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Israel's embattled Netanyahu wins landslide in primary

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday scored a landslide victory in a primary race for leadership of the ruling Likud party, giving the embattled leader an important boost ...

Dec 27, 2019

Car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 5, wounds dozens

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A car bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least five people, police said. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the blast targeted a...

Dec 27, 2019

Federal judge won't undo Georgia voter purge

ATLANTA - Georgia doesn't have to put almost 100,000 voters back on its rolls, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones ruled that a voting rights advocacy group founded by Dem...

Dec 27, 2019

Jocelyn Burdick, 1st ND woman to serve in US Senate, dies

FARGO, N.D. - Jocelyn Burdick, who became the first woman to represent North Dakota in the U.S. Senate when she briefly filled the seat vacated by her late husband, has died. She was 97. Burdick died ...

Dec 27, 2019

DJ Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Disc jockey Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to radio stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broad...

Dec 27, 2019

Student who saved classmates from shooting honoured as Jedi

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has now been immortalized as a Jedi by t...

Dec 27, 2019

‘Mame,’ ‘Hello, Dolly!’ composer Jerry Herman dies at 88

Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as "Mame," "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles," died Thursday. He was 88. Hi...

Dec 27, 2019

Officials say 14 killed, 35 hurt in Kazakhstan plane crash

MOSCOW - A Kazakhstan plane with 100 people aboard crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 14 people while at least 35 others survived with injuries, officials in Almaty said. The...

Dec 26, 2019

Erdogan: Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's president said Thursday that the U.N.-supported government in Libya has asked Ankara to send troops to help authorities in Tripoli defend the city from an offensive by rival ...

Dec 26, 2019

Afghan activist says Taliban freed 27 members of his group

KABUL - The Taliban released 27 peace activists Thursday, a day after they were abducted in an ambush on their convoy in western Afghanistan, a leader of the activist organization said. Phone lines we...

Dec 26, 2019