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Slain teen charged attacker in Colorado school shooting
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. - When a gunman burst into his high school classroom, Kendrick Castillo did not hesitate. The 18-year-old immediately charged, pinning the attacker to the wall before Castillo w...
May 10, 2019
Man arrested in 1985 killing of Hollywood TV director
LOS ANGELES - A man charged with bludgeoning and strangling to death a Hollywood television director more than three decades ago was arrested Thursday in North Carolina after police said DNA and a con...
May 10, 2019
Conan O'Brien settles joke-theft lawsuit weeks before trial
SAN DIEGO - Conan O'Brien has made peace with a man who heckled him not from the crowd but the courts. O'Brien and several co-defendants, including his writing staff, agreed Thursday to settle a 2015 ...
May 10, 2019
US hikes tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing vows retaliation
BEIJING - President Donald Trump's latest tariff hike on Chinese goods took effect Friday and Beijing said it would retaliate, escalating a battle over China's technology ambitions and other trade ten...
May 10, 2019
Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy in Pakistan arrives in Canada: lawyer
OTTAWA - Conservatives in Canada want the federal government and the international community to push Pakistan to address its "abhorrent misuse of blasphemy laws" after the safe arrival ...
May 10, 2019
Supreme Court to rule on migrant detainees' rights to challenge incarceration
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court is to rule today on whether immigration detainees have the right to challenge their detentions in person before judges. Migrants who do not hold Canadian citizensh...
May 10, 2019
Trump claims China tariffs help US, trade talks 'congenial'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says trade talks between China and the U.S. are continuing in a "very congenial manner" despite new tariffs the U.S. imposed Friday on $200 billion in Chinese impor...
May 10, 2019
Hello, Archie! Meghan and Harry name son Archie Harrison
LONDON - Tired but beaming, new parents Meghan and Prince Harry presented their 2-day-old son to the world as he slumbered Wednesday and also revealed his name: Archie. The royal couple, known as the ...
May 10, 2019
GM, Unifor announce investment in Oshawa plant that will save 300 jobs
TORONTO - The union representing Canadian auto workers claimed a partial victory Tuesday after General Motors Canada announced an Oshawa, Ont., plant slated to close later this year&nbs...
May 10, 2019
Taliban attack aid group office in Afghan capital, kills 5
KABUL - Taliban fighters attacked the offices of a U.S.-based aid organization in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion and battling security forces in an assault that lasted m...
May 10, 2019