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Extreme weather kills 11, injures 102 in eastern China

BEIJING - An extreme thunderstorm hit an eastern Chinese city, leaving 11 dead and 102 injured, with strong winds causing buildings and trees to collapse. Nantong city, located in the eastern province...

May 01, 2021

How the Gaetz probe grew from sex trafficking to medical pot

ORLANDO, Fla. - When Rep. Matt Gaetz vacationed in the Bahamas in 2018, he was joined by a doctor who donated to his campaign and a former colleague in the Florida state legislature. The Republican co...

May 01, 2021

GOP seeks to convince vaccine skeptics within its own ranks

WASHINGTON - When a group of Republican doctors in Congress released a video selling the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, their message wasn't explicitly aimed at their conservative constituents, bu...

May 01, 2021

Biden to veer from Trump, Obama policies in taking on NKorea

WASHINGTON - The White House says President Joe Biden plans to veer from the approaches of his two most recent predecessors as he tries to stop North Korea's nuclear program, rejecting both Donald Tru...

May 01, 2021

Vaccine campaign begins amid virus surge in rebel-held Syria

IDLIB, Syria - A COVID-19 vaccine campaign kicked off in Syria's last rebel-held enclave on Saturday, with a 45-year-old front-line nurse becoming the first to receive a U.N.-secured jab. Nizar Fattou...

May 01, 2021

Giuliani search warrant resolved Justice Department dispute

WASHINGTON - The question of whether to serve a search warrant for Rudy Giuliani's records simmered inside the Justice Department in the waning months of the Trump administration, dividing officials i...

Apr 30, 2021

Hospital fire kills 18 virus patients as India steps up jabs

NEW DELHI - A fire in a COVID-19 hospital ward in western India killed 18 patients early Saturday, as the country grappling with the worst outbreak yet steps up a vaccination drive for all its adults ...

Apr 30, 2021

Eli Broad, billionaire entrepreneur who reshaped LA, dies

LOS ANGELES - Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and launched financial services giant Su...

Apr 30, 2021

Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death

MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd's death, arguing in court document...

Apr 30, 2021

In major decision, Grammys cut nomination review committees

NEW YORK - The Grammy Awards have changed its tune and voted to remove its nomination review committees - groups that determined the contenders for key awards at the coveted music show. The Recording ...

Apr 30, 2021