, Mexico - With about 3,000 Central American migrants having reached the Mexican border across from California and thousands more anticipated, the mayor of Tijuana said Friday that the city was...
Nov 16, 2018
Wildlife officials seize mountain lion kitten fed bratwurst
WALSENBURG, Colo. - Wildlife officials who seized a mountain lion kitten from a southern Colorado home say the feline fell ill after the residents fed it bratwurst. Travis Sauder with Colorado Parks a...
Nov 16, 2018
New Zealand makes biggest cocaine bust in banana shipment
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - New Zealand police have made the country’s largest cocaine seizure, with 190 kilograms (418 pounds) of the drug found in a container of bananas shipped from Panama. New Z...
Nov 16, 2018
CNN's Acosta back at White House after judge's ruling
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta, though a lawsuit over the credentials’...
Nov 16, 2018
Trump honours GOP donor, 6 others with presidential award
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday recognized a major Republican Party donor and six other “extraordinary Americans” with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honour t...
Nov 16, 2018
AP source: Mueller probe to go on, Whitaker tells Graham
WASHINGTON - Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has told Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in a meeting that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation will proceed, according to a person...
Nov 16, 2018
With new Egypt capital being built, what becomes of Cairo?
CAIRO - Billboards across Cairo advertise luxury homes with “breathtaking” views in compounds with names like “La Verde” or “Vinci” in Egypt’s new capital tha...
Nov 16, 2018
Bishop reported missing amid Beijing-Vatican reconciliation
BEIJING - A bishop who has resisted demands to join China’s Communist Party-controlled church body has been taken into custody, a Catholic news service reported, despite recent moves by Beijing ...
Nov 16, 2018
Florida high school massacre panel considers recommendations
SUNRISE, Fla. - The state commission investigating the Florida high school massacre began discussions Friday on what recommendations it will make regarding student safety, mental health and steps to p...
Nov 16, 2018
French Polynesian president acknowledges nuclear test lies
PARIS - French Polynesian President Edouard Fritch has said the leaders of the French collectivity of islands in the South Pacific lied to the population for three decades over the dangers of nuclear ...
Nov 16, 2018