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Huffman gets 14 days behind bars in college admissions scam

BOSTON - "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter's SAT scores, tearfully apologizing to the teenager for not trust...

Sep 15, 2019

Algeria announces Dec. 12 date for presidential vote

ALGIERS, Algeria - Algeria's interim leader has announced Dec. 12 as the date for the presidential election, in line with the army chief's demand to fill the vacancy left when Abdelaziz Bouteflika was...

Sep 15, 2019

Police: No sign that Duluth synagogue fire was hate crime

DULUTH, Minn. - A fire that destroyed a historic synagogue in northeastern Minnesota doesn't appear to have been a hate crime, authorities said Sunday in discussing the arrest of a suspect. Matthew Ja...

Sep 15, 2019

Dreamy, confident shows mark London Fashion Week

LONDON - Fashion devotees basked in sunny weather and strong, sometimes whimsical collections as London Fashion Week neared its climax Sunday with runway shows by Roland Mouret, Victoria Beckham, Simo...

Sep 15, 2019

New York moves to enact statewide flavoured e-cig ban

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavoured e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat annou...

Sep 15, 2019

Missouri investigation: 12 ex-clergy could face prosecution

ST. LOUIS - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Friday referred 12 former priests for potential criminal prosecution but stopped short of recommending charges against any top church leaders, des...

Sep 15, 2019

Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' singer, dies at 70

Eddie Money, who left behind a career as a New York police officer to become one of the top-selling rock stars of the 1970s and '80s, with hits like "Two Tickets to Paradise" and "Take Me Home Tonight...

Sep 15, 2019

Fire at hospital in Brazil kills 11 people, many elderly

RIO DE JANEIRO - A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on stretchers or in wheelchairs and killing at least 11 people, many of them elderl...

Sep 15, 2019

UAE says 6 troops killed in 'collision,' without elaborating

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Six Emirati troops have been killed in a "collision," the United Arab Emirates said Friday, without elaborating or offering a location or time for the incident that comes...

Sep 15, 2019

Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom's oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as Iran d...

Sep 15, 2019