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Santa Fe Chicano mural slated for destruction for new museum

An iconic Chicano mural in Santa Fe painted by Mexican American artists is scheduled for destruction to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose cultu...

Jan 04, 2020

Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival government seeki...

Jan 04, 2020

Lebanon receives Interpol notice for ex-Nissan fugitive

BEIRUT - Interpol issued a wanted notice Thursday for former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn, who jumped bail in Japan and fled to Lebanon rather than face trial on financial misconduct charges in a dram...

Jan 04, 2020

Funeral for mother and son killed in Louisiana plane crash

LAFAYETTE, La. - Family and friends wearing purple and gold said goodbye Thursday to a Louisiana woman and her son who were on their way to see the Peach Bowl when they died in a plane crash. Gretchen...

Jan 04, 2020

Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, killing 1

NEW DELHI - A factory manufacturing batteries in the Indian capital caught fire and collapsed Thursday, killing one firefighter and injuring 19 others, officials said. A fire official said three peopl...

Jan 03, 2020

Copter crash kills Taiwan's top military officer, 7 others

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's top military official was among eight people killed in an air force helicopter crash in mountainous terrain outside Taipei on Thursday, the defence ministry said. Five others...

Jan 03, 2020

Larsen, who threw only perfect World Series game, dies at 90

NEW YORK - Don Larsen, the journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in 1956 with the New York Yankees for the only no-hitter in World Series history, d...

Jan 03, 2020

Australian prime minister is jeered in wildfire-ravaged zone

PERTH, Australia - Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents who cursed and insulted him Thursday as he visited a wildfire-ravaged corner of the country. Locals in Cobargo, in Ne...

Jan 03, 2020

Bobbi Kristina Brown's ex-partner Nick Gordon dies at 30

ATLANTA - Nick Gordon, who was found liable in the death of his ex-partner Bobbi Kristina Brown, has died. He was 30. Gordon's attorney Joe S. Habachy confirmed his client's death in a statement Wedne...

Jan 03, 2020

California Rep. Duncan Hunter silent on when he will resign

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter of California is staying silent on when he will resign after he pleaded guilty to using campaign money for personal expenses, drawing the ire of a fellow Republican...

Jan 03, 2020