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AP Interview: Yemen factions said to have pledged easing aid

AMMAN, Jordan — Warring sides in Yemen's civil war promised visiting U.N.

Jul 27, 2017 2:30 PM Read more >

UK police: Corporate manslaughter possible in tower fire

LONDON — British police said Thursday they have "reasonable grounds" to suspect that local authorities may have committed corporate manslaughter in a deadly high-rise fire in London.

Jul 27, 2017 2:24 PM Read more >

GOP seeks support for narrow version of "Obamacare" repeal

WASHINGTON — Battered by repeated failures to repeal or replace "Obamacare," Senate GOP leaders retreated to a narrow approach Thursday that would undo just a few of the most unpopular elements of Barack Obama's law.

Jul 27, 2017 2:23 PM Read more >

Iran claims launch of satellite-carrying rocket into space

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran successfully launched its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket into space, the country's state media reported on Thursday, in what is likely the most significant step yet for the launch vehicle.

Jul 27, 2017 2:21 PM Read more >

Scaramucci lobs grenades in already chaotic White House

WASHINGTON — New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci went after chief of staff Reince Priebus on Thursday as a suspected "leaker" inside the West Wing in a pull-no-punches interview that laid bare the personality clashes and intern

Jul 27, 2017 2:17 PM Read more >

Russia sanctions bill exposes Trump's legislative tug of war

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is likely to sign a tough new sanctions bill that includes proposed measures targeting Russia — a remarkable concession that the president has yet to sell his party on his hopes for forging a warmer relationship wi

Jul 27, 2017 1:52 PM Read more >

Authorities: Man robs bank, then gets naked and throws money

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in Florida say they arrested a man who robbed a bank, stripped naked and ran down the street throwing stolen money — a spectacle that he somehow thought would jump-start his career as a comedian.

Jul 27, 2017 1:44 PM Read more >

Ohio State Fair opens but rides closed after deadly accident

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State Fair opened Thursday but its amusement rides remained closed one day after a man was killed and seven other people were injured when a thrill ride broke apart and flung people into the air.

Jul 27, 2017 1:39 PM Read more >

Madonna accepts damages from publisher over privacy invasion

LONDON — Madonna and her twin daughters, Stella and Estere, have accepted damages from the British publisher of the Mail Online website over an article that was a "serious invasion of privacy," a lawyer for the star said Thursday.

Jul 27, 2017 1:24 PM Read more >

Judge approves plan for Charlie Gard to be sent to hospice

LONDON — A British judge ordered Thursday that critically ill infant Charlie Gard should be moved from a hospital to a hospice, where he will "inevitably" die within a short time.

Jul 27, 2017 12:57 PM Read more >