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Investigation of Wyoming toddler found dead continues

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Police in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment complex. Athian Rivera was found several hours after...

Feb 22, 2021

Court won't revive porn star’s defamation suit against Trump

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from porn star Stormy Daniels, who sought to revive a defamation lawsuit she filed against former President Donald Trump. The justices did n...

Feb 22, 2021

Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash

MADRID - Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain's two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the bag open an...

Feb 22, 2021

In 'Minari,' harvesting an American dream

NEW YORK - The riverbed, more than anything else, needed to be exactly right. In Lee Isaac Chung's Arkansas-set family drama, "Minari," land is something more than a setting. It's a future. It's a dre...

Feb 22, 2021

Podcast odd couple: Obama, Springsteen in Spotify series

NEW YORK - Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are teaming up for an eight-episode Spotify podcast series, swapping stories about their upbringings and even a White House singalong around a piano. The ...

Feb 22, 2021

Repeal of Virginia's death penalty headed to governor's desk

RICHMOND, Va. - State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to a bill that will end capital punishment in Virginia, a dramatic turnaround for a state that has executed more people in its history than a...

Feb 22, 2021

UN human rights body opens session as Myanmar concerns loom

GENEVA - The U.N.'s top human rights body has opened its first and highest-level meeting of 2021, amid growing concerns on issues including the military coup in Myanmar, the arrest of Russian oppositi...

Feb 22, 2021

Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on Congo convoy

KINSHASA, Congo - The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday when gunmen attacked a U.N. convoy going to visit a school in east...

Feb 22, 2021

In 'Minari,' harvesting an American dream

NEW YORK - The riverbed, more than anything else, needed to be exactly right. In Lee Isaac Chung's Arkansas-set family drama, "Minari," land is something more than a setting. It's a future. It's a dre...

Feb 22, 2021

Supreme Court won't halt Trump tax record turnover

WASHINGTON - In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court is declining to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York state prosecutor. The court's ac...

Feb 22, 2021