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Islamic State group announces successor to al-Baghdadi

BEIRUT - The Islamic State group declared a new leader Thursday after it confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi days earlier in a U.S raid in Syria. In its audio release by the IS cent...

Oct 31, 2019

UK lawmakers set to back early election but haggle over date

LONDON - After months of stalemate in Parliament, Britain appeared on course Tuesday for an early general election that could break the country's political deadlock over Brexit. Opposition lawmakers b...

Oct 31, 2019

Lebanese prime minister quits amid anti-government protests

BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister resigned Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators shortly after baton-wielding Hezbollah supporters rampaged through the main pr...

Oct 31, 2019

Federal judge blocks Alabama's strict abortion ban

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Alabama's near-total abortion ban from taking effect next month and called the law - part of a wave of new abortion restrictions by conservative s...

Oct 31, 2019

Gooding due in court to face new sex misconduct allegations

NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr. faces a new accuser and new charges in his New York City sexual misconduct case, his lawyer said Wednesday. The actor is due in court Thursday for an arraignment on an upda...

Oct 31, 2019

Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles dies at 79

RICHMOND, Va. - Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles, a Democrat known as the "transportation governor" and for his work to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and increase foreign trade, died Tuesday. He was ...

Oct 31, 2019

Kathy Mattea named WVU distinguished artist in residence

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Country singer Kathy Mattea will be coaching music students at West Virginia University. The university says in a news release that the Cross Lanes native has been named a distingu...

Oct 31, 2019

N. Korea fires 2 missiles in the sea amid stalled talks

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, an apparent resumption of weapons tests aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in...

Oct 31, 2019

Report: Saudi Aramco shares to start trading in December

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A long-delayed initial public offering of the state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco will see its shares traded on Riyadh's stock exchange in December, a Saudi-owned satellite news ch...

Oct 31, 2019

Masked gunmen attack protesters in Iraq holy city; 18 killed

BAGHDAD - Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding hundreds, security officials said, in one of the deadliest single ...

Oct 31, 2019