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Ukrainian jet crash kills 176, sets off mourning in Canada

The crash of a Ukrainian jetliner that killed 176 people in Iran touched off mourning Wednesday in both Ukraine and Canada - where many of the victims were from or were headed - and raised a host of q...

Jan 09, 2020

Trump boasts Iranian general's death was 'American justice'

TOLEDO, Ohio - President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up "American justice" by ordering a drone strike to take out Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani,...

Jan 09, 2020

Mueller probe witness considers child sex trafficking plea

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is expected to plead guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and possessing child pornography. A criminal informati...

Jan 09, 2020

World's largest volunteer force fights Australia's wildfires

TOMERONG, Australia - The wildfire was behaving erratically last week, and Doug Schutz and his team needed to make a quick decision. So they moved a bulldozer from another job and used it to widen a f...

Jan 09, 2020

Storms bring relief and danger to Australian wildfires

CANBERRA, Australia - Thunderstorms and showers brought some relief for firefighters battling deadly wildfires across Australia's drought-parched east coast on Wednesday, but also raised concerns that...

Jan 09, 2020

DiCaprio to donate $3 million for Australia wildfire relief

LOS ANGELES - Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental organization is donating $3 million to help wildfire relief efforts in Australia. DiCaprio's Earth Alliance said in a statement Thursday that the organi...

Jan 09, 2020

Celebs donate millions to help Australia wildfire efforts

LOS ANGELES - Elton John and Chris Hemsworth are among the celebrities donating big bucks for relief efforts as wildfires engulf Australia. Hemsworth, the Australian actor who plays Thor in the Marvel...

Jan 09, 2020

Prosecutors raid lawyer's office where Ghosn worked on case

Tokyo prosecutors on Wednesday raided a Japanese lawyer's office where former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn had visited regularly before skipping bail last week and fleeing to Lebanon. Japanese news fo...

Jan 09, 2020

Former NBA star Charles Barkley donates $1M to Miles College

FAIRFIELD, Ala. - Charles Barkley has donated $1 million to historically black Miles College. The Basketball Hall of Famer and former Auburn star told interim president Bobbie Knight about the donatio...

Jan 09, 2020

Official quits amid charges he paid women to give up babies

PHOENIX - An elected official in metro Phoenix resigned Tuesday, months after being charged with running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their...

Jan 09, 2020