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Powerful quake jolts Alaska towns, produces small tsunami

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A powerful earthquake off Alaska's southern coast jolted coastal communities late Tuesday, and some residents briefly scrambled for higher ground over fears of a tsunami. There wer...

Jul 22, 2020

Kuwait emir, 91, to go to US for medical care after surgery

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Kuwait's 91-year-old ruling emir will travel to the United States on Thursday morning to seek further medical care after recently undergoing surgery, its state-run news a...

Jul 22, 2020

UK to open citizenship path to Hong Kongers from January

LONDON - Britain's government announced Wednesday that it will open a new special pathway to obtaining U.K. citizenship for eligible Hong Kongers as of January, taking another step toward solidifying ...

Jul 22, 2020

US sales of existing homes jump 20% after a 3-month slump

BALTIMORE - Americans stepped up their home purchases in June by a robust 20.7% after the pandemic had caused sales to crater in the prior three months. But the housing market could struggle to reboun...

Jul 22, 2020

2 more ex-Wirecard managers arrested, ex-CEO back in custody

BERLIN - Two more former executives at bankrupt German payment company Wirecard were arrested on Wednesday in the fraud scandal that brought down the one-time tech star and its former CEO was taken ba...

Jul 22, 2020

Britain's Prince Philip, 99, makes rare public appearance

LONDON - Britain's Prince Philip has made a rare public appearance as he attended a military ceremony at Windsor Castle to transfer a long-held ceremonial role to his daughter-in-law Camilla. The 99-y...

Jul 22, 2020

Amber Heard accuses Depp of throwing bottles like 'grenades'

LONDON - Amber Heard alleged in a British court on Wednesday that her ex-husband Johnny Depp threw "30 or so bottles" at her as if they were "grenades or bombs" while they were in Australia in March 2...

Jul 22, 2020

AP Exclusive: Aid from top donors drops even as need soars

JOHANNESBURG - A new snapshot of the frantic global response to the coronavirus pandemic shows some of the world's largest government donors of humanitarian aid are buckling under the strain: Funding ...

Jul 22, 2020

New Orleans musician offers kids trumpets for guns

NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader is offering kids trumpets in exchange for guns. Shamarr Allen started the project last week, after a 9-year-old boy was shot and killed a...

Jul 21, 2020

Cops: 14 injured after shooting outside Chicago funeral home

CHICAGO - Fourteen people were injured, one person was in custody and additional suspects were being sought after gunfire erupted outside a funeral home on Chicago's South Side where at least one squa...

Jul 21, 2020