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FBI offers $1M for info on US reporter missing in Syria
WASHINGTON - Federal authorities for the first time are offering a reward for information leading to an American journalist who has been missing in Syria for more than five years. The reward is up to ...
Apr 20, 2018
Prince Charles reportedly to lead Commonwealth
LONDON - British media say Commonwealth leaders have agreed that Prince Charles should succeed his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as head of the 53-nation group. The BBC, Sky News and others say Commonwe...
Apr 20, 2018
8,000 Disneyland tickets stolen from youth farming group
GALT, Calif. - Thieves made off with 8,000 Disneyland tickets worth about $800,000 when they stole a box trailer from a youth agricultural education organization that was going to distribute them to p...
Apr 20, 2018
Trump says midterms are "choice" for country on taxes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says the November elections are “a choice” for the country between Republicans who want to protect their signature tax cut law and Democrats who he says...
Apr 20, 2018
Seoul: N. Korean leader removes major nuclear sticking point
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that his rival, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, isn’t asking for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Penin...
Apr 20, 2018
Judge blocks transfer of US citizen with ties to IS group
WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Thursday blocked the government from transferring an American citizen accused of fighting with Islamic State militants to Saudi Arabia, meaning he will stay for now in ...
Apr 20, 2018
Investigation says Prince was isolated, addicted and in pain
MINNEAPOLIS - After Prince had to be revived from a drug overdose a week before his death, one friend told the musical superstar that he needed to stop taking painkillers. But Prince said he couldn...
Apr 20, 2018
Website for N.S. business development agency taken down over unusual activity
HALIFAX - A Crown-owned business development agency has shut down its website after finding evidence of unusual activity that redirected visitors to porn sites. Shawn Hirtle, spokesman for Nova Scotia...
Apr 20, 2018
Authorities say motive in deputy killings may never be known
TRENTON, Fla. - Investigators in Florida say they may never know why a man – a recluse from a rural farm community who rarely ventured into town – killed two sheriff’s deputies while...
Apr 20, 2018
Rohingya refugees rescued after drifting at sea for 9 days
BIREUEN, Indonesia - A Rohingya Muslim man among a group of 76 rescued in a wooden boat in Indonesian waters says they were at sea for nine days after leaving Myanmar, where the minority group faces i...
Apr 20, 2018