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India's former foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, dies at 67

NEW DELHI - Sushma Swaraj, India's former external affairs minister and a leader of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday at a hospital in New Delhi. She was 67. Swaraj die...

Aug 06, 2019

Cyntoia Brown scheduled to leave prison after clemency

NASHVILLE - Cyntoia Brown is scheduled to be released from prison this week after being granted clemency . Brown said she was a sex trafficking victim at the time she killed a man in 2004, when she wa...

Aug 06, 2019

Students, parents, friends among the dead in shootings

One man protected his wife and granddaughter before he was fatally shot; another was killed during an outing with his beloved son. Stories of bravery and loss are emerging from the shootings that took...

Aug 06, 2019

El Paso opens healing centre as it prepares for Trump visit

EL PASO, Texas - El Paso officials opened a grief centre on Tuesday to help people cope with last weekend's mass shooting at a Walmart, in which 22 people, nearly all with Latino last names, were kill...

Aug 06, 2019

GOP governor urges gun sale background checks after shooting

DAYTON, Ohio - Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor urged the GOP-led Legislature on Tuesday to pass laws requiring background checks f...

Aug 06, 2019

Cyntoia Brown, soon to be freed from prison, has book deal

NEW YORK - Cyntoia Brown, whose imprisonment for murder when she was 16 inspired a public campaign for her freedom, has a book out this fall. Brown's "Free Cyntoia" will be published Oct. 15, Atria Bo...

Aug 06, 2019

El Paso deaths climb to 22 as mayor prepares for Trump visit

EL PASO, Texas - The Texas border city jolted by a weekend massacre at a Walmart absorbed more grief Monday as the death toll climbed to 22 and prepared for a visit from President Donald Trump over an...

Aug 06, 2019

US job openings flat in June at 7.35 million

WASHINGTON - The number of open U.S. jobs was largely unchanged in June and hiring slipped, suggesting the job market has cooled a bit. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of available j...

Aug 06, 2019

Ugandan activist Bobi Wine condemns killing of his supporter

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan musician and opposition leader Bobi Wine is urging police to investigate the death of one of his supporters who died from injuries sustained during torture by unknown abducto...

Aug 06, 2019

Meek Mill retrial decision rescheduled to later this month

PHILADELPHIA - A decision on whether Meek Mill will be retried in a drug and gun case has been delayed until later this month. The 32-year-old rapper has been on probation most of his adult life over ...

Aug 06, 2019