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Official: 1 dead from plane crash in Maryland neighbourhood

LANHAM, Md. - A small plane crashed in the Maryland suburbs of the nation's capital Sunday, hitting a home's carport and killing the lone person aboard the aircraft, authorities said. The plane came d...

Dec 29, 2019

US Rep John Lewis of Georgia says he has pancreatic cancer

ATLANTA - Congressman John Lewis of Georgia announced Sunday that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vowing he will stay in office and fight the disease with the tenacity with which he fought racial d...

Dec 29, 2019

DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

NEW YORK - Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial sl...

Dec 29, 2019

2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at church near Fort Worth, Texas

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - Two people were killed in a shooting at a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday morning and a third person has been taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials sa...

Dec 29, 2019

US strikes hit Iraqi militia blamed in contractor's death

WASHINGTON - The U.S. has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor, a Defence Department spokesman said Sunday. ...

Dec 29, 2019

The King reigns: LeBron James is AP's male athlete of decade

He left Cleveland for Miami, finally became a champion, went back to his beloved northeast Ohio, delivered on another title promise, then left for the Los Angeles Lakers and the next challenge. He pla...

Dec 29, 2019

Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan

KABUL - The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insu...

Dec 29, 2019

5 stabbed at rabbi's house on Hanukkah; suspect arraigned

MONSEY, N.Y. - A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City, an ambush the governor said ...

Dec 29, 2019

12 killed, dozens hurt after jetliner crashes in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - A jetliner with 98 people aboard struggled to get airborne and crashed shortly after takeoff Friday in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people, authorities said. The Bek Air jet, i...

Dec 28, 2019

Clemson moves on to title game with 29-23 win over Ohio St

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Trevor Lawrence connected with Travis Etienne on a 34-yard touchdown with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter and No. 3 Clemson beat No. 2 Ohio State 29-23 Saturday night at the Fiesta B...

Dec 28, 2019