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Hong Kong police arrest 6 journalists for sedition

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong police say they have arrested six current and former staff members of an online media company for conspiracy to publish a seditious publication. The arrests happened early W...

Dec 28, 2021

John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85

John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster whose exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades, died Tuesday morning, the NF...

Dec 28, 2021

Experts open time capsule found at Gen. Lee statue site

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Conservation experts in Virginia's capital have opened a time capsule - the second this month - found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Rob...

Dec 28, 2021

Mama bear, 3 cubs climb tree, take nap in urban Virginia

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - A mama black bear and three cubs clambered up a tree and napped in the middle of a Virginia neighborhood before voluntarily ambling on hours later, wildlife officials said Tuesd...

Dec 28, 2021

North Dakota man convicted of killing 4 gets life in prison

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - A man convicted of killing four people at a North Dakota property management company was sentenced Tuesday to multiple life prison terms without the possibility of parole. South Ce...

Dec 28, 2021

Mama bear, cubs spotted napping in tree in Va. neighborhood

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia have closed a road in one neighborhood after a mother bear and three cubs were spotted napping in a tree there. Chesapeake Animal Services asked residents ...

Dec 27, 2021

Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year's celebrations

BRUSSELS (AP) - As omicron spreads ever more gloom around the globe ahead of New Year's Eve, governments are moving at different speeds to contain the scourge, with some reimposing restrictions immedi...

Dec 27, 2021

Edward O. Wilson, biologist known as 'ant man,' dead at 92

BOSTON (AP) - Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ...

Dec 27, 2021

Jury resumes deliberations at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial

NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Monday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell after a long holiday weekend. The British socialite is charged with recruiting and grooming teenag...

Dec 27, 2021

Desmond Tutu, South African equality activist, dies at 90

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President C...

Dec 25, 2021