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Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester

CAIRO - A court in Sudan on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against Sudan's longtime autocrat O...

Dec 30, 2019

Somalia bombing kills dozens; airstrikes target militants

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 78 people including many students, authorities said. It was the worst a...

Dec 29, 2019

China convicts researchers in gene-edited baby controversy

BEIJING - Three researchers involved in the births of genetically edited babies have been sentenced to three years for practicing medicine illegally, Chinese state media said Monday. The report by Xin...

Dec 29, 2019

Official: 1 dead from plane crash in Maryland neighbourhood

LANHAM, Md. - A small plane crashed in the Maryland suburbs of the nation's capital Sunday, hitting a home's carport and killing the lone person aboard the aircraft, authorities said. The plane came d...

Dec 29, 2019

US Rep John Lewis of Georgia says he has pancreatic cancer

ATLANTA - Congressman John Lewis of Georgia announced Sunday that he has stage IV pancreatic cancer, vowing he will stay in office and fight the disease with the tenacity with which he fought racial d...

Dec 29, 2019

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

NEW YORK - Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge after a nationally broadcast racial sl...

Dec 29, 2019

2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at church near Fort Worth, Texas

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - Two people were killed in a shooting at a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday morning and a third person has been taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials sa...

Dec 29, 2019

US strikes hit Iraqi militia blamed in contractor's death

WASHINGTON - The U.S. has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor, a Defence Department spokesman said Sunday. ...

Dec 29, 2019

The King reigns: LeBron James is AP's male athlete of decade

He left Cleveland for Miami, finally became a champion, went back to his beloved northeast Ohio, delivered on another title promise, then left for the Los Angeles Lakers and the next challenge. He pla...

Dec 29, 2019

Taliban council agrees to cease-fire in Afghanistan

KABUL - The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the United States can be signed, officials from the insu...

Dec 29, 2019