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Family receives remains of 6 killed in El Salvador massacre

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador's forensic institute on Thursday turned over to family members the remains of six of the more than 200 rural residents killed by soldiers in August 1982 El Cala...

Jan 23, 2020

Prosecutor: DNA match leads to Florida 'pillowcase rapist'

MIAMI - Prosecutors announced Thursday that a sophisticated DNA match has led to the cold case arrest of a Florida man believed to be the "pillowcase rapist" who terrorized greater Miami with a series...

Jan 23, 2020

Ex-pharmaceutical exec gets 5 1/2 years for pushing opioid

BOSTON - The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback scheme prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid cr...

Jan 23, 2020

Trump to sign U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal Wednesday

MIAMI - President Donald Trump will hold a signing ceremony for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement on Wednesday, according to the White House. The deal to modernize the North American Free Trade A...

Jan 23, 2020

Coalition of states sue over rules governing 3D-printed guns

WASHINGTON - Attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging a federal regulation that could allow blueprints for making guns on 3D printers to be post...

Jan 23, 2020

Trump: Mideast peace plan likely rolled out in days

JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he'll likely release his long-awaited Mideast peace plan before his meeting early next week at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjami...

Jan 23, 2020

Mississippi governor tours prison rocked by deadly violence

JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi's new governor says he and the interim corrections commissioner toured a troubled state prison to see conditions and to try to understand what led to an outburst of deadly...

Jan 23, 2020

China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak

BEIJING - China broadened its unprecedented, open-ended lockdowns to encompass more than 20.5 million people Friday to try to contain a deadly new virus that has sickened hundreds, even though the mea...

Jan 23, 2020

Derek Jeter, Larry Walker elected to baseball Hall of Fame

NEW YORK - Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball's highest honour on Tuesday. The longtime New York Yankees captain ap...

Jan 23, 2020

Documents: Extremist group wanted rally to start civil war

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A hidden camera captured members of a white supremacist group expressing hope that violence at a gun rights rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war, federal prosecutors...

Jan 23, 2020