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Authorities: 9 killed, 3 injured in South Dakota plane crash

CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. - Nine people died and three more were injured when a single-engine plane bound for Idaho crashed shortly after takeoff in South Dakota. Peter Knudson with the National Transportatio...

Dec 01, 2019

Japan’s ex-Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dead at 101

TOKYO - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, a giant of his country's post-World War II politics who pushed for a more assertive Japan while strengthening military ties with the United St...

Nov 30, 2019

Trump thanks troops in Afghanistan, says Taliban want a deal

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and the Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and said ...

Nov 30, 2019

Evacuation order lifted as huge Texas plant fire ‘contained’

AUSTIN, Texas - Officials lifted evacuation orders Friday for around 50,000 people on the Texas Gulf Coast, determining a massive fire was finally under control at a chemical plant rocked by two major...

Nov 30, 2019

London police shoot suspect dead after ‘terrorist’ stabbings

LONDON - A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people in what police are treating as a terrorist attack Friday before being tackled by members of the public and then fatally shot by offi...

Nov 30, 2019

Assailant wounds 3 in stabbing in busy Hague shopping area

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An assailant stabbed three people Friday night in a busy shopping district in the Netherlands, and police were searching for the suspect, authorities said. The attack came jus...

Nov 30, 2019

Cardinals’ Josh Shaw suspended for betting on NFL games

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended through at least the end of the 2020 season for betting on NFL games on multiple occasions this season, the first time in more than 35 years a...

Nov 30, 2019

Peru’s Keiko Fujimori leaves prison after top court ruling

LIMA, Peru - Supporters cheered late Friday as once-powerful opposition leader and two-time Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori left the prison where she had been held while being investiga...

Nov 30, 2019

Fiat Chrysler, auto union reach tentative deal on contract

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler reached a tentative agreement Saturday on a new four-year contract, which includes a total of $9 billion in investments but still needs final approv...

Nov 30, 2019

The Latest: London police treat incident as terror-related

LONDON - The Latest on an incident in London Bridge (all times local): 3:30 p.m. London's Metropolitan Police say that though the circumstances of an incident on London Bridge remain unclear, authorit...

Nov 29, 2019