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North Korea names army figure as new foreign minister
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea has named as its new foreign minster a former senior army officer with little experience in dealings with the United States, in a possible indication it will ta...
Jan 23, 2020
'Sopranos' actress says Weinstein raped her in the mid-1990s
NEW YORK - "Sopranos" actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand Thursday, testifying that the former Hollywood studio boss overpowered and raped her and made other c...
Jan 23, 2020
Family receives remains of 6 killed in El Salvador massacre
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador's forensic institute on Thursday turned over to family members the remains of six of the more than 200 rural residents killed by soldiers in August 1982 El Cala...
Jan 23, 2020
Prosecutor: DNA match leads to Florida 'pillowcase rapist'
MIAMI - Prosecutors announced Thursday that a sophisticated DNA match has led to the cold case arrest of a Florida man believed to be the "pillowcase rapist" who terrorized greater Miami with a series...
Jan 23, 2020
Ex-pharmaceutical exec gets 5 1/2 years for pushing opioid
BOSTON - The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback scheme prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid cr...
Jan 23, 2020
Trump to sign U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal Wednesday
MIAMI - President Donald Trump will hold a signing ceremony for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement on Wednesday, according to the White House. The deal to modernize the North American Free Trade A...
Jan 23, 2020
Coalition of states sue over rules governing 3D-printed guns
WASHINGTON - Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a federal regulation that could allow blueprints for making guns on 3D printers to be post...
Jan 23, 2020
Trump: Mideast peace plan likely rolled out in days
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he'll likely release his long-awaited Mideast peace plan before his meeting early next week at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjami...
Jan 23, 2020
Mississippi governor tours prison rocked by deadly violence
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi's new governor says he and the interim corrections commissioner toured a troubled state prison to see conditions and to try to understand what led to an outburst of deadly...
Jan 23, 2020
China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak
BEIJING - China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass more than 20.5 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, even though the mea...
Jan 23, 2020