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Grasshoppers on the go make migratory stop in Las Vegas area

LAS VEGAS - A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago. Nevada state entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters on...

Jul 26, 2019

T-Mobile's $26.5B Sprint deal OKed despite competition fears

WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators have approved T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, despite fears of higher prices and job cuts, in a deal that would leave just three major cellphone compani...

Jul 26, 2019

US presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pressed the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment under global trade rules by calling themselves "d...

Jul 26, 2019

MTV announces first run of films in new documentary division

NEW YORK - Films about living in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol and a St. Louis-area activist turned politician will be the first released by MTV's new documentary division. MTV announced earlier this...

Jul 26, 2019

Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii

OTTAWA - Canada should remove its financial support from a plan to build a massive new telescope in Hawaii on land considered sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said Wedne...

Jul 26, 2019

Deaths as bomber detonates in Mogadishu mayor's office

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu's mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing six people and badly wounding the mayor minutes after a visit ...

Jul 26, 2019

Meek Mill's conviction thrown out, granted new trial

A Pennsylvania appeals court on Wednesday overturned rapper Meek Mill's conviction in a drug and gun case that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity crusader for crimi...

Jul 26, 2019

Lebanese rock band takes centre stage in freedoms debate

BEIRUT - A popular Mideast rock band known for its rousing music and lyrics challenging norms in the conservative Arab world is once again at the centre of a heated debate about freedom of expression ...

Jul 26, 2019

Gulp! Arkansas photographer snaps images of snake eating bug

OZARK, Ark. - An amateur photographer has snapped some startling gone-in-a-gulp images of a venomous snake devouring an unlucky bug at Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. Charlton McDaniel of Fort Smit...

Jul 26, 2019

Man arrested near Taylor Swift's house held without bail

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - An Iowa man police say came to Rhode Island with a backpack full of burglary tools to visit Taylor Swift has been held without bail pending a competency hearing. The Sun of Wes...

Jul 26, 2019