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Former Thai PM says she's innocent, asks for 'kindness'
BANGKOK - Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra declared her innocence and asked for “kindness” from a court Tuesday during her final statement in a criminal negligence trial that...
Aug 01, 2017
Brazil's president faces congressional vote on his future
SAO PAULO - For Brazilian leaders, August is the cruelest month - and one that now presents a potentially fatal challenge to the presidency of Michel Temer. In modern times, August has been a devastat...
Aug 01, 2017
Watchdog: Tight security hinders oversight of US Afghan aid
KABUL - The U.S. watchdog tasked with overseeing the spending of billions of U.S. dollars in aid to Afghanistan said unprecedented restrictions on the movement of American government employees is send...
Aug 01, 2017
NATO helicopter has hard landing in Afghanistan; 2 injured
KABUL - A NATO statement says a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter encountered a mechanical problem that forced a hard landing in eastern Afghanistan. The region is where American troops are supporting Afghan...
Aug 01, 2017
Sen. Flake faults GOP, Democrat partisanship for Trump rise
PHOENIX - Republican Sen. Jeff Flake took his own party to task as well as Democrats, blaming both in a new book for the political gridlock that led to Donald Trump’s presidency and its current ...
Aug 01, 2017
Analysts doubt North Korea's ICBM re-entry capability
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea after decades of effort has a missile potentially capable of reaching the continental United States, but analysts say Pyongyang has yet to show the ICBM can inf...
Aug 01, 2017
Officer screams he was hit in fatal California shooting
FRESNO, Calif. - A police officer frantically screamed into his radio for help, telling dispatchers he had been shot and was bleeding in the struggle and gunfight that left two officers wounded and a ...
Aug 01, 2017
Correction: Police Shooting-St Louis story
ST. LOUIS - In a story Aug. 1 about the murder trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, The Associated Press reported erroneously that another officer recovered the gun found in Anthon...
Aug 01, 2017
Man charged with murder in shooting of Indiana officer
INDIANAPOLIS - A man charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Indianapolis was dangling upside down in his overturned car following a crash when he suddenly became agitated as the ...
Aug 01, 2017
Officer released from hospital after being shot 4 times
AKRON, Ohio - An Ohio police officer who was shot four times while responding to a domestic violence call last month has been released from the hospital. At a news conference Monday, Uniontown police ...
Aug 01, 2017