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Raging wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town's waterfront
PERTH, Australia - Wildfires burning across Australia's two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed at least two people while more propert...
Jan 02, 2020
Helicopter crashes carrying Taiwan's top military officer
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The defence ministry says five people survived the crash of a military helicopter carrying 13 people but the fate of Taiwan's top military official was unclear. Air force Gen. Shen Yi...
Jan 01, 2020
Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texas church for Sunday services. By the time the man ...
Jan 01, 2020
Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board
FORT MADISON, Iowa - Pete Buttigieg says he "would not have wanted to see" his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country, ...
Jan 01, 2020
Prompt care was key to Sanders' recovery from heart attack
Bernie Sanders suffered "modest heart muscle damage" during his recent heart attack but has since recovered well and is fit enough for the rigours of the presidential campaign and the White House shou...
Jan 01, 2020
Warren blasts billionaires as Democrats end year campaigning
BOSTON - Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren marked one year of running for president on Tuesday by slamming billionaires from both parties who she says put corporate interests above the needs of the ...
Jan 01, 2020
Brazil's Bolsonaro keeps to far right, faces tough 2nd year
SAO PAULO - Heading into his second year as Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding with critics at home and abroad - an approach that ...
Jan 01, 2020
Trump signs law to reduce robocalls, though they won't end
NEW YORK - An anti-robocalls measure signed into law Monday by President Donald Trump should help reduce the torrent of unwanted calls promising lower interest rates or pretending to be the IRS, thoug...
Jan 01, 2020
Making misery pay: Libya militias take EU funds for migrants
TRIPOLI, Libya - When the European Union started funneling millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, the money came with EU promises to improve detention ce...
Jan 01, 2020
Larsen, who threw only perfect World Series game, dies at 90
NEW YORK - Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, d...
Jan 01, 2020