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Police confirm Sala's body recovered from plane wreckage
LONDON - Police have confirmed that the body recovered from a plane in the English Channel is that of Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala. Dorset police made the announcement on Thursday evening aft...
Feb 09, 2019
Gronk gets bonked by beer can during Super Bowl parade
BOSTON - Gronk got bonked. Rob Gronkowski, the New England Patriots' star tight end, says he got hit in the face by a can of beer thrown during Tuesday's Super Bowl victory parade in Boston. Gronkowsk...
Feb 09, 2019
Ivanka Trump project seeks to help women in developing world
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump threw his weight behind his daughter's latest White House effort Thursday, backing her initiative to provide an economic boost to women in the developing world. The...
Feb 09, 2019
South hopeful, wary, but nuke talks crucial for Korean ties
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans, always deeply divided over how best to deal with their often-belligerent northern neighbour, are reacting with both hope and wariness to President Donald Tru...
Feb 09, 2019
Police confirm Sala's body recovered from plane wreckage
LONDON - More than two weeks after the plane carrying Emiliano Sala to a new career in the English Premier League crashed into the sea, police confirmed Thursday that the body recovered from the wreck...
Feb 09, 2019
Blackface photo is a reminder of Virginia's racist history
RICHMOND, Va. - The discovery last week of a racist photo on Gov. Ralph Northam's 1984 medical school yearbook page has served as a glaring reminder that Virginia - a former bastion of slavery and whi...
Feb 09, 2019
Turkey leader attends funeral, visits building collapse site
ISTANBUL - Turkey's president was among hundreds of mourners who attended the funeral Saturday for nine members of a family killed in the apartment building collapse in Istanbul as the overall death t...
Feb 09, 2019
West China blizzards kill thousands of herd animals
BEIJING - Blizzards in Tibetan areas of western China have left thousands of head of livestock dead and roads covered in up to 45 centimetres (18 inches) of snow, state media reported Saturday. Local ...
Feb 09, 2019
Thailand puzzles over political surprises from royals
BANGKOK - A Thai political party swore loyalty to the king Saturday, a day after its stunning decision to nominate the monarch's sister as its candidate for prime minister backfired when the king call...
Feb 09, 2019
Pilot in deadly California house crash had been disciplined
LOS ANGELES - The pilot whose plane broke apart and crashed into a Southern California home, killing five people, was disciplined for dangerous flying years earlier, it was reported Friday. Antonio Pa...
Feb 09, 2019