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Former Petrobras CEO sentenced to 11 years in jail
SAO PAULO - A former chief executive officer of state oil company Petrobras was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday as part of sprawling corruption investigation that has ensnared many of Brazil...
Mar 07, 2018
Navy starts under-ice submarine exercise off Alaska's coast
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The U.S. Navy has begun five weeks of submarine training and testing off Alaska’s north coast that will include breaching the massive underwater vessels through Arctic sea ic...
Mar 07, 2018
White House: Trump opinion on elephant hunting unchanged
WASHINGTON - The White House says President Donald Trump still believes that the hunting of African elephants for sport is a “horror show,” after the Interior Department quietly lifted pro...
Mar 07, 2018
Mexico, Canada and others may be exempted from US tariffs
WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump’s planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security “...
Mar 07, 2018
US says microphones found in Guantanamo legal meeting room
MIAMI - Microphones were found in a room where a Saudi prisoner met with his lawyers at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, U.S. officials said in recently filed court documents that shed light on an...
Mar 07, 2018
NYPD: We have considerable evidence in Weinstein rape case
New York City’s top police detective says the department has gathered considerable evidence in the rape investigation of Harvey Weinstein. But it’s up to the district attorney whether the ...
Mar 07, 2018

Judge: Man accused of McDormand Oscar theft will be released
LOS ANGELES - A lawyer for the man charged with stealing Frances McDormand’s Academy Award said Wednesday that he and his client plan to “forcefully and aggressively resist” the alle...
Mar 07, 2018

Florida school shooting survivors visit Sept. 11 museum
NEW YORK - Clustered around a touchscreen at the Sept. 11 museum, a group of high school students inscribed a message that began, “#neveragain.” The sentiment fit where they were, but also...
Mar 07, 2018
Afghan man admits to stabbing of 4 people in Vienna
BERLIN - An Afghan man admitted to stabbing and severely injuring a family of three and a 20-year-old compatriot in Vienna because “he was in a bad, aggressive mood and upset about his life̵...
Mar 07, 2018
Indian architect wins prestigious Pritzker Prize
NEW DELHI - Architect and educator Balkrishna Doshi, best-known for his innovative work designing low-cost housing, has been awarded the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the first Indian to win archi...
Mar 07, 2018