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Security tight, Jews gather at stadium for religious event
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Tens of thousands of Jewish people congregated Wednesday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to celebrate the reading of the entire Talmud in an event called Siyum HaShas - and dr...
Jan 02, 2020
Santa Fe Chicano mural slated for destruction for new museum
An iconic Chicano mural in Santa Fe painted by Mexican American artists is scheduled for destruction to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose cultu...
Jan 02, 2020
Fleeing war, poverty, African migrants face racism in Egypt
CAIRO - Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighbourhood when a group of Egyptian teenagers crowded around them. The boys...
Jan 02, 2020
Funeral set for mother, son killed in Louisiana plane crash
LAFAYETTE, La. - A Louisiana mom and son who were devoted fans of Louisiana State University and were on their way to see the school's football team in the Peach Bowl when they died in a plane crash, ...
Jan 02, 2020
Turkey's parliament to vote on sending troops to Libya
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's parliament is to vote on Thursday on whether to send Turkish troops to Libya, to back the U.N.-supported government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival admini...
Jan 02, 2020
Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, injuring 14
NEW DELHI - A factory manufacturing batteries caught fire and collapsed in the Indian capital Thursday, injuring 13 fire officials and one security guard, police said. A fire official said three peopl...
Jan 01, 2020
Raging wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town's waterfront
PERTH, Australia - Wildfires burning across Australia's two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed at least two people while more propert...
Jan 01, 2020
Helicopter crashes carrying Taiwan's top military officer
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The defence ministry says five people survived the crash of a military helicopter carrying 13 people but the fate of Taiwan's top military official was unclear. Air force Gen. Shen Yi...
Jan 01, 2020
Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service
WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texas church for Sunday services. By the time the man ...
Jan 01, 2020
Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board
FORT MADISON, Iowa - Pete Buttigieg says he "would not have wanted to see" his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in the country, ...
Jan 01, 2020
