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Belgian fighter jet crashes in France, pilot hits power line

PARIS - A Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashed in western France Thursday, damaging a house, setting a field ablaze and leaving one of the two pilots dangling by his parachute from a high-voltage electric...

Sep 21, 2019

Bus carrying singer Josh Turner's road crew crashes, 1 dead

SHANDON, Calif. - A tour bus carrying members of the road crew for country singer Josh Turner plunged off a cliff in central California, killing one person and injuring seven others, authorities said ...

Sep 21, 2019

Iran's Guard says ready for 'any scenario' amid US standoff

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard is ready for combat and "any scenario," its chief commander said Saturday, as the country's nuclear deal with world powers collapses and the U.S. all...

Sep 21, 2019

President Donald Trump gets heat for urging Ukraine probe

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 21, 2019

Hong Kong protesters burn flag, police fire pepper spray

HONG KONG - Protesters burned a Chinese flag and police fired pepper spray during a march Saturday in an outlying district of Hong Kong in renewed clashes over anti-government grievances. Police accus...

Sep 21, 2019

Iran envoy: 'All-out war' to result if hit for Saudi attack

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Any attack on Iran by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia will spark an "all-out war," Tehran's top diplomat warned Thursday, raising the stakes as Washington and Riyadh weigh a res...

Sep 20, 2019

Governor: Suicide bomb in southern Afghanistan kills 20

KABUL - A powerful suicide truck bomb devastated a hospital in southern Afghanistan early Thursday morning, killing 20 people and wounding 97 others, according to the province's governor, while a dead...

Sep 20, 2019

No Britney Spears, no decisions made at closed court hearing

LOS ANGELES - A hearing Wednesday on the future of the court conservatorship that for 11 years has controlled the money and affairs of Britney Spears ended with no decisions made and no appearance fro...

Sep 20, 2019

Former Charlie Rose makeup artist sues, alleging harassment

NEW YORK - The former chief makeup artist at Charlie Rose's interview show is suing him and saying the disgraced television journalist ran a "toxic work environment" for women. Gina Riggi says she wor...

Sep 20, 2019

AP source: Joe Kennedy to challenge Sen. Markey in primary

BOSTON - Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a scion of one of America's most storied political families, is set to announce he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey in the state's Democratic pr...

Sep 20, 2019