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Bomb scare at Montana school turns out to be false alarm
HELENA, Mont. - Authorities evacuated an elementary school in Montana's capital city on Tuesday after officials found what they thought was the remnants of a homemade bomb, but it turned out to be a p...
Oct 15, 2019
UEFA leader wants ‘war on racists’ after English face abuse
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin urged governments to escalate the "war on the racists" to help soccer authorities eliminate it from stadiums after England players faced abuse in Bulgaria. In a state...
Oct 15, 2019 England manager Gareth Southgate, right, speaks with referee Ivan Bebek during the Euro 2020 Group A qualifying soccer match between Bulgaria and England in Sofia, Bulgaria on Oct. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Former WH aide: John Bolton called Giuliani a ‘hand grenade’
WASHINGTON - National security adviser John Bolton was so alarmed by Rudy Giuliani's back-channel activities in Ukraine that he described President Donald Trump's personal lawyer as a "hand grenade wh...
Oct 15, 2019
IMF downgrades outlook for world economy; 2019 estimate for Canada unchanged
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is further downgrading its outlook for the world economy, predicting that growth this year will be the weakest since the 2008 financial crisis primarily be...
Oct 15, 2019
Russia moves to fill void left by US in northern Syria
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (AP) - Russia moved to fill the void left by the United States in northern Syria, deploying troops Tuesday to keep apart advancing Syrian government and Turkish forces. At the same...
Oct 15, 2019 In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke and dust billows from targets in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, caused by bombardment by Turkish forces on Oct. 15, 2019. Turkish artillery on Tuesday pounded suspected Syrian Kurdish positions near the town in northeast Syria amid reports that Kurdish fighters had retaken the town as Turkey pressed ahead with a military incursion that has drawn widespread condemnation. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
White House: Trump to watch violent parody, ‘condemns it’
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Donald Trump has yet to watch a graphically violent parody video that depicts a likeness of him shooting and stabbing opponents and members of the news...
Oct 14, 2019
Syrian army returns to northeast, as Turkey widens invasion
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Syrian government troops moved into towns and villages in northeastern Syria on Monday, including the flashpoint region of Manbij, setting up a potential clash with Turkish-led...
Oct 14, 2019
Typhoon leaves as many as 33 dead as Japan continues rescue
TOKYO (AP) - Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday, as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to as high as 3...
Oct 13, 2019
Islamic State supporters escape in Syria as US pulls back
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) - Hundreds of Islamic State supporters escaped from a holding camp in northern Syria on Sunday amid heavy clashes between invading Turkish-led forces and Kurdish fighters, and Pr...
Oct 13, 2019
Ukraine president: ‘No blackmail’ in conversation with Trump
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's president insisted Thursday that he faced "no blackmail" from President Donald Trump in their phone call that led to an impeachment inquiry, distancing himself from the U.S. ...
Oct 12, 2019
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