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Family: Man killed in LA hit-and-run was Holocaust survivor

LOS ANGELES - Police said they are looking for a driver in a hit-and-run that killed a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department said Thursday the collision occu...

Jun 21, 2019

'Fixer Upper' couple plans $10.4M Texas development plan

WACO, Texas - Former "Fixer Upper" hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines have introduced a $10.4 million plan to expand on the popular shops they operate in their Texas hometown of Waco. The Waco Tribune-Heral...

Jun 21, 2019

Judge orders special prosecutor to examine Smollett probe

CHICAGO - A judge decided to appoint a special prosecutor Friday to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors to dismiss all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of lying t...

Jun 21, 2019

Sir Elton John to get France's Legion of Honor from Macron

PARIS - Sir Elton John is to receive the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, during a visit to the presidential Elysee Palace. The singer is to meet first on Friday with French President Emmanuel...

Jun 21, 2019

Dior brings art to Paris fashion for sculpted men's show

PARIS - Dior brought art to Paris Fashion Week Friday as designer Kim Jones used a monumental plaster sculpture on the runway to inspire his architectural show. Guests including Kate Moss, Lily Allen ...

Jun 21, 2019

Cardi B hit with new felony charges in strip club brawl

NEW YORK - Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B was charged Friday with new felony charges in a fight last year at a New York City strip club. An indictment filed in state court charges Cardi B with two coun...

Jun 21, 2019

District 12 of 'The Hunger Games' is now a historic place

RALEIGH, N.C. - District 12 is now on the National Register of Historic Places. North Carolina officials announced earlier this week that the Henry River Mill Village in Hildebran now has that histori...

Jun 21, 2019

Cyprus ex-President Dimitris Christofias dead at 72

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Dimitris Christofias, Cyprus' first communist president whose troubled tenure was marked by near financial ruin that necessitated an international rescue, uproar over a deadly Irania...

Jun 21, 2019

Trudeau to meet Pelosi, McConnell, as well as Trump in Washington

WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday is set to be a deal-making session that could turn on an exchange of favours on North American trade and the plig...

Jun 21, 2019

GM seeks to avoid Takata recalls for fourth straight year

DETROIT - General Motors is trying to avoid recalling potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators in thousands of full-size pickup trucks and SUVs for the fourth straight year, leaving owners to wonde...

Jun 21, 2019