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Police: Mother admits to starving daughter, dumping body

SILVER SPRING, Md. - A Maryland woman accused of starving her 15-month-old daughter for more than three weeks has been charged with first-degree murder in the toddler's death, police said Thursday. Ki...

Jul 09, 2020

Country musician Charlie Daniels honoured at memorial service

MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. - Country Music Hall of Fame musician Charlie Daniels received military honours at a memorial service in Tennessee on Wednesday night. The country music icon, who penned the hit "T...

Jul 09, 2020

Authorities: 1 dead after tornado hits western Minnesota

DALTON, Minn. - Severe storms that swept through parts of the Midwest produced at least one powerful tornado that damaged farms and killed one person and injured two others in western Minnesota, autho...

Jul 09, 2020

Meghan tries to prevent 'friends' being named in suit

LONDON - The Duchess of Sussex asked a British court Thursday to prevent a newspaper from publishing the names of five friends who defended her while speaking to an American magazine under the shield ...

Jul 09, 2020

Police: 5 arrested in Los Angeles death of rapper Pop Smoke

LOS ANGELES - Three men and two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the February home-invasion death of rising rapper Pop Smoke in Los Angeles, police said Thursday. The 20-year-old New Yo...

Jul 09, 2020

AP source: Feds feared Epstein confidante might kill herself

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Federal officials were so worried Jeffrey Epstein's longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell might take her own life after her arrest that they took away her clothes and sheets and ma...

Jul 09, 2020

Woman arrested in hit-and-run at Indiana protest

INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana woman was arrested in a hit-and-run crash that sent one woman to the hospital and caused minor injuries to a man during a southern Indiana protest over the assault of a Black...

Jul 09, 2020

Rare Cannonball Adderley 1966 Seattle concerts going digital

RIO RANCHO, N.M. - A rare collection of previously unissued recordings by legendary jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley is becoming more accessible thanks to two small jazz labels seeking to keep jaz...

Jul 09, 2020

Parades, close-ups with Mickey out as Disney World reopens

ORLANDO, Fla. - Forget about up-close "meet-and-greet" sessions with Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck when Walt Disney World parks reopen. There will be no firework shows or parades - those would draw too ...

Jul 09, 2020

Justices rule swath of Oklahoma remains tribal reservation

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a large chunk of eastern Oklahoma remains an American Indian reservation, a decision that state and federal officials have warned could throw Oklahom...

Jul 09, 2020