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Ethiopia's reformist PM Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel peace prize

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a dynamic young African leader whose sweeping reforms and surprising embrace of a bitter rival have been praised as an inspiration t...

Oct 11, 2019

Correction: Bar Shooting story

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - In a story Oct. 7 about a deadly shooting at a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, The Associated Press, based on police reports, misspelled the first name of one of the victims. His name ...

Oct 11, 2019

Late opera star Jessye Norman's US hometown honours her life

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Renowned opera star Jessye Norman is being honoured in her hometown with four days of celebrations and memorials. Norman, who died Sept. 30 at 74 , had hoped to live long enough to atte...

Oct 11, 2019

Chris Cuomo apologizes for remark at LGBTQ town hall

NEW YORK - Chris Cuomo is apologizing for a remark at the top of a CNN town hall on LGBTQ issues that angered some members of the community and their supporters. When Sen. Kamala Harris took the stage...

Oct 11, 2019

Iran says missiles strike its oil tanker off Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Friday two missiles struck one of its oil tankers travelling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, a mysterious assault not immediately corroborated that still sp...

Oct 11, 2019

Colorado jury clears Uber driver in passenger's death

DENVER - A Colorado jury on Thursday found an Uber driver not guilty of murder in last year's killing of a passenger that he said attacked him before he fired 10 shots at him. Jurors sided with Michae...

Oct 10, 2019

Cuba Gooding Jr. faces new charge in NYC sex misconduct case

NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr. learned Thursday that he's facing a new undisclosed charge in his sexual misconduct case, a development that came as jury selection was set to begin for his trial. At a cou...

Oct 10, 2019

'Is this your turd?': Missouri city's cleanup flags dog poop

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Officials in a southwest Missouri city are planting small flags in piles of abandoned dog poop as part of a campaign to get residents to clean up after their pets downtown. The Poli...

Oct 10, 2019

US to hand over to Iraq IS members evacuated from Syria

BAGHDAD - Two Iraqi intelligence officials say the U.S. is planning to hand over to Iraqi authorities dozens of members of the Islamic State group recently transferred from Syria. The officials said t...

Oct 10, 2019

Nobel literature pick heartens liberal Poles in populist era

WARSAW, Poland - The Swedish Academy's decision to bestow the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature on Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has given a rare morale boost to liberal Poles only three days before a nat...

Oct 10, 2019