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Pope urges migrant-skeptic Bulgarians to open hearts, homes

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Pope Francis urged Bulgarians on Sunday to open their hearts and homes to migrants, arguing that a country like Bulgaria, which is losing so much of its population to emigration, sho...

May 05, 2019

The Latest: Country House pays $132.40 to win at Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Latest on Saturday's 145th running of the Kentucky Derby (all times local): 7:40 p.m. Country House's stunning victory in the Kentucky Derby paid off big as a 65-1 long shot. The...

May 05, 2019

Cohen's prison reality: A bunk bed in barrack-style hall

NEW YORK - "The Situation" and the Fyre Festival fraudster are already there. President Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is up next. It's not reality TV. It's a federal prison 70...

May 04, 2019

North Carolina lawyer Cheslie Kryst named Miss USA 2019

RENO, Nev. - A 27-year-old lawyer from North Carolina who represents prison inmates for free won the Miss USA title Thursday night, describing herself as a "weird kid" with a "unibrow" who's now part ...

May 04, 2019

Vietnamese woman accused in Kim Jong Nam's killing released

KAJANG, Malaysia - A Vietnamese woman who was tried in the killing of the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader was released from a Malaysian prison and flew back to Hanoi on Friday. Doan Thi...

May 04, 2019

19-year-old director wins top award at Tribeca Film Festival

NEW YORK - Phillip Youmans was just 17 and finishing high school when he completed his lyrical debut feature film, "Burning Cane." Now, his movie has won the top award at the 18th Tribeca Film Festiva...

May 04, 2019

Brother of Algeria's ex-president reported detained

ALGIERS, Algeria - The influential younger brother of Algeria's former longtime president was detained Saturday for questioning along with two generals who previously ran state security agencies, a se...

May 04, 2019

Prosecutor: Murder suspect was 'boy next door killer'

LOS ANGELES - An air conditioning repairman charged with murdering a Chicago-area teenager and two California women, one the ex-girlfriend of actor Ashton Kutcher, would "watch, shadow, stalk and hunt...

May 04, 2019

Facebook bans 'dangerous individuals' cited for hate speech

SAN FRANCISCO - After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban on "dangerous individuals....

May 04, 2019

Israel says bots promoting boycott of Eurovision

JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday said it has uncovered a network of bots and fake Twitter accounts urging a boycott of the upcoming Israeli-hosted Eurovision song contest. Israel's Ministry of Strategic...

May 04, 2019