UNITED NATIONS – The Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a one-year extension of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force…
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Kids, go make a mess this July Fourth
Light up those power strips, kids. July Fourth is here! It’s time to play on the iPad, Xbox and Wii…
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PLAINFIELD, Pa. – Police say a New York City man driving a stolen car took the wrong road and ended…
Read MorePrivately owned Texas town drops ‘Bikinis’ name tied to restaurant chain to appease neighbors
BANKERSMITH, Texas – Bikinis, Texas, is no more. The privately owned town in rural Gillespie County has reverted to Bankersmith,…
Read More18 tourists hospitalized after hot air balloon accident in Cappadocia area of central Turkey
ISTANBUL – A Turkish medical official says that 18 tourists were hospitalized after a hot air balloon accident in the…
Read MoreFamily of ex-US Marine held in Iran since 2011 traveling to nuclear talks to seek his release
FLINT, Mich. – Relatives of a former U.S. Marine held in an Iranian prison since 2011 say they’re traveling to…
Read MoreFighting rages on in Yemen as talks continue in Oman, another delegation heads to Moscow
SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security officials say ground fighting and Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Shiite rebels continue across the country…
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Covidien agrees to settle some cases over transvaginal mesh devices
Medtronic Plc’s Covidien unit has agreed to settle some of the more than 11,000 claims involving its transvaginal mesh devices,…
Read MoreDutch court orders government to cut 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Dutch court has ordered the government to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by at…
Read MoreSpain proposes huge fines for alleged Chilean sea bass fish poaching operation in Antarctic
MADRID – Authorities in Spain say a Spanish company ran an international operation that illegally captured vast amounts of an…
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