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UK Labour Party in turmoil over new anti-Semitism claims
LONDON - Britain's main opposition Labour Party was in turmoil Thursday after a television documentary renewed allegations that anti-Semitism is rife within its ranks. In the BBC program, former staff...
Jul 13, 2019
Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump abandoned his controversial bid to inject a citizenship question into next year's census Thursday, instead directing federal agencies to try to compile the informat...
Jul 13, 2019
Millions in line of punishing rain from Tropical Storm Barry
NEW ORLEANS - People boarded up buildings, stocked up on water and braced for torrents of rain and punishing wind from a strengthening Tropical Storm Barry that threatened millions as it churned a pat...
Jul 13, 2019
Toxic lake in Russia's Siberia becomes selfie sensation
MOSCOW - Residents of a city in Siberia don't need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents - ranging from scantily...
Jul 13, 2019
Aftermath of Canadian submarine fire: PTSD, asthma and depression
HALIFAX - The Canadian sailors who fought a deadly fire aboard the submarine HMCS Chicoutimi in 2004 suffered from significantly elevated levels of post-traumatic stress, depression and...
Jul 13, 2019
'Frustration and alienation:' Jason Kenney tells premiers national unity threatened
SASKATOON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he still believes national unity is under threat despite two days of collaborative discussions with the country's leaders. Kenney said his ...
Jul 13, 2019
Train collision in Pakistan kills 20
MULTAN, Pakistan - A passenger train rammed into a freight train at a railway station in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 74 others, hospital officials said. The ...
Jul 12, 2019
Britain says Iranian vessels tried to block tanker in Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The British navy said Thursday it stopped three Iranian paramilitary vessels from disrupting the passage of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz in a brief b...
Jul 12, 2019
'It's powerful': Tropical storm starts lashing Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS - Homeowners sandbagged their doors and tourists trying to get out of town jammed the airport Friday as Tropical Storm Barry began rolling in, threatening an epic drenching that could test...
Jul 12, 2019
Jim Bouton, ex-Yankees pitcher and 'Ball Four' author, dies
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book "Ball Four," has died. He was 80. Bouton's fami...
Jul 12, 2019
