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Patients evacuated as fire blazes in Johannesburg hospital

JOHANNESBURG - Hundreds of patients are being evacuated from Johannesburg's Charlotte Maxeke Hospital where a fire is blazing through parts of the facility in South Africa's largest city. No injuries ...

Apr 17, 2021

Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's motions to toss sex charges

NEW YORK - A judge on Friday rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's arguments to toss charges that she recruited three teenager girls from 1994 to 1997 for then-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. U.S....

Apr 16, 2021

Retired Ohio sheriff and tiny K-9 partner die the same day

CLEVELAND - The Ohio county sheriff and his tiny police dog were inseparable, their lives unwaveringly intertwined. It thus seems fitting that retired Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland, 67, and his...

Apr 16, 2021

Jeffree Star hospitalized after Wyoming car crash

CASPER, Wyo. - YouTube personality, businessman and musician Jeffree Star was hospitalized after a car crash in Wyoming. Star veered off a slushy road in the Casper area Friday morning and overturned ...

Apr 16, 2021

After outcry, WH says Biden will lift refugee cap in May

WASHINGTON - Facing swift blowback from allies and aid groups, the White House on Friday said President Joe Biden plans to lift in the next month his predecessor's historically low cap on refugees, af...

Apr 16, 2021

Grand jury in Daniel Prude death voted 15-5 to clear 3 cops

A grand jury investigating the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, voted 15-5 not to indict the three officers who restrained him, according to transcripts relea...

Apr 16, 2021

Raul Castro confirms he's resigning, ending long era in Cuba

HAVANA - Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba's Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution. The 89-ye...

Apr 16, 2021

March US home construction jumps to fastest pace since 2006

WASHINGTON - U.S. housing construction rebounded strongly in March to the fastest pace since 2006 as home builders recovered from an unusually frigid February that shut down projects. Builders began c...

Apr 16, 2021

'Peaky Blinders' actress Helen McCrory dies of cancer at 52

British actress Helen McCrory, who starred in the television show "Peaky Blinders" and the "Harry Potter" movies, has died, her husband said Friday. She was 52 and had been suffering from cancer. Her ...

Apr 16, 2021

Guitarist is 1st suspect to plead guilty in Capitol riot

WASHINGTON - A heavy metal guitarist on Friday became the first defendant to plead guilty to federal charges in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Jon Ryan Schaffer, the frontman of...

Apr 16, 2021