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70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 53

IZMIR, Turkey - Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea struck Turkey and Greece, k...

Nov 01, 2020

Trump launches final battleground pitch; Biden focuses on PA

BUTLER, Pa. - President Donald Trump is mounting one final test of whether the massive crowds that often show up at his signature rallies will translate into votes as he finishes the final 48 hours of...

Nov 01, 2020

In Peru's Cuzco, pandemic devastates tourism and economy

CUZCO, Peru - Efran Valles guided world leaders, pop stars and a princess on exclusive tours through the land of the Incas. He now makes ice cream to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic. Valles, onc...

Oct 31, 2020

Miss America 1993 Leanza Cornett dies after fall at 49

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Leanza Cornett, who was Miss America in 1993 and later a TV host, has died from injuries suffered in a fall at her Florida home. She was 49. The Miss America pageant announced the...

Oct 31, 2020

Orthodox priest shot at church in France; attacker at large

LYON, France - A Greek Orthodox priest was shot Saturday while he was closing his church in the French city of Lyon, and authorities locked down part of the city to hunt for the assailant, police said...

Oct 31, 2020

Actor Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90

LONDON - Scottish actor Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond on film and for many fans the best, has died. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by ...

Oct 31, 2020

Actor Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90

LONDON - Scottish actor Sean Connery, the first actor to play James Bond on film and for many fans the best, has died. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions confirmed his death, first reported by ...

Oct 31, 2020

Ivory Coast votes for president amid opposition boycott

ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - Tens of thousands of security forces deployed across Ivory Coast on Saturday as the leading opposition parties boycotted the country's presidential election, calling incumbent...

Oct 31, 2020

Armenia asks Moscow for help amid Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia's leader urged Russia Saturday to consider providing security assistance to end the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, the biggest escalation in the decades-long conflict betwe...

Oct 31, 2020

France church attack: Assailant's family demands answers

SFAX, Tunisia - A third suspect is in French custody Saturday in connection with an Islamic extremist knife attack that killed three people in a Nice church, as the family of the suspected Tunisian as...

Oct 31, 2020