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Al Franken to make return on weekly SiriusXM radio show

NEW YORK - Al Franken, who resigned his U.S. Senate seat in 2017 amid sexual misconduct charges, will re-emerge into the public sphere on Saturday when he starts a new weekly radio show on the SiriusX...

Sep 25, 2019

Angry lawmakers challenge attorney general on Brexit advice

LONDON - British Attorney General Geoffrey Cox accused Parliament on Wednesday of being a "disgrace" as lawmakers returned for the first day of work since a bombshell court decision deemed Prime Minis...

Sep 25, 2019

Top UK court: Johnson's suspension of Parliament was illegal

LONDON - In a decision that badly undermines Boris Johnson's authority, Britain's highest court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the prime minister broke the law by suspending Parliament in a way that s...

Sep 25, 2019

At least 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya's capital

NAIROBI, Kenya - A school collapsed in Kenya's capital on Monday and killed at least seven children, officials said, while some outraged residents alleged shoddy construction. Two other children were ...

Sep 25, 2019

Baby Archie makes rare public appearance in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Baby Archie has made a rare public appearance as his parents, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, continue their first official tour as a family in South Africa. ...

Sep 25, 2019

Reports: Algerian ex-president's brother, others convicted

ALGIERS, Algeria - An Algerian military court sentenced the brother of the country's longtime former leader and two ex-intelligence chiefs to 15 years in prison Wednesday for plotting against the stat...

Sep 25, 2019

Motown mogul Berry Gordy announces retirement at 89

DETROIT - The Motown mogul who launched the careers of numerous stars like Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson has announced his retirement. The Detroit Free Press reports Berry Gordy said h...

Sep 25, 2019

Film explores Latina union leader who organized farmworkers

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta began organizing poor farmworkers in California, a woman named Maria Moreno sought to sign up impoverished farmworkers for a fledgling ...

Sep 24, 2019

Hundreds of thousands affected as British travel firm fails

LONDON - Families stranded, honeymoons and vacations cancelled, thousands of workers laid off: The sudden collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook and its network of airlines and hotels sowed chao...

Sep 24, 2019

Correction: Antonio Brown-Retires? story

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - In a story Sept. 22 about former New England Patriots receiver Antonio Brown, The Associated Press reported erroneously that team owner Robert Kraft was arrested in connection with...

Sep 24, 2019