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Islamic State still poses a threat after al-Baghdadi's death

WASHINGTON - Eliminating the Islamic State group's elusive leader gives President Donald Trump a new argument for leaving Syria, but the U.S. military campaign against the extremists is far from finis...

Oct 28, 2019

Trump draws boos when introduced to crowd at World Series

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's low-profile appearance Sunday night at Game 5 of the World Series came at a high-profile moment of his presidency. Yet he still drew loud boos and jeers when intr...

Oct 28, 2019

Lebanese protesters get creative as they block roads

BEIRUT - On a main thoroughfare in Beirut on Monday, Lebanese protesters set up a living room with an area rug, a couch and a refrigerator. On another, they held a morning yoga class. And on a third r...

Oct 28, 2019

'I'm dying': Relatives await answers in smuggling case

DO THANH, Vietnam - One family received a final text from their daughter saying she couldn't breathe and was dying. Another grieving family set up a makeshift altar for their missing daughter who paid...

Oct 28, 2019

EU grants new Brexit delay to Jan. 31

BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year on Monday - just three days before it was due to take place. European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that th...

Oct 28, 2019

Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US

MOSCOW - The Russian woman convicted in the United States of being a Russian agent returned to Moscow on Saturday and declared that she has no desire to go back to America. Maria Butina was deported F...

Oct 28, 2019

Stars advocate for progress at honorary Oscars event

LOS ANGELES - Inequality in the film industry got a high-profile spotlight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 11th annual Governors Awards, where Cherokee actor Wes Studi, Italian dir...

Oct 28, 2019

Altuve, Astros show up in World Series, win Game 3 in DC 4-1

WASHINGTON - From the moment George Springer jumped on the game's third pitch for a single, then quickly swiped a base, to the way he and his teammates sprinted off the field after the final out a lit...

Oct 27, 2019

Washington banning US flights to all Cuban cities but Havana

MIAMI - The Trump administration is banning U.S. flights to all Cuban cities except Havana in the latest move to roll back the Obama-era easing of relations, officials said Friday. Supporters of the b...

Oct 27, 2019

Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian investigators found plenty of blame to go around for a Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 189 people a year ago. They faulted design decisions by Boeing that made the pla...

Oct 27, 2019