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Ariana Grande to become Manchester honorary citizen

World NewsJul 13, 2017

Manchester officials say they are making US pop singer Ariana Grande an honorary citizen of the city because of her response to the deadly concert attack in May. City council leader Richard Leese pr...
Trump accepts invitation to visit South Korea this year

PoliticsJul 1, 2017

The Latest on President Moon Jae-in's summit with President Donald Trump (all times local): 12:10 p.m. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to visit South Korea this year. South Korea...
Man jailed after hitting Muslim teen with bacon

World NewsJun 30, 2017

LONDON -- A British man has been jailed after hitting a Muslim teen with a slab of bacon after hurling insults at her and her mother. Alex Chivers was sentenced at a London court on Thursday to six ...
Car rams police vehicle on famed Paris avenue; attacker dies

World NewsJun 20, 2017

A man on the radar of French authorities for extremism was killed Monday after ramming a car carrying arms and explosives into a police convoy on Paris' famed Champs-Elysees Avenue, setting off a fie...
Otto Warmbier dies at 22

North KoreaJun 20, 2017

Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma last week after almost a year and a half in captivity, died Monday, his family said. The 22-year-old “has complet...
US official's 'quiet diplomacy' led to Warmbier's release

North KoreaJun 16, 2017

It took months of “quiet diplomacy,” a change in US presidents and an American diplomat’s extraordinary, secret visit to Pyongyang to bring Otto Warmbier home. US special envoy Joseph Yun was a hous...
Death toll rises to 12 in London apartment building inferno

World NewsJun 14, 2017

LONDON (AP) -- A deadly overnight fire raced through a 24-story apartment tower in London on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 74 others. One desperate woman threw a baby out of a hi...
[Live] Firefighters battling massive blaze in London high-rise

World NewsJun 14, 2017

Firefighters battled a massive fire and evacuated residents from a burning 27-floor high-rise apartment building in west London early Wednesday morning. London’s Metropolitan Police said a number of...
Afghan president says last week's bombing killed over 150

World NewsJun 7, 2017

Afghanistan’s president said Tuesday that last week’s suicide truck bombing in the heart of the capital killed more than 150 people, making it the deadliest single attack in the country since the 200...
Trump pulling US from global climate pact, dismaying allies

World NewsJun 2, 2017

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was withdrawing the US from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and dis...
Chemical experts found sarin exposure in Syria attack: UN

World NewsMay 24, 2017

A team from the international chemical weapons watchdog found exposure “to sarin or a sarin-like substance” in samples from an April 4 attack in northern Syria that killed over 90 people and now want...
Uber admits stiffing NYC drivers by millions of dollars

World NewsMay 24, 2017

NEW YORK -- Uber on Tuesday admitted to underpaying its New York City drivers tens of millions of dollars for the past 2 1/2 years. “We are committed to paying every driver every penny they are owed...
UK police treating Ariana Grande concert blast as terrorism

World NewsMay 23, 2017

An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert attended by thousands of young music fans in northern England, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police said Tuesday they suspected w...
Japan's Princess Mako to marry ocean-loving legal assistant

World NewsMay 19, 2017

Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Japan's emperor, will marry an ocean-loving legal assistant who can ski, play the violin and cook. Japanese nuptials tend to be highly ritualized, especially for ...
Times Square crash victim was 18-year-old Michigan woman

World NewsMay 19, 2017

Police say an 18-year-old woman killed by a car that plowed through pedestrians in Times Square was a tourist from Portage, Michigan. Alyssa Elsman died Thursday when a man drove his car down the si...