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Police: Armed man holding some 20 people hostage in Ukraine

LUTSK, Ukraine - An armed man seized a bus and took some 20 people hostage in northwestern Ukraine on Tuesday, Ukrainian police said. Police sealed off the centre of Lutsk, a city 400 kilometres (250 ...

Jul 21, 2020

EU agrees on $2.1 trillion deal after marathon summit

BRUSSELS - After four days and nights of wrangling, exhausted European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund ...

Jul 21, 2020

Report: Hard to prove Russian influence on UK referendum

LONDON - A long-awaited report into Russian influence in British politics says it would be "difficult - if not impossible - to prove" allegations that Russia sought to influence the 2016 Brexit refere...

Jul 21, 2020

St. Louis couple charged for pulling guns at protest

St. Louis' top prosecutor told The Associated Press on Monday that she is charging a white husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest o...

Jul 20, 2020

Juice WRLD's posthumous album dominates Billboard charts

NEW YORK - Rapper Juice WRLD's first posthumous album "Legends Never Die" is alive and well on the music charts. The 21-track album set several records when it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 al...

Jul 20, 2020

States try again to block coal sales that Trump revived

BILLINGS, Mont. - A coalition of states on Monday renewed its push to stop the Trump administration from selling coal from public lands after a previous effort to halt the lease sales was dismissed by...

Jul 20, 2020

Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' delayed indefinitely by virus

NEW YORK - Christopher Nolan's "Tenet," which had hoped to herald Hollywood's return to big theatrical releases, has yet again postponed its release due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Warner Bro...

Jul 20, 2020

Separatists protest Spanish royals' visit to rural Catalonia

L'ESPLUGA DE FRANCOLI, Spain - Hundreds of Catalan independence supporters protested the visit of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on Monday to the northeastern region as part of a royal tour across S...

Jul 20, 2020

Son of US District Judge Esther Salas killed, husband shot

A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge as he answered the door of the family home Sunday in New Jersey and shot and wounded the judge's husband before fleeing, according to ju...

Jul 20, 2020

Theatrical couple takes their quarantine show to driveway

ST. PAUL, Minn. - What do you do when you're a married theatre couple quarantined in your house for months with your stage work shut down? You write and perform a play about it and you take it on the ...

Jul 20, 2020