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4 tribes sue over Oklahoma gambling compacts with 2 others
Four Oklahoma tribes are asking a federal court to void gambling compacts between the state of Oklahoma and two other tribes agreements that the Oklahoma State Supreme Court recently invalidated.
Thousands throng central Jerusalem in anti-Netanyahu protest
Thousands of demonstrators thronged the streets near the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in central Jerusalem on Saturday night, in a renewed show of strength as weeks of protests against the Israeli leader showed no signs of slowi...
Shipyard, union reach tentative deal to end strike in Maine
Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and production workers reached a tentative agreement to end a strike that has stretched for more than a month during a global pandemic, the union announced Saturday.
Jerry Falwell Jr. takes indefinite leave from Liberty University post
Jerry Falwell Jr., a leading evangelical ally of President Donald Trump, has taken an indefinite leave of absence from his posts as president and chancellor of Liberty University, the Christian school he has run for more than a decade, its board of truste...
China Seals off Village after Bubonic Plague Death in Inner Mongolia
Bubonic plague, which is one of plague's three forms, causes painful, swollen lymph nodes, as well as fever, chills, and coughing.
Ireland reimposes some COVID-19 restrictions in three counties
Ireland announced its first localised reimposition of some coronavirus restrictions on Friday as it sought to control outbreaks in three of the country's 26 counties, one of which borders the most populous, Dublin.
Venezuelans breaking coronavirus rules punished under the sun
Security forces are punishing some Venezuelans who violate anticoronavirus measures with physical exercise, sitting under the sun and even beating, witnesses and rights groups say.
China Wants 'Unpredictable' Trump to Lose Election: US intelligence
A top US intelligence official has pointed to China's criticism of Trump's handling of the coronavirus epidemic, of the US closure of China's Houston consulate, and of the US administration's stances on Chinese actions in Hong Kong and the South China Sea...
Reward offered in Denver fire that killed 5 from Senegal
A $14,000 reward was offered Friday for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for setting a house fire that killed five people with ties to Senegal.
AP PHOTOS: Cadets train at West Point amid a pandemic
The pandemic is not stopping summer training at West Point.
Federal suit filed against Saudi crown prince by ex-official
A former top Saudi counterterrorism official has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, alleging the royal tried to trap and kill him in the U.S. and Canada.
El Salvador political stalemate a drag on pandemic response
For months, the strictest measures confronting the COVID19 pandemic in Latin America seemed to keep infections in check in El Salvador, but a gradual reopening combined with a political stalemate has seen infections increase nearly fourfold.
VIRUS DIARY: We eloped, just not the way we'd planned
The plan was to elope in April in New York City, where my fiancee, Julie Trolle, lives.
Winfrey demanding justice for Breonna Taylor with billboards
First, Oprah Winfrey put Breonna Taylor on the cover of O, The Oprah Magazine. Now the media mogul is spreading her message with billboards demanding justice for the Kentucky woman shot to death during a police raid.
Afghan grand assembly gathers to decide fate of Taliban prisoners
Thousands of Afghan elders, community leaders and politicians gathered on Friday to debate government efforts to make peace with the Taliban, in particular the fate of 400 hardcore Taliban prisoners whose release could clear the way for talks.
China Sentences Canadian to Death Over Drug Charge
The court said in a statement it had handed Xu Weihong a death sentence for manufacturing drugs, and said all his personal property would be confiscated.