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Reports: Myanmar releases 4 foreign prisoners in amnesty

BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar media outlets are reporting the country's military-controlled government has announced has released an Australian academic, a Japanese filmmaker and an ex-British diplomat as pa...

Nov 16, 2022

Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Thursday, South Korea's military said, hours after the North threatened to launch "fiercer" military res...

Nov 16, 2022

Texas executes man for killing ex-girlfriend and her son, 7

HOUSTON (AP) - A Texas inmate who killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son more than 17 years ago was executed on Wednesday, after courts rejected his appeals over claims of religious ...

Nov 16, 2022

Earth’s population reaches new milestone

The United Nations (UN) said the world has reached a new milestone with a population of eight billion people.According to its World Population Prospects 2022 report, the global population was expected...

Nov 16, 2022

Idaho Police: No suspect, no weapon in killing of 4 students

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police in the college town of Moscow, Idaho, say they have not identified a suspect or found a weapon in the weekend slayings of four University of Idaho students in a rental house...

Nov 16, 2022

Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade gets life, no release

A man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of release. Waukesha...

Nov 16, 2022

LA elects US Rep Karen Bass mayor, first Black woman in post

LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. Rep. Karen Bass defeated developer Rick Caruso Wednesday to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, as voters elevated the first Black woman to hold the post as City Hall contend...

Nov 16, 2022

GOP wins slim House majority, complicating ambitious agenda

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans won control of the U.S. House on Wednesday, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe Biden's agenda and spur a ...

Nov 16, 2022

Democrats hold on to US House seat in Maine via ranked vote

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Democrats held on to a swing district in Maine, as two-term U.S. Rep. Jared Golden beat back a challenge from a former congressman via ranked choice voting for the second time in...

Nov 16, 2022

Australia says Djokovic has visa to play Australian Open

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - The Australian government confirmed on Thursday that Novak Djokovic had been granted a visa to compete in the Australian Open in January a year after he was deported over hi...

Nov 16, 2022