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Man shouting 'You die!' kills 33 in Japan anime studio fire

TOKYO - A man screaming "You die!" burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing 33 people in an attack that shocked the country and b...

Jul 19, 2019

South Korea's central bank lowers rate amid Japan trade row

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the first time in three years to shore up growth threatened by a trade dispute with Japan. The Bank of Korea ...

Jul 19, 2019

'Game of Thrones' cast talks divisive finale, water bottles

SAN DIEGO - "Game of Thrones" may be over but the cast can't seem to get away from stray coffee cups. Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Liam Cunningham, Isaac Hempstead Wright and others took th...

Jul 19, 2019

Service resuming after 7 New York City subway lines stopped

NEW YORK - About a third of New York City's subway lines were suspended for more than an hour during a busy, hot Friday evening commute, stranding some passengers underground and sending others search...

Jul 19, 2019

Court deals major blow to hydropower transmission line

The New Hampshire Supreme Court dealt a possibly fatal blow Friday to plans for a hydropower transmission line that has raised concerns among communities and environmentalists that it would harm touri...

Jul 19, 2019

Russo brothers field questions from Avengers at Comic-Con

SAN DIEGO - "Avengers: Endgame" directors Joe and Anthony Russo are doing a victory lap at San Diego Comic-Con Friday. The brothers reflected on their blockbuster being so close to matching "Avatar's"...

Jul 19, 2019

Prosecutors drop groping case against Kevin Spacey

BOSTON - Prosecutors dropped a case Wednesday accusing Kevin Spacey of groping a young man at a resort island bar in 2016 after the accuser refused to testify about a missing cellphone the defence say...

Jul 19, 2019

Trump vs. Dems: 'Racist,' 'socialist' lines drawn for 2020

WASHINGTON - With tweets and a vote, President Donald Trump and House Democrats established the sharp and emotionally raw contours of the 2020 election campaigns. In the process, they have created a f...

Jul 19, 2019

Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency

GENEVA - The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO...

Jul 19, 2019

Trump administration trying to bring A$AP Rocky home

WASHINGTON - First lady Melania Trump says her husband's administration is working with the State Department to try to bring rapper A$AP Rocky home. The president also tells reporters that many member...

Jul 19, 2019