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AP interview: Colombia to denounce Maduro at UN meeting

BOGOTA - Colombia's president compared Nicols Maduro to Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic as he goes on a diplomatic offensive to corral the Venezuelan socialist, warning that he would be making...

Sep 23, 2019

Emmy Awards viewership plunges to 6.9 million people

NEW YORK - The Emmy Awards plunged to a record-low viewership of 6.9 million, illustrating a collective shrug by the public for an annual program that celebrates the best of television and is designed...

Sep 23, 2019

Judges may not be buying that 'Stairway' needs new trial

A group of US judges don't seem inclined to order a new trial in a copyright fight over the Led Zeppelin song, "Stairway to Heaven." Members of an 11-judge panel at a Monday hearing before the 9th U.S...

Sep 23, 2019

US soldier arrested on charge of sharing bomb instructions

WASHINGTON - Federal authorities said Monday they charged a U.S. Army soldier with sharing bomb-making instructions online, and said he also discussed the possible bombing of a media organization and ...

Sep 23, 2019

At UN, Trump focuses on religious freedom, not climate

President Donald Trump was addressing a conference for world leaders at the United Nations, but he was talking to his political base Monday as he breezed by a major climate change summit and focused i...

Sep 23, 2019

Film explores mystery of Latina union leader who disappeared

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A new film dives into the mystery around a Latina labour leader who organized farmworkers years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and then disappeared. "Adios Amor: The Search...

Sep 23, 2019

Inspiring speeches on diversity, equal pay rule Emmy night

Emmy night is always a chaotic mix of the humorous, the emotional and the inspirational, mixed with some major sequins and glitter. And on this Emmy night, all those elements came together in one glor...

Sep 23, 2019

UK Supreme Court to rule Tuesday on Parliament suspension

LONDON - Britain's Supreme Court is to give its verdict Tuesday on legality of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's five-week suspension of Parliament. Britain's highest court plans to announce the decision...

Sep 23, 2019

Biden: Trump 'deserves' to be investigated over Ukraine call

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice-President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said. Democrats condemned w...

Sep 23, 2019

Iran asks West to leave Persian Gulf as tensions heightened

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president called Sunday on Western powers to leave the security of the Persian Gulf to regional nations led by Tehran, criticizing a new U.S.-led coalition patrolling the region'...

Sep 23, 2019