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Shake-up at Homeland Security goes beyond Nielsen's exit

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and White House allies pressing for a harder line on immigration sped up their campaign Monday to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security with a mission ...

Apr 10, 2019

Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged across Yemen

ADEN, Yemen - In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac at an airport in the Horn of Africa as officials waited for final clearance to deliver half a million d...

Apr 10, 2019

Spectator charged with assaulting WWE star Bret Hart

NEW YORK - Authorities say a spectator faces assault and trespassing charges after tackling wrestler Bret "The Hitman" Hart while he was giving a speech during the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in Brookly...

Apr 10, 2019

John Oliver's parody book among most 'challenged' works

NEW YORK - Not everyone was amused by the John Oliver send-up of a picture book by the wife and daughter of Vice-President Mike Pence. "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of...

Apr 10, 2019

Attorney: Mar-a-Lago infiltrator had hidden-camera detector

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Chinese woman recently arrested at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club lied repeatedly to Secret Service agents while carrying computer malware unlike anything a governm...

Apr 10, 2019

Court frees acclaimed Russian director from house arrest

MOSCOW - An acclaimed Russian theatre and film director was freed from house arrest Monday, a verdict that follows longtime calls for his release from prominent cultural figures worldwide. The Moscow ...

Apr 10, 2019

Nissan shareholders OK ouster of ex-chair Ghosn from board

TOKYO - Nissan's shareholders ousted the automaker's former chairman Carlos Ghosn from its board on Monday, seeking to shut the door on an era capped by scandal. More than 4,000 people gathered at a T...

Apr 10, 2019

Japan's emperor and empress celebrate 60 years of marriage

TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Wednesday just three weeks before he abdicates his throne. The couple met at a 1957 tennis tournament reme...

Apr 10, 2019

Korean Air boss dies weeks after board removal over scandals

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Korean Air's chairman, whose leadership included scandals such as his daughter's infamous incident of "nut rage," has died due to illness, the company said Monday. Cho Yang...

Apr 09, 2019

Dalai Lama hospitalized with chest infection, feeling better

NEW DELHI - The Dalai Lama has been hospitalized in the Indian capital with a chest infection and is feeling better. Spokesman Tenzin Taklha says the Dalai Lama is under medication and likely to spend...

Apr 09, 2019