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US authorities seek access to Facebook encrypted messaging

NEW YORK - U.S. Attorney General William Barr and other U.S., U.K. and Australian officials are pressing Facebook to give authorities a way to read encrypted messages sent by ordinary users, re-igniti...

Oct 05, 2019

Long-lost sculpture has returned to Los Angeles library

LOS ANGELES - A bronze sculpture that mysteriously disappeared from the Los Angeles Central Library 50 years ago has returned to its original home. One of three panels of the Well of Scribes was unvei...

Oct 05, 2019

US vaping illnesses top 1,000; death count is up to 18

NEW YORK - The number of vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000, and there's no sign the outbreak is fading, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Doctors say the illnesses, which first appeared ...

Oct 05, 2019

Studio behind ‘Sesame Street’ is making an Elmo talk show

NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel... and Elmo? Sesame Workshop is developing a talk show starring the squeaky-voiced puppet, called "The Not Too Late Show with Elmo," where he wil...

Oct 05, 2019

Youngest of musical Hanson brothers injured in Tulsa crash

TULSA, Okla. - Zac Hanson of the pop music band Hanson is recovering following a motorcycle crash in Oklahoma this week. The 33-year-old Hanson said in posts on Twitter, Facebook and the Tulsa-based b...

Oct 05, 2019

Drop in US service sector activity raises economic concerns

WASHINGTON - Growth in the U.S. economy's vast services sector slowed sharply in September to its lowest point in three years, suggesting that the Trump administration's trade conflicts and rising unc...

Oct 05, 2019

4 homeless men attacked and killed in New York City

NEW YORK - A man wielding a long metal object rampaged through New York City early Saturday attacking sleeping homeless people, killing four and leaving a fifth in critical condition. New York Police ...

Oct 05, 2019

Civilian employee kills 4 in knife attack at Paris police HQ

PARIS - A civilian employee raged through Paris police headquarters with a knife Thursday, stabbing four police colleagues to death before he was shot and killed, French authorities said. The man, a t...

Oct 05, 2019

Trump tweet of Nickelback video aimed at Biden removed

NEW YORK - Twitter and YouTube have removed a video from President Donald Trump that featured an edited Nickelback music video clip that took aim at former Vice-President Joe Biden. Both a Twitter pos...

Oct 05, 2019

Ugandan activist Bobi Wine defies ban on trademark red beret

KAMPALA, Uganda - The Ugandan pop star and opposition figure whose trademark red beret has been banned by the government is urging supporters to defy the order that he calls a "sham." The beret worn b...

Oct 05, 2019