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Fuel tank attacked, catches fire in southern Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A fuel tank at an oil facility in Saudi Arabia caught fire after being struck by a projectile, the kingdom said Friday, an attack that came on the sixth anniversary of it...

Mar 26, 2021

Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was 'zero threat'

WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump on Thursday defended some of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, saying they posed "zero threat" to the lawmakers who had assembled ther...

Mar 25, 2021

Remains found in park believed to be missing Chinese woman

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri authorities say they believe that human remains first spotted by someone out walking in a state park Thursday afternoon are the body of a Chinese woman who has been missing si...

Mar 25, 2021

USC agrees to $852 million payout in sex abuse lawsuit

LOS ANGELES - The University of Southern California has agreed to an $852 million settlement with more than 700 women who have accused the college's longtime campus gynecologist of sexual abuse, the v...

Mar 25, 2021

Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban into law

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing in school sports teams consistent with their gender identity, making the st...

Mar 25, 2021

Texas death toll from February storm, outages surpasses 100

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas officials on Thursday raised the death toll from February's winter storm and blackouts to at least 111 people - nearly doubling the state's initial tally following one of the wor...

Mar 25, 2021

'The world got dimmer': Shooting victims' lives remembered

BOULDER, Colo. - One victim of the Colorado supermarket shooting was leaving after fixing a coffee machine. Another worked at the store but was only there because he stopped in to shop during his time...

Mar 25, 2021

'Arrested Development' actor Jessica Walter dies at 80

LOS ANGELES - Jessica Walter, whose roles as a scheming matriarch in TV's "Arrested Development" and a stalker in "Play Misty for Me" were in line with a career that drew on her astringent screen pres...

Mar 25, 2021

In shift, oil industry group backs federal price on carbon

WASHINGTON - The oil and gas industry's top lobbying group on Thursday endorsed a federal price on carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, a reversal of longstanding industry polic...

Mar 25, 2021

Rare Van Gogh masterpiece sells for $15.4 million in Paris

PARIS - A rare painting by Vincent Van Gogh was sold at auction Thursday by Sotheby's Paris for 13.1 million euros ($15.4 million). The sale of "Street Scene in Montmartre" was highly anticipated as i...

Mar 25, 2021