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Turkey rejects claims of sexist snub towards von der Leyen

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey on Thursday strongly rejected accusations that it snubbed Ursula von der Leyen - one of the European Union's most powerful executives - because of her gender after a protocol g...

Apr 08, 2021

Authorities: NFL player Phillip Adams killed 5, then himself

ROCK HILL, S.C. - Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday. York County Sherif...

Apr 08, 2021

Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech

A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its executives, saying CEO Mark Zuckerberg made "false and deceptive" statements to Congress when he said the giant social network removes hate speech and ot...

Apr 08, 2021

Biden orders gun control actions -- but they show his limits

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden put on a modest White House ceremony Thursday to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an "epidemic and an international embarrassment" of g...

Apr 08, 2021

OJ Simpson, Las Vegas Strip hotel settle defamation case

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed Simpson by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property in No...

Apr 08, 2021

Amazon takes early lead as union vote count gets underway

Vote counting in the union push at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, is underway but a winner may not be determined until Friday. By Thursday evening, the count was tilting heavily against the...

Apr 08, 2021

Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates

BELFAST, Ireland - Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other....

Apr 08, 2021

Native Americans: Move Boston Marathon from Oct. 11 holiday

BOSTON - Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling on the organizers of the Boston Marathon to move the already rescheduled date for the storied race because it now conflicts with a day meant to c...

Apr 08, 2021

Reigning Mrs. World arrested over onstage melee in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Police in Sri Lanka on Thursday arrested the reigning Mrs. World for pulling the crown off the head of the winner of a Mrs. Sri Lanka beauty pageant and allegedly causing injuries...

Apr 08, 2021

Kemi Alabi wins First Book Award from poets academy

NEW YORK - A Chicago-based writer and activist has received the First Book Award from the Academy of American Poets. Kemi Alabi's "Against Heaven" is scheduled for publication in Spring 2022. Alabi, c...

Apr 08, 2021