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Ringling Bros. shuts down the big top after 146 years
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - With laughter, hugs and tears - and the requisite death-defying stunts - the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus received its final standing ovation Sunday night as it perf...
May 21, 2017
Arsenal, Wenger fail to make Champions League after 20 years
LONDON - Arsene Wenger’s proud record is over: Arsenal has failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years. Arsenal’s hope of squeezing into the Premier League to...
May 21, 2017
Pacific ministers commit to move ahead with pact without US
HANOI, Vietnam - The Pacific Rim trade ministers meeting in Vietnam committed Sunday to move ahead with the Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact after the United States pulled out. New Zealand Trade M...
May 21, 2017
Tillerson says US dismayed by violence at Turkish Embassy
WASHINGTON - America’s top diplomat says the Trump administration has expressed its “dismay” to the Turkish government about a violent confrontation between Turkish security official...
May 21, 2017
NATO chief in talks with Germany, Turkey over air base spat
BERLIN - The chief of NATO says he’s in touch with both Germany and Turkey regarding their latest dispute over visiting rights to a Turkish air base where German soldiers are stationed. Secretar...
May 21, 2017
US Postal Service issuing new Thoreau stamp at Walden Pond
CONCORD, Mass. - The U.S. Postal Service is dedicating its new Henry David Thoreau postage stamp at a ceremony at Walden Pond, where the 19th century American philosopher and naturalist spent two year...
May 21, 2017
Man left trying to explain how car ended up in swimming pool
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A North Carolina man is trying to explain how his car ended up in a swimming pool. Local news outlets report someone noticed the empty car submerged in the swimming pool at a Win...
May 21, 2017
Cincinnati Zoo gorilla exhibit scheduled to reopen in June
CINCINNATI - An expanded Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo is scheduled to open in early June shortly after the one year anniversary of the shooting death of an endangered gorilla named Hara...
May 21, 2017
Ark bearing popular Saint Nicholas' relics come to Moscow
MOSCOW - Relics of Saint Nicholas, one of the Russian Orthodox Church’s most revered figures, arrived in Moscow on Sunday from an Italian church where they have lain for 930 years. Intense media...
May 21, 2017
Gay former Ontario Hockey League player disappointed in Ryan Getzlaf
Brock McGillis couldn’t hide his disappointment when he heard Ryan Getzlaf’s statement after the Anaheim Ducks captain was punished for apparently using a homophobic slur during an NHL pla...
May 21, 2017