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Airstrike kills 44 migrants in Libyan detention centre

BENGHAZI, Libya - An airstrike hit a detention centre for migrants near the Libyan capital of Tripoli early Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding dozens of others in an attack that the U....

Jul 04, 2019

Trump says he will tap economists for 2 key Fed vacancies

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, who has criticized the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates, said Tuesday that he intends to nominate two economists to fill influential positions on the...

Jul 04, 2019

Gibraltar detains Syria-bound supertanker with Iranian oil

MADRID - Authorities in Gibraltar said they intercepted an Iranian supertanker Thursday that was believed to be breaching European Union sanctions by carrying a shipment of Tehran's crude oil to war-r...

Jul 04, 2019

EU chief struggles to sell job winners to hostile lawmakers

BRUSSELS - European Council President Donald Tusk appealed Thursday to hostile lawmakers to endorse a raft of nominees for some of the EU's most coveted jobs amid accusations that he and the bloc's le...

Jul 04, 2019

2020 Census to be printed without citizenship question

WASHINGTON - Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau has started the process of printing the questionnaire without th...

Jul 04, 2019

French Michael Jackson fans sue 'Leaving Neverland' accusers

PARIS - Three Michael Jackson fan clubs in France are suing two men who accused the singer of sexual abuse in the HBO documentary "Leaving Neverland." The lawsuit accuses Wade Robson and James Safechu...

Jul 04, 2019

Mexico buses home dozens of asylum seekers returned by US

MEXICO CITY - Dozens of Central Americans who had been returned to the border city of Juarez to await the outcome of their U.S. asylum claims were being bused back to their countries Tuesday by Mexica...

Jul 04, 2019

Quake rattles Southern California; some damage far from LA

LOS ANGELES - A strong earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing some damage in a town near the epice...

Jul 04, 2019

Sundance co-founder gets at least 6 years in sex abuse case

AMERICAN FORK, Utah - A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday to at least six years in prison ...

Jul 04, 2019

Chanel's new designer, Viard, unveils couture debut in Paris

PARIS - Chanel's new chief Virginie Viard merged the worlds of two of its most famous couturiers, those of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, for a cerebral couture show in Paris set inside a...

Jul 04, 2019