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India's marathon election ends, vote count begins Thursday

KOLKATA, India - Voting in India's mammoth national election ended Sunday with the seventh and final phase of a grueling poll that lasted more than five weeks, as exit polls predicted a victory for Pr...

May 21, 2019

Saudis say they will defend themselves, as Trump warns Iran

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday after the kingdom's energy sector was targeted this p...

May 21, 2019

Elle Fanning OK after fainting at Cannes dinner

CANNES, France - Elle Fanning says she fainted at a Cannes Film Festival dinner because he dress was too tight. The 21-year-old actress collapsed at the Chopard Trophee dinner Monday evening at Cannes...

May 21, 2019

Tarantino is back in Cannes, 25 years after 'Pulp Fiction'

CANNES, France - Twenty-five years after premiering "Pulp Fiction" in Cannes, Quentin Tarantino is set to bring his latest, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" to the French Riviera festival Tuesday. ...

May 21, 2019

Accused New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand police on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques. Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, was ...

May 20, 2019

F1 champion and aviation entrepreneur Niki Lauda dies at 70

BERLIN - Three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda, who won two of his titles after a horrific crash that left him with serious burns and went on to become a prominent figure in the aviation in...

May 20, 2019

1st of 5 women to testify at ex-NFL player's rape trial

VISTA, Calif. - Prosecutors plan to call the first of five women to testify Tuesday at the rape trial of former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr., whose accusers include a 54-year-old who got a ride from ...

May 20, 2019

Family of pilot killed in Honduras trying to "piece together" the tragedy

TRUJILLO, Honduras - A 32-year-old British Columbia pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday is being described by his father as a spontaneous person who was a happy chi...

May 20, 2019

Tennessee House speaker scandals spur 'no confidence' vote

NASHVILLE - Tennessee House Republicans cast a historic vote of no confidence Monday in Speaker Glen Casada over a series of scandals engulfing him, but Casada swiftly rejected mounting pressure to st...

May 20, 2019

3 handwritten wills found in Aretha Franklin's home

PONTIAC, Mich. - Three handwritten wills have been found in the suburban Detroit home of Aretha Franklin, months after the death of the "Queen of Soul," including one that was discovered under cushion...

May 20, 2019