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Tyler Perry's new studio to host 2019 Miss Universe pageant

ATLANTA - Tyler Perry's new Atlanta studio will be home to the 2019 Miss Universe competition, a major showcase for the sprawling complex built on a former Confederate army base. The televised competi...

Nov 02, 2019

Islamic State group announces successor to al-Baghdadi

BEIRUT - The Islamic State group declared a new leader Thursday after it confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi days earlier in a U.S raid in Syria. In its audio release by the IS cent...

Nov 02, 2019

Questions mount around Las Cruces film set purchase

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Movie sets are essential for producing dramatic films, but are those sets themselves works of art? That's how the city resolved a months-long internal investigation last year into w...

Nov 02, 2019

No charges for driver who killed Browns player's girlfriend

CLEVELAND - Authorities say a motorist who struck and killed the girlfriend of a Cleveland Browns player will not be charged. Cleveland.com reports Cleveland police said Friday that the 47-year-old wo...

Nov 02, 2019

Crews battle last stubborn Southern California wildfire

LOS ANGELES - Crews fought a pitched battle against the last remaining large wildfire in Southern California as the stubborn flames threatened nearly 2,000 homes and other buildings. The fire that eru...

Nov 02, 2019

Tear gas clouds downtown Hong Kong as protesters defy ban

Hong Kong riot police fired multiple rounds of tear gas and used a water cannon Saturday to break up a rally by thousands of masked protesters demanding meaningful autonomy after Beijing indicated it ...

Nov 02, 2019

N. Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles into its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in n...

Nov 02, 2019

Nationals top Astros in Game 7 to win 1st World Series title

HOUSTON - Stephen Strasburg paraded the MVP trophy for delirious fans packed behind the dugout. Max Scherzer tearfully hugged his teammates. Gerardo Parra did the Baby Shark chop, Sean Doolittle flapp...

Nov 02, 2019

Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead

MULTAN, Pakistan - A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday, killing 74 people, and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to sto...

Nov 01, 2019

Japan justice minister resigns in election payments scandal

TOKYO - Japan's justice minister resigned Thursday over election payment allegations involving his wife, also a lawmaker, and about his own reported gift-giving, becoming the second Cabinet minister t...

Nov 01, 2019