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Rescued Thai boys make victory signs from hospital beds
MAE SAI, Thailand - The 12 boys rescued from deep within a flooded cave in northern Thailand made two-finger victory signs from their hospital beds on Wednesday in a moving video from the isolation wa...
Jul 11, 2018
4 rescued from Thailand cave as rescue operation underway
By Tassanee Vejpongsa And Kaweewit Kaewjinda, The Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand - Rescuers in northern Thailand on Sunday extracted four members of a youth soccer team from the cave where they ha...
Jul 08, 2018
After talks, NKorea accuses US of ‘gangster-like’ demands
TOKYO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has delivered a dose of harsh reality to Donald Trump, bashing hopes for a quick denuclearization deal in a pointed rebuke to the president's top envoy while ac...
Jul 07, 2018
Croatia ends Russia’s run, advances to World Cup semifinals
SOCHI, Russia - Nyet this time. Although Russia made it further at this year's World Cup than most anyone expected, it was Croatia that advanced to the semifinals with a 4-3 shootout victory Saturday ...
Jul 07, 2018
Thais fight water and oxygen levels in cave as diver dies
MAE SAI, Thailand - The rescuers trying to help a youth soccer team stranded in a Thai cave suffered a disheartening loss Friday with the death of a former SEAL diving in the flooded passageways to de...
Jul 06, 2018
Scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Pruitt resigns
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he has accepted the resignation of scandal-plagued Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. Pruitt had become a constant source of embarrass...
Jul 05, 2018
Hundreds celebrate the life of slain Maryland journalist
OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Days after journalist Rob Hiaasen and four colleagues were shot to death by a gunman who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette's newsroom, an overflow crowd gathered on Monday e...
Jul 03, 2018
4 journalists, sales assistant killed at Maryland newspaper
Four journalists and a sales assistant were killed Thursday in a shooting at a Maryland newspaper. Authorities said the gunman entered the Capital Gazette in Annapolis and "looked for his victims." Th...
Jun 28, 2018
Gunman kills 5 in attack targeting Maryland newspaper
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked a newspaper in Maryland's capital Thursday, killing four journalists and a staffer before police quickly stormed the building an...
Jun 28, 2018
Time names the most influential people on the internet
NEW YORK - Kylie Jenner, Kanye West, Rihanna, Busy Philipps and Matt Drudge have landed on Time magazine's roundup of the most influential people on the internet. So did someone with 53 million Twitte...
Jun 28, 2018
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