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Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue at Arkansas Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A man yelled “Freedom!” as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument early Wednesday, nearly three years after he was arrested in the de...
Jun 28, 2017
Police detain 6 IS suspects in Spain, Britain and Germany
MADRID - Police on Wednesday arrested six suspected members of the Islamic State group, four in Spain and one each in Britain and Germany, Spain’s Interior Ministry said. A ministry statement sa...
Jun 28, 2017
Activists protest for legal migration policies ahead of G20
BERLIN - More than 30 activists have protested against the upcoming Group of 20 summit in the northern German city of Hamburg by hanging a large banner from a bridge across the Elbe river that reads &...
Jun 28, 2017
Little progress evident as GOP hunts health bill votes
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explored options for salvaging the battered Republican health care bill Wednesday but confronted an expanding chorus of GOP detractors, deepening th...
Jun 28, 2017
Campaigner-in-chief: Trump's politicking raises ethics flags
WASHINGTON - Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election. On Wednesday night, he’ll attend his first 2020 campaign fundrais...
Jun 28, 2017
Iran says US travel ban is 'racist' and 'unfair'
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate parts of a travel ban applied to six Muslim-majority countries is “racist” and “unfair.” Foreign M...
Jun 28, 2017
US envoy: China should allow Nobel laureate treatment abroad
BEIJING - The new U.S. ambassador to Beijing said Wednesday that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo should be allowed to receive treatment outside China after being diagnosed with cancer while in p...
Jun 28, 2017
'Farm boy' from Iowa tasked with bridging US-China divisions
BEIJING - A self-described “farm boy from Iowa” who befriended China’s president three decades ago is tasked with smoothing relations between the world’s two largest economies ...
Jun 28, 2017
UK charges 6 in Hillsborough stadium tragedy that killed 96
LONDON - Prosecutors charged a former senior police commander with manslaughter Wednesday in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster that left 96 people dead - long-awaited vindication for the families...
Jun 28, 2017
Obama and family move from Bali to Java on Indonesia holiday
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia - Former U.S. President Barack Obama and his family wrapped up a five-day vacation on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and headed to the historic city of Yogyakarta on Wed...
Jun 28, 2017