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Maduro loyalists strip Venezuela's Juan Guaido of immunity

CARACAS, Venezuela - Maduro loyalists stripped Venezuela's Juan Guaid of immunity Tuesday, paving the way for the opposition leader's prosecution and potential arrest for supposedly violating the cons...

Apr 04, 2019

Ex-reality TV cast member gets 1-year term in fraud case

NEW YORK - A former cast member of the reality TV series "Bad Girls Club" was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing the debit card information of a man found dead from a drug overdose in his Manh...

Apr 04, 2019

Ex-officer charged with fatally shooting woman in his car

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former vice squad officer in Ohio was charged Thursday with fatally shooting a woman who was sitting in his unmarked police vehicle in what the man says was an act of self-defence. ...

Apr 04, 2019

Charles, William, Harry: 3 princes help launch 'Our Planet'

LONDON - A new eight-part Netflix series chronicling life on Earth and the threat posed by climate change has received a royal sendoff at London's Natural History Museum. Prince Charles lauded the "Ou...

Apr 04, 2019

2nd Texas chemical fire in about 2 weeks kills worker

HOUSTON - A tank holding a flammable chemical caught fire at a Texas plant Tuesday, killing one worker, critically injuring two others and sending panicked employees fleeing over a fence to safety. Ha...

Apr 04, 2019

As Baltimore struggles, latest scandal sucks away attention

Baltimore already faced daunting challenges: soaring violent crime, a thriving drug economy and poverty so intense that some derelict neighbourhoods look like they were hit by a plague. Now, Mayor Cat...

Apr 04, 2019

Flint water crisis takes centre stage in new play

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A new play at the University of Michigan tells the story of the Flint water crisis through the voices of residents, activists, scientists and politicians. Jose? Casas interviewed mo...

Apr 04, 2019

Oklahoma drops some claims against opioid manufacturers

OKLAHOMA CITY - A week after reaching a $270 million settlement with the maker of OxyContin, Oklahoma's attorney general Thursday dismissed some claims against other drugmakers in a lawsuit alleging t...

Apr 04, 2019

Man suspected of shooting Nipsey Hussle charged with murder

LOS ANGELES - The man suspected of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle has been charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. Los Angeles County prosecutors filed the charges against 29-year-old Er...

Apr 04, 2019

Lithuanian man flies alone on commercial plane to Italy

VILNIUS, Lithuania - A Lithuanian man flying to Italy got a pleasant surprise when he boarded the plane: He was the only passenger on the Boeing 737-800. Skirmantas Strimaitis, who was flying from cap...

Apr 04, 2019