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DiCaprio's Earth Alliance gives $3M to Australia fire relief

LOS ANGELES - Leonardo DiCaprio's Earth Alliance environmental organization will donate $3 million to help wildfire relief efforts in Australia. The foundation said Thursday that it has started the Au...

Jan 11, 2020

FBI is trying to catch a "bad wig bandit" in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The FBI is asking the public's help in catching a so-called "bad wig bandit" who's been robbing banks in North Carolina. The FBI said in a statement on Thursday that the suspect wore...

Jan 11, 2020

12 migrants dead, 21 rescued at sea off western Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's coast guard said 12 migrants were found dead in the Ionian Sea and 21 others were rescued after their boat took on water and sank Saturday. A search for more survivors was la...

Jan 11, 2020

Officials: 3 dead in Alabama, bringing storm death toll to 7

BENTON, La. - The National Weather Service reports three storm-related deaths in Alabama, bringing the number of people killed following severe storms to at least seven. The National Weather Service i...

Jan 11, 2020

Bill Cosby asks Pennsylvania high court to review conviction

Comedian Bill Cosby filed an appeal Thursday of a court decision last month that upheld his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home. The latest appeal - filed with the Penn...

Jan 11, 2020

Canada's Bianca Andreescu drops out of Australian Open because of knee injury.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu has dropped out of the Australian Open tennis tournament because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open champion and Canada's fir...

Jan 11, 2020

Magnitude 5.9 shock rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing further damage along the island's southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools. The ...

Jan 11, 2020

Lawmakers approve Brexit bill, UK on course for Jan 31 exit

LONDON - Britain passed a long-elusive milestone on the road to Brexit on Thursday when the House of Commons approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of t...

Jan 11, 2020

R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer's condo

CHICAGO - A fight between two of R. Kelly's girlfriends inside the embattled singer's Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, C...

Jan 11, 2020

Pope warns of risks from US-Iran tensions in policy speech

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis warned Thursday that increasing tensions between the U.S. and Iran are setting the stage for a broader conflict in the Mideast while jeopardizing efforts to rebuild Iraq. F...

Jan 11, 2020