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Prime minister: Detained Australian leaves North Korea

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's prime minister says an Australian student has been released from detention in North Korea. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Parliament on Thursday that Alek Sigley ...

Jul 03, 2019

Multiple walls collapse in India monsoon rains, killing 31

MUMBAI, India - Heavy monsoon rains in western India caused at least four walls to collapse onto huts and city shanties, killing at least 31 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said Tuesda...

Jul 03, 2019

Appeals court puts Trump abortion restrictions on hold again

SEATTLE - Trump administration rules that impose additional hurdles for low-income women seeking abortions are on hold once again. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday v...

Jul 03, 2019

Appeals court: Trump can't use Pentagon cash for border wall

SAN FRANCISCO - An appeals court has upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump's ability to make good on a signature campaign promis...

Jul 03, 2019

Judge to reassess $80 million award in Monsanto cancer case

SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge will reconsider a jury's $80 million damage award to a California cancer victim who used Monsanto's Roundup weed-killer. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said at a heari...

Jul 03, 2019

Judge blocks Ohio abortion law, clinics to remain open

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge temporarily blocked an Ohio law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected on Wednesday, siding with abortion clinics that had argued the law would effectiv...

Jul 03, 2019

Drowned father and daughter mourned at El Salvador cemetery

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - A man and his young daughter who drowned trying to cross into Texas were laid to their final rest Monday, a week after a heartbreaking image of their bodies floating in the...

Jul 03, 2019

Fest drops Peter Yarrow over 'indecent liberties' sentence

NEW YORK - A music festival has disinvited folk singer Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary over his 1970 jail sentence for indecent liberties with a 14-year-old girl. The Press and Sun Bulletin of Bi...

Jul 03, 2019

R. Kelly wants ex-wife to stop talking about him publicly

CHICAGO - Lawyers for R&B singer R. Kelly are asking a judge in Chicago to fine and jail his ex-wife for breaking a confidentiality clause in their divorce agreement. The Chicago Sun-Times reports...

Jul 03, 2019

Putin signs bill suspending participation in nuclear treaty

MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill suspending Russia's participation in a pivotal nuclear arms treaty. Putin's decree released on Wednesday formalizes Russia's departure from the 1987...

Jul 03, 2019