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Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race

AUSTIN, Texas - Former Obama housing secretary Julin Castro, the only Latino in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, ended his campaign Thursday after a yearlong run in which he pushed his r...

Jan 04, 2020

Golden Globes will serve plant-based meal at awards ceremony

LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes, known as the "party of the year," is going with a meatless menu for its 77th annual awards show. Guests will be served a 100% plant-based meal just ahead of showtime S...

Jan 04, 2020

Santa Fe Chicano mural slated for destruction for new museum

An iconic Chicano mural in Santa Fe painted by Mexican American artists is scheduled for destruction to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose cultu...

Jan 04, 2020

Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival government seeki...

Jan 04, 2020

Lebanon receives Interpol notice for ex-Nissan fugitive

BEIRUT - Interpol issued a wanted notice Thursday for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges in a dram...

Jan 04, 2020

Funeral for mother and son killed in Louisiana plane crash

LAFAYETTE, La. - Family and friends wearing purple and gold said goodbye Thursday to a Louisiana woman and her son who were on their way to see the Peach Bowl when they died in a plane crash. Gretchen...

Jan 04, 2020

Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, killing 1

NEW DELHI - A factory manufacturing batteries in the Indian capital caught fire and collapsed Thursday, killing one firefighter and injuring 19 others, officials said. A fire official said three peopl...

Jan 04, 2020

Copter crash kills Taiwan's top military officer, 7 others

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's top military official was among eight people killed in an air force helicopter crash in mountainous terrain outside Taipei on Thursday, the defence ministry said. Five others...

Jan 03, 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 03, 2020

Australian prime minister is jeered in wildfire-ravaged zone

PERTH, Australia - Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents who cursed and insulted him Thursday as he visited a wildfire-ravaged corner of the country. Locals in Cobargo, in Ne...

Jan 03, 2020