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Indonesia alcohol deaths exceed 100 as police vow crackdown
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Deaths from drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Indonesia have surpassed 100 this month, police said Wednesday as they vowed a “scorched earth” crackdown on the makers a...
Apr 11, 2018
Myanmar court refuses to dismiss charges against journalists
YANGON, Myanmar - A Myanmar court on Wednesday refused to dismiss a case against two Reuters journalists after the reporters’ lawyers insisted last week that the evidence doesn’t support t...
Apr 11, 2018
Sherpa guide tries to reach top of the world for 22nd time
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Three men have climbed to the top of the world 21 times, all of them mountain guides who grew up in the shadow of Mount Everest. Two of these famed Sherpa guides have retired. But 4...
Apr 11, 2018
Arizona teachers demanding raise protest at schools
PHOENIX - Thousands of Arizona teachers wearing red shirts and carrying signs protested outside more than a thousand schools Wednesday, demanding higher salaries and better school funding. The “...
Apr 11, 2018
Report: Missouri Gov. Greitens initiated unwanted sex acts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens initiated a physically aggressive unwanted sexual encounter with his hairdresser and threatened to distribute a partially nude photo of her if she spo...
Apr 11, 2018
Judges weigh scope of Trump sanctuary cities order
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday scrutinized whether President Donald Trump’s executive order to withhold funding from so-called “sanctuary cities” threatened hun...
Apr 11, 2018
Sacramento police unveil body cam policy after protests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento police have issued their first written policy on when officers can turn off body cameras after two officers muted their microphones following the fatal shooting of an u...
Apr 11, 2018
Xi vs Trump: Who has the better hand in potential trade war?
BEIJING - The brewing China-U.S. trade conflict features two leaders who’ve expressed friendship but are equally determined to pursue their nation’s interests and their own political agend...
Apr 11, 2018
Patriots owner calls for reform after Meek Mill prison visit
PHILADELPHIA - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is calling for reform of the criminal justice system after visiting rapper Meek Mill in a Pennsylvania prison. Kraft and Philadelphia 76ers co-ow...
Apr 11, 2018
FBI raid sought Cohen's communications with Trump campaign
The FBI agents who raided the offices of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, sought records of his communications with the Trump campaign as part of what appeared to be an e...
Apr 11, 2018