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Rohingya hail UN ruling that Myanmar act to prevent genocide

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United Nations' top court on Thursday ordered Myanmar to do all it can to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people, a ruling met by members of the Muslim minority with...

Jan 24, 2020

Trump rollback could leave waterways vulnerable to pollution

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Thursday ended federal protection for many of the nation's millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, a sweeping environmental rollback that could lea...

Jan 24, 2020

Leaders vow to learn from Holocaust, offer competing lessons

JERUSALEM - Speaker by speaker, world leaders on Thursday denounced the rising threat of anti-Semitism and vowed never to forget the lessons of the Holocaust at a solemn ceremony in Jerusalem marking ...

Jan 24, 2020

Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans

SYDNEY, Australia - Three American firefighting airplane crew members were killed Thursday when the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker they were in crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Aus...

Jan 24, 2020

China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak

BEIJING - China moved to lock down at least three cities with a combined population of more than 18 million in an unprecedented effort to contain the deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds of peo...

Jan 24, 2020

Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial

WASHINGTON - Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case Thursday at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a "completely bogus" ...

Jan 24, 2020

Outbreak casts pall over China new year as deaths surpass 40

BEIJING - China's most festive holiday began in the shadow of a worrying new virus Saturday as the death toll surpassed 40, an unprecedented lockdown kept 36 million people from travelling and authori...

Jan 24, 2020

Michigan court reverses murder conviction, cites rap videos

DETROIT - The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously threw out a murder conviction Friday, saying YouTube rap videos spoiled the verdict by portraying the defendant as a "ruthless and menacing threat to t...

Jan 24, 2020

Rapper YG arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery

LOS ANGELES - Rapper YG was arrested Friday at his Los Angeles home on suspicion of robbery just two days before he is scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards, officials said. Los Angeles County she...

Jan 24, 2020

At 84, Cajun musician Doug Kershaw still going strong

NEW ORLEANS - As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, he's still looking ahead too - fiddling, singing, writing and performing as the quintessential "Louisiana Man." Kershaw taught ...

Jan 24, 2020