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Correction: Mormon Conference story
SALT LAKE CITY – In a story Sept. 30 about a conference of the Church…
Kidnapped Greek businessman rescued after 6-month captivity
ATHENS, Greece – Police on the Greek island of Crete have rescued a local businessman…
AP-NORC poll: Americans want local leaders to fight warming
WASHINGTON – Americans want their local officials to take on the challenge of battling global…
Vatican No. 2 opens online abuse seminar amid child porn scandal involving senior diplomat
ROME – The Vatican’s secretary of state is headlining an international conference on protecting children…
Massachusetts man imprisoned for 36 years seeks compensation
BOSTON – A Massachusetts man whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 36 years…
After attacks on US diplomats, Cubans’ visa hopes in limbo
HAVANA – Tomas Luis Balseiro got up at 5 a.m. Monday to make the 90-mile…
Houston man accused of decapitating mother, stabbing father
HOUSTON – A Houston man who authorities say had repeatedly assaulted his mother remained in…
Today in History
Today in History Today is Tuesday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2017. There are…
Greek journalists on 24-hour strike over social security
ATHENS, Greece – Greek journalists have walked off the job for 24 hours to protest…
Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler talks health after tour cut short
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is disputing rumours about his health after an early end to…
ALS patient behind ice bucket challenge: I will bounce back
BEVERLY, Mass. – Pete Frates was mistakenly written off as dead this summer. Turns out,…
Lawyer: Crossbow killing a failure of mental health system
Lisa Caplan had bounced in and out of mental health facilities, moving back home with…
Meeting with Sebelius is focus of Menendez trial
NEWARK, N.J. – The bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is focusing on a…
Jamie Oliver urges restricting energy drinks to age 16 and older
TORONTO – Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is urging a ban on selling energy drinks to…
N.S. doctors threaten province with legal action over contract disputes
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia doctors are threatening to take the province to court, saying alleged…
The Latest: Ex-Health and Human Services secretary testifies
NEWARK, N.J. – The Latest on the bribery trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and…
5 killed in plane crash in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW – Officials in Kazakhstan say five people, including two doctors, have died when a…
ACLU sues to challenge FDA limits on access to abortion pill
The American Civil Liberties Union sued Tuesday in a challenge to federal restrictions that limit…
VA watchdog reviewing Shulkin’s 10-day trip to Europe
WASHINGTON – The Veterans Affairs Department’s watchdog said Tuesday it is reviewing Secretary David Shulkin’s…
Woman who faked being Texas nurse sentenced to 14 months
VICTORIA, Texas – Prosecutors say a woman with no medical training who faked being a…
Catalans stop work to protest police force during referendum
BARCELONA, Spain – Striking workers, students and hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the…
Ties threatened: US orders 15 Cuban diplomats to leave
WASHINGTON – The United States expelled 15 of Cuba’s diplomats Tuesday to protest its failure…
Correction: FDA-Generic Medicines story
TRENTON, N.J. – In a story Oct. 2 on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Treasury looking into private plane flight by top official
WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department’s office of the inspector general said Tuesday it is looking…