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Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

SHADNAGAR, India - Indian police on Friday fatally shot and killed four men suspected of raping and killing a woman in southern India, leading some to celebrate their deaths as justice in a case that ...

Dec 05, 2019

R. Kelly charged with paying bribe before marrying Aaliyah

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors are accusing singer R. Kelly of scheming with others to pay for a fake ID for an unnamed female a day before he married R&B singer Aaliyah, then 15 years old, in a s...

Dec 05, 2019

Pearl Harbor commemoration to go on after fresh tragedy

HONOLULU - Officials will beef up security as usual for the ceremony to remember those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago, with service members and dignitaries confronting a fresh tragedy...

Dec 05, 2019

Guard: Black Hawk helicopter crashes in Minnesota; 3 aboard

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - A Black Hawk helicopter with three crew members aboard crashed Thursday in central Minnesota, a state National Guard official said. Minnesota National Guard Master Sgt. Blair Heusde...

Dec 05, 2019

San Francisco Opera names its first female music director

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Opera has named conductor Eun Sun Kim its new music director, ushering the first woman into the job in the company's history. The 39-year-old Kim will become the comp...

Dec 05, 2019

Saudi Aramco plans $25.6B share sale in biggest ever IPO

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Aramco on Thursday set a share price for its IPO - expected to be the biggest ever - that puts the value of the company at $1.7 tri...

Dec 05, 2019

SpaceX launches caring robot, beer malt and 'mighty mice'

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including "mighty mice" for a muscle study, a robot sensitive to astronauts' emotions and a mini...

Dec 05, 2019

House Speaker Pelosi rebukes reporter: 'Don't mess with me'

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi promptly set a reporter, and by inference, all of Washington, straight: "Don't mess with me." Pelosi's bristling response Thursday to a question about whether s...

Dec 05, 2019

Wisconsin officers on front lines in 2 student shootings

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Wisconsin high school resource officers have found themselves on the front lines in two student shootings in the past two days, underscoring how police in schools can face life-or-deat...

Dec 05, 2019

Kamala Harris ends White House bid, citing lack of funding

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sen. Kamala Harris told supporters on Tuesday that she was ending her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, an abrupt close to a candidacy that held historic potent...

Dec 05, 2019