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Model Naomi Campbell says she is mother to a baby girl at 50

LONDON (AP) - Naomi Campbell says she has become the mother of a baby girl. The 50-year-old British supermodel announced the news Tuesday on Instagram, posting a picture of her hand holding a baby's f...

May 18, 2021

Prosecutor: Deputies' fatal shooting of Black man justified

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina district attorney says the shooting of a Black man killed by deputies was justified. District Attorney Andrew Womble made the announcement Tuesday after re...

May 18, 2021

Disney Junior series aims to give a kid's eye view of race

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Rise Up, Sing Out," an animated shorts series presenting the concepts of race, racism and social justice to young viewers, is coming to Disney Junior. Designed for children ages 2 ...

May 18, 2021

More than 50 migrants reported drowned off Tunisia; 33 saved

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - More than 50 migrants have drowned or disappeared off the coast of Tunisia, while 33 others were rescued by workers from an oil platform, the Tunisian Defense Ministry said Tuesd...

May 18, 2021

US home construction falls a surprise 9.5% in April

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home construction fell surprisingly sharply in April though that is follows the biggest jump in 15 years. Construction dropped 9.5% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate...

May 18, 2021

Medics: 10 people wounded in strike from Gaza on Israel

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli medics say that a strike from Gaza has wounded 10 people, four of them seriously. Israeli media say the projectile attack Tuesday hit a region in southern Israel. ...

May 18, 2021

Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea

MADRID (AP) - Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of their government's relaxed border controls to swim or paddle in inflatable boats...

May 18, 2021

India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone

NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift Tuesday off the coast of Mumbai after a deadly cyclone struck the weste...

May 17, 2021

Judge to hear evidence on actor Danny Masterson rape charges

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday are set to begin presenting evidence to a judge as they attempt to show "That '70s Show" actor Danny Masterson should stand trial in the rapes of three women....

May 17, 2021

De Niro says leg injury may prevent Tribeca fest appearance

NEW YORK (AP) - A leg injury may keep Robert De Niro from celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival. The accident happened last week in Oklahoma while on location for the upcoming ...

May 17, 2021