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Grocery sees dirty word in 'Summa Cum Laude,' censors cake
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A South Carolina woman isn’t happy a grocery store censored her honour graduate son’s cake, which was supposed to include the Latin phrase “Summa Cum Laude.”...
May 22, 2018
The princes, the president and the fortune seekers
WASHINGTON - After a year spent carefully cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, thought he was finally close to nailing more ...
May 22, 2018
EU lawmakers to press Zuckerberg over data privacy
BRUSSELS - European Union lawmakers plan to press Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday about data protection standards at the internet giant at a hearing focused on a scandal over the alleged misus...
May 22, 2018
Airlines obey Beijing's demand to call Taiwan part of China
SHANGHAI - British Airways, Lufthansa and Air Canada are among 20 carriers that now refer to Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing considers its territory, as a part of China on their global webs...
May 22, 2018

Trump won't say if he has confidence in Rosenstein
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declined to say Tuesday whether he has confidence in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, escalating pressure on the Justice Department as his White House negoti...
May 22, 2018

As summit looms, North Korean media return to angry tone
TOKYO - North Korean media stepped up their rhetorical attacks on South Korea and joint military exercises with the United States, warning Tuesday that a budding detente could be in danger. State medi...
May 22, 2018

Trump rallies abortion opponents to vote for Republicans
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a rallying call to opponents of abortion, encouraging them to head to the polls to elect conservative lawmakers. Speaking at the Susan B. Anthony ...
May 22, 2018

Toronto Maple Leafs lose Lamoriello, Hunter as executives leave roles
TORONTO - Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan says he knew once Kyle Dubas was elevated to general manager, an exodus from Toronto’s front office was all but assured. That shoe having now fir...
May 22, 2018

Fishermen scrambling after endangered whales' arrival in Gulf of St. Lawrence
MONCTON, N.B. - The arrival of two endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has thrown several lucrative fisheries for a loop. Federal authorities ordered fishermen in certai...
May 22, 2018

MH370 search director disagrees with pilot ditch theory
CANBERRA, Australia - The director of a seabed hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Tuesday disagreed with a new book’s conclusion that the pilot likely flew the plane beyond the search area...
May 22, 2018