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Pakistan court gives slain model's brother life sentence

MULTAN, Pakistan - A Pakistani court has found the brother of a slain social media model, Qandeel Baloch, guilty of her 2016 murder and sentenced him to life in prison. Baloch, aged 26, was found stra...

Sep 27, 2019

Algerian ex-president's brother, former spy bosses convicted

ALGIERS, Algeria - A military court in Algeria on Wednesday sentenced the brother of the country's longtime former leader and two ex-intelligence chiefs to 15 years in prison for plotting against the ...

Sep 27, 2019

Chicago teachers authorize their leaders to call a strike

Chicago teachers have voted to authorize their union leaders to call a strike, setting the stage for a possible work stoppage next month in the nation's third-largest school district, officials announ...

Sep 26, 2019

Judge rejects Avenatti request to move case to California

NEW YORK - California attorney Michael Avenatti will face charges that he ripped off porn star Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds in New York rather than Los Angeles, ...

Sep 26, 2019

Domingo withdraws from Met Opera after harassment reports

NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Plcido Domingo had agreed to withdraw from his slate of scheduled performances at the opera house following allegations of sexual harassment ma...

Sep 26, 2019

Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit

NEW YORK - The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980. A State Department prop...

Sep 26, 2019

Amazon offers a way to delete Alexa recordings automatically

NEW YORK - Users of Amazon's Alexa digital assistant can now request that recordings of their voice commands delete automatically. Amazon says it saves such commands to improve the service. But the pr...

Sep 26, 2019

Nancy Pelosi is subject of book by daughter Christine Pelosi

NEW YORK - An upcoming book on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi comes from someone who knows her well, daughter Christine Pelosi. "The Nancy Pelosi Way" will be released Nov. 26, Skyhorse Publishing announc...

Sep 26, 2019

Third man charged with drug counts in Mac Miller's death

LOS ANGELES - A third man has been arrested and charged with drug offences in connection with the overdose death of rapper Mac Miller. Court documents show Steven Walter is suspected of selling counte...

Sep 26, 2019

Forced sell-off of 'Codfather' assets begins

A father-and-son team from Massachusetts and other buyers are acquiring scallop fishing boats owned by a disgraced fishing magnate nicknamed the Codfather, signalling the beginning of the former mogul...

Sep 26, 2019