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South Korean Justice Minister offers to resign over scandal

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's justice minister has offered to step down amid an investigation into allegations of financial crimes and academic favours surrounding his family, a scandal th...

Oct 13, 2019

Jessye Norman, opera icon, memorialized at hometown funeral

Jessye Norman's illustrious opera career and extraordinary artistry was honoured at her public funeral. So was Jessye Norman the loyal friend, the humanitarian, the teacher and the person not only cel...

Oct 13, 2019

Some US states marking their first Indigenous Peoples' Day

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A handful of states are celebrating their first Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday as part of a trend to move away from a day honouring Christopher Columbus. From Minnesota to Vermo...

Oct 13, 2019

China's trade with US shrinks again in September

BEIJING - China's trade with the United States fell by double digits again in September amid a tariff war that threatens to tip the global economy into recession. Exports to the United States, China's...

Oct 13, 2019

Law gives child sex assault victims more time to file suits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is giving childhood victims of sexual abuse more time to decide whether to file lawsuits, joining several states in expanding the statute of limitations for victims ove...

Oct 13, 2019

McAleenan, acting Homeland Security secretary, stepping down

WASHINGTON - Kevin McAleenan, a career civil servant who became the unlikely point man for President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies, is stepping down as acting Homeland Security secretar...

Oct 13, 2019

Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel

NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on an outlet dominated by supporters of President Donald Trump, abruptly quit after signing off his final ne...

Oct 13, 2019

California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against ...

Oct 13, 2019

Late opera star Jessye Norman's US hometown honours her life

AUGUSTA, Ga. - International opera star Jessye Norman never forgot her home in a small Southern U.S. city. And Augusta, Georgia, never forgot the woman who grew up among many musical influences to bec...

Oct 13, 2019

Esper says Trump orders US troops to leave northern Syria

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper says President Donald Trump has ordered all U.S. troops in northern Syria to move south, but not leave the country. Esper tells CBS' "Face the Nation" that th...

Oct 13, 2019