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

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broad...

Dec 27, 2019

Student who saved classmates from shooting honoured as Jedi

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has now been immortalized as a Jedi by t...

Dec 27, 2019

‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88

Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as "Mame," "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles," died Thursday. He was 88. Hi...

Dec 27, 2019

Officials say 14 killed, 35 hurt in Kazakhstan plane crash

MOSCOW - A Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 14 people while at least 35 others survived with injuries, officials in Almaty said. The...

Dec 26, 2019

Erdogan: Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's president said Thursday that the U.N.-supported government in Libya has asked Ankara to send troops to help authorities in Tripoli defend the city from an offensive by rival ...

Dec 26, 2019

Afghan activist says Taliban freed 27 members of his group

KABUL - The Taliban released 27 peace activists Thursday, a day after they were abducted in an ambush on their convoy in western Afghanistan, a leader of the activist organization said. Phone lines we...

Dec 26, 2019

Police locate teen suspected of killing of Barnard freshman

NEW YORK - A 14-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing a Barnard College freshman in a park near the school's New York City campus has been found following a two-week manhunt, police said Thursday...

Dec 26, 2019

Indonesia, Thailand mark 15th anniversary of massive tsunami

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Indonesia's Aceh province at ceremonies Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst ...

Dec 26, 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 26, 2019

New Mexico police investigate killing of 4 on Christmas Day

RIO RANCHO, N.M. - Police in New Mexico on Thursday were investigating the shooting of four people found dead on Christmas Day in a home in a suburb of Albuquerque. Police in the community of Rio Ranc...

Dec 26, 2019