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US new home sales climbed a healthy 7.1% in August

U.S. new home sales jumped 7.1% in August, as low mortgage rates pull buyers into the housing market. The Commerce Department says that new homes sales increased to a seasonally adjusted annual rate o...

Sep 25, 2019

Memo: Trump prodded Ukraine leader on Biden claims

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine's new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a...

Sep 25, 2019

Multinational crew lifts off for International Space Station

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A multinational crew made up of an American, a Russian and the first space traveller from the United Arab Emirates has blasted off successfully for a mission on the Internationa...

Sep 25, 2019

Dems take up impeachment drive, say Trump betrayed his oath

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nati...

Sep 25, 2019

Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show

NEW YORK - Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusX...

Sep 25, 2019

Angry lawmakers challenge attorney general on Brexit advice

LONDON - British Attorney General Geoffrey Cox accused Parliament on Wednesday of being a "disgrace" as lawmakers returned for the first day of work since a bombshell court decision deemed Prime Minis...

Sep 25, 2019

Top UK court: Johnson's suspension of Parliament was illegal

LONDON - In a decision that badly undermines Boris Johnson's authority, Britain's highest court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the prime minister broke the law by suspending Parliament in a way that s...

Sep 25, 2019

At least 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya's capital

NAIROBI, Kenya - A school collapsed in Kenya's capital on Monday and killed at least seven children, officials said, while some outraged residents alleged shoddy construction. Two other children were ...

Sep 25, 2019

Baby Archie makes rare public appearance in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Baby Archie has made a rare public appearance as his parents, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, continue their first official tour as a family in South Africa. ...

Sep 25, 2019

Reports: Algerian ex-president's brother, others convicted

ALGIERS, Algeria - An Algerian military court sentenced the brother of the country's longtime former leader and two ex-intelligence chiefs to 15 years in prison Wednesday for plotting against the stat...

Sep 25, 2019