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Trump retweets post naming alleged whistleblower

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Donald Trump retweeted a post that included the alleged name of the anonymous whistleblower whose complaint ultimately led to Trump's impeachment by the House. Just b...

Dec 28, 2019

New Mexico police investigate killing of 4 on Christmas Day

RIO RANCHO, N.M. - Four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in an Albuquerque suburb were members of the same family and the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said T...

Dec 28, 2019

Texas sheriff: 2 dead, seven shot in music video 'ambush'

HOUSTON - Two men were killed and seven others were wounded by gunfire when a group filming a rap music video was "ambushed" near Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. The Harris County she...

Dec 28, 2019

German opera singer, conductor Schreier dies at 84

FRANKFURT - Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier, who won fame at the Salzburg festival and Milan's La Scala, has died in Dresden, Germany. He was 84. The dpa news agency reported Thursday that h...

Dec 28, 2019

Police release teen suspect in Barnard student's killing

NEW YORK - A 14-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing a Barnard College freshman was released from police custody on Thursday, mere hours after New York City police said he had been located follo...

Dec 28, 2019

Small plane crashes in Louisiana

LAFAYETTE, La. - A fire official says 5 people are dead after a small plane crash in Louisiana. Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit told KLFY-TV that there were five fatalities at the scene. Acadian Am...

Dec 28, 2019

Israel's embattled Netanyahu wins landslide in primary

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday scored a landslide victory in a primary race for leadership of the ruling Likud party, giving the embattled leader an important boost ...

Dec 27, 2019

Car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 5, wounds dozens

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A car bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least five people, police said. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the blast targeted a...

Dec 27, 2019

Federal judge won't undo Georgia voter purge

ATLANTA - Georgia doesn't have to put almost 100,000 voters back on its rolls, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones ruled that a voting rights advocacy group founded by Dem...

Dec 27, 2019

Jocelyn Burdick, 1st ND woman to serve in US Senate, dies

FARGO, N.D. - Jocelyn Burdick, who became the first woman to represent North Dakota in the U.S. Senate when she briefly filled the seat vacated by her late husband, has died. She was 97. Burdick died ...

Dec 27, 2019