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'Joker' laughs its way to October box office record

LOS ANGELES - The filmmakers and studio behind "Joker" have reason to put on a happy face. Despite concerns over its violent themes and ramped up theatre security, audiences flocked to the multiplex t...

Oct 07, 2019

State Department rattled by impeachment inquiry revelations

WASHINGTON - The State Department has been deeply shaken by the rapidly escalating impeachment inquiry, as revelations that President Donald Trump enlisted diplomats to dig up dirt on a political riva...

Oct 07, 2019

Pompeo: State Dept. will follow law in impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday the State Department intends to follow the law in the House impeachment investigation and vigorously defended President Donald Trump, dismissi...

Oct 07, 2019

Security forces kill more than 80 in 5 days of Iraq protests

BAGHDAD - Iraqi protesters pressed on with angry anti-government rallies in the capital and across several provinces for a fifth day Saturday, setting government offices on fire and ignoring appeals f...

Oct 07, 2019

Hong Kong lawmakers challenge mask ban as protests persist

HONG KONG - A group of pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators filed a legal challenge against the government's use of a colonial-era emergency law to criminalize the wearing of masks at rallies to quell ...

Oct 07, 2019

3 get Nobel Medicine prize for learning how cells use oxygen

STOCKHOLM - The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to scientists William G. Kaelin, Jr, Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of "how cells sense and ...

Oct 07, 2019

US troops start pullout from along Turkey's border in Syria

BEIRUT - U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria say American troops have begun withdrawing from areas along Turkey's border. This comes hours after the White House said U.S. forces in northeastern Sy...

Oct 06, 2019

New York library exhibit to pay tribute to JD Salinger

NEW YORK - An upcoming exhibit at the New York Public Library will offer a look into the very private life of J.D. Salinger. From Oct. 18 to Jan 20, 2020, the library will show materials ranging from ...

Oct 06, 2019

White House: Turkey to invade Northern Syria

WASHINGTON - The White House said Sunday that Turkey will soon invade Northern Syria, renewing fears of a slaughter of Kurdish fighters allied with the U.S. in a yearslong campaign against the Islamic...

Oct 06, 2019

Rockets' general manager's Hong Kong comments anger China

BEIJING - Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tried Sunday to defuse the rapidly growing fallout over his deleted tweet that showed support for Hong Kong anti-government protesters, saying he ...

Oct 06, 2019