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California woman gets 18 months for kidnapping hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California mother of two was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three...

Sep 19, 2022

Fiona slams Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday, a day after knocking out power to all of Puerto Rico and causing damage the governor described as "catastroph...

Sep 19, 2022

Taliban freed from Guantanamo, claims exchanged for American

ISLAMABAD (AP) - A senior Taliban detainee held for years at Guantanamo Bay said Monday he was released and handed over earlier in the day to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner...

Sep 19, 2022

Biden, VIPs lay low as spotlight stays on late Queen

LONDON (AP) - American presidents usually make a splash when they travel abroad, holding the spotlight and quickly becoming the center of attention. Not this time. For U.S. President Joe Biden and oth...

Sep 18, 2022

Tea and crumpets: Biden, Jill Biden remember the queen

LONDON (AP) - For U.S. President Joe Biden, it was the crumpets. For his wife, first lady Jill Biden, it was the tea. Joe and Jill Biden on Sunday helped honor Queen Elizabeth II by sharing memories o...

Sep 18, 2022

West Virginia lawmakers OK abortion ban with few exceptions

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia's Legislature passed a sweeping abortion ban with few exceptions Tuesday, approving a bill that several members of the Republican supermajority said they hope wi...

Sep 18, 2022

Fiona becomes a hurricane, aims at Puerto Rico

HAVANA (AP) - Fiona strengthened into a hurricane Sunday as it bore down on Puerto Rico, where people braced for severe wind and torrential rains. Forecasters said "historic" levels of rain were expec...

Sep 18, 2022

US-UK relations enter new chapter as new PM, king settle in

LONDON (AP) - President Joe Biden arrived in London to pay his respects to Queen Elizabeth II at a time of transition in U.S.-U.K. relations, as both a new monarch and a new prime minister are settlin...

Sep 17, 2022

Hungary faces reckoning with EU that could cost it billions

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - After his headline performance at Hungary's Sziget Festival last month, pop star Justin Bieber held a grandiose party for his staff in a luxurious countryside setting - a 19th...

Sep 17, 2022

US asks appeals court to lift judge's Mar-a-Lago probe hold

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Friday to lift a judge's order that temporarily barred it from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during an FBI sea...

Sep 16, 2022