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HOUSTON — An Alabama woman who accused Jay-Z and Diddy of raping her when she was 13 years old sat...

Syrians celebrate dawn of a new era — with hope and some trepidation

Syrians flooded into streets, markets and mosques on Friday celebrating the recent overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and attending the first...

Bob Fernandez, 100-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor, dies peacefully at home 83 years after bombing

HONOLULU -- Bob Fernandez, a 100-year-old survivor of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, died shortly after deteriorating health prompted...

Former U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi injured after falling at an event in Luxembourg

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she "sustained an injury" during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according...

Tekquan Alexander in this undated mugshot provided by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.

Ventura County man who beat daughter into coma gets life in prison

A Ventura County man convicted of beating his 4-year-old daughter so severely that it left her paralyzed and in a...

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight. Here’s how to see it

Article contentThe annual Geminid meteor shower is expected to reach its peak on Friday night and into Saturday morning, with...

Trump says he will seek to eliminate daylight saving time

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he and Republicans would seek to permanently eliminate daylight saving time when he takes...

Court approves The Body Shop Canada sale, about 100 to lose jobs as some stores close

An Ontario court has given The Body Shop Canada the approval it needs to sell the majority of its business...

OpenAI’s legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoil over avoiding AI ‘dictatorship’

A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial...

‘Difficult and stressful’: Business on GST break