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Islamic State militants re-enter Syria's historic Palmyra
BEIRUT - Islamic State militants re-entered the historic city of Palmyra in central Syria on Saturday for the first time since they were expelled by Syrian and Russian forces nine months ago. The acti...
Dec 10, 2016
Public viewing of John Glenn in Ohio to extend for 8 hours
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Members of the public will be given eight hours Friday to pay their respects to John Glenn as the late astronaut-hero lies in state at Ohio’s capitol building. A spokesman said ...
Dec 10, 2016
Austin officials surprised by park condoms-in-trees campaign
AUSTIN, Texas - Austin health department workers hung bags of condoms and information about safe sex from trees at a park - without informing their bosses or the local parks department, according to a...
Dec 10, 2016
Romania: PM's tieless look talking point in electoral race.
BUCHAREST, Romania - Is Romania’s prime minister straining his ties with voters during an election campaign? Since Dacian Ciolos appeared open-collared and sans cravat in recent television inter...
Dec 10, 2016
US says 2,000 IS fighters killed, gravely wounded in Mosul
QAYARA AIR BASE, Iraq - Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed or gravely wounded more than 2,000 Islamic State fighters in the battle for Mosul since October, the top U.S. commander in Iraq ...
Dec 10, 2016
Trump team challenges intel on Russian election influence
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s presidential transition team on Saturday challenged the veracity of U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia was trying to tip the November election to the Republica...
Dec 10, 2016
Virtue and Moir finally claim elusive Grand Prix Final title
MARSEILLE, France - Former Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the ice dance at the Grand Prix final on Saturday, clinching the elusive title for the first time in their comeback year. L...
Dec 10, 2016
Governor Joe Piscopo? Comedian eyes run in New Jersey
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - Joe Piscopo’s Frank Sinatra impression, made famous from his days on “Saturday Night Live,” has gotten an update. It’s no longer “New York, New York...
Dec 10, 2016
NYPD seeks cure for gun violence with data-driven cases
NEW YORK - Even as homicide rates have climbed in other American cities, New York City is again on pace to have a near-record low number of shootings, and police are partly crediting refined tactics t...
Dec 10, 2016
Canada's St-Gelais takes bronze in 500m short-track speedskating World Cup race
SHANGHAI - Canada’s Marianne St-Gelais finished third in women’s 500-metre World Cup short-track speedskating race Saturday. St-Gelais, from Saint-Felicien, Que., was passed at the finish ...
Dec 10, 2016