Despite tense relations, US and Mexico come together for earthquake recovery
MEXICO CITY -- It's been a tough year for U.S.-Mexico relations.The countries are locked in tense talks to renegotiate ... Read More
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Trump urges help for Myanmar's Rohingya amid violent crackdown
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump has asked his national security advisers to find ways to help end violence that's driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh, according ...Read more
Frida the search dog gets her star moment
MEXICO CITY -- One of Mexico's most beloved rescuers wears wide protective goggles, a harness and two pairs of boots.
Frida is the star of the Mexican navy's Canine Unit. Throughout her career, the 7-year-old Labrador has...Read more
Ugandan president wants to hold the office for life, sparking protests in the streets
KAMPALA, Uganda -- After more than 31 years in power, 73-year-old Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is carefully planning for the 2021 elections, determined to run for office again.
It needs a deft manipulation: a change ...Read more
Everyday Mexicans relying on themselves for earthquake rescue
MEXICO CITY -- In the moments after the earthquake, they didn't cower, they mobilized.
By the tens of thousands, volunteers streamed toward the Mexico City neighborhoods most damaged by Tuesday's violent temblor. Some ...Read more
Toys R Us plans to hire thousands of seasonal workers despite bankruptcy
Toys R Us Inc. said Thursday it plans to again hire thousands of part-time workers nationwide for the holiday shopping season despite the toy chain's bankruptcy filing this week.
The company did not specify the number of ...Read more
Calgon Carbon's stock spikes on news of $1.3 billion deal to be acquired by Japanese firm
PITTSBURGH -- In an announcement destined to produce a collective swoon among shareholders, Pittsburgh-based Calgon Carbon said Thursday it agreed to be acquired by a much larger Japanese company for about $1.1 billion in ...Read more
Fox News adds a live program at 11 p.m. with Shannon Bream
Fox News is expanding its program lineup with a new live 11 p.m. Eastern time broadcast anchored by Shannon Bream.
The 21st Century Fox unit announced Thursday that it plans to launch "Fox News @ Night" on Oct. 30, the ...Read more
Movie review: Emma Stone and Steve Carell serve up surprising 'Battle of the Sexes'
Two battles, not one, share the spotlight in the enjoyable and entertaining "Battle of the Sexes," one you expect and one you do not. And it's the unexpected one that makes all the difference.
The part that's expected is ...Read more
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The Windsor Diaries Book One: Victorian Scoundrel
Stephanie Burkhart$2.99
It's 2011 and compressed natural gas has taken over from the coal producing steam machines of the Victorian Age. Alice Windsor, Princess of York, follows her cousin, Prince Edmund of Wales back to the past and 1851 for Britain's Great Exhibition. Alice soon discovers ...
UN World Food Program gets substantial funding, but 'needs are not being met'
NEW YORK -- Funding for the U.N. World Food Program is substantial compared to other times in the agency's history, but more is needed to meet global needs, the agency's executive director said.
The United States is ...Read more
Trump announces more sanctions against North Korea for its nuclear buildup
NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans for new sanctions against North Korea as he struggles to find ways to confront the country's nuclear buildup.
After threatening earlier this week to ...Read more
Sean Spicer's Emmys cameo was Trump-approved: 'He thought I did a great job'
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer continued his press tour (for what, exactly?) Thursday with an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America."
Spicer sat down with Paula Faris, whose first question was about ...Read more
Jimmy Kimmel fires back at Sen. Cassidy: 'Which part don't I understand?'
Jimmy Kimmel doubled down on his criticism of Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy on Wednesday, firing back at the co-sponsor of the new Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill and many others who responded to his monologue from the ...Read more
A stunned Puerto Rico begins to dig out after Hurricane Maria
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Hurricane Maria reduced homes to heaps of wood and cement in the oceanfront settlement of La Perla, where hundreds of people picked their way down the rocky hillsides strewn with debris Thursday to...Read more
MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell apologizes for expletive-laden tantrums caught on leaked clips
Leaked footage showing MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell having several on-camera outbursts has prompted the anchorman to do some damage control.
"A better anchorman and a better person would've had a better reaction to ...Read more
Mexico rescuers battle fatigue and the clock in search for trapped quake survivors
MEXICO CITY -- Battling grinding fatigue and mountains of rubble, rescuers Thursday raced against time in the search for survivors of Mexico's earthquake, keenly aware of ever-dwindling odds of finding people alive beneath...Read more
Tennessee Republicans prepare for another Senate primary
WASHINGTON -- When Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker asked President Donald Trump to campaign for Alabama Sen. Luther Strange ahead of next week's Senate Republican runoff, he might have had a little self-preservation in mind.
A ...Read more
Movie review: 'Kingsman' is a royal pain
Not that anyone has been calling for it, but director Matthew Vaughn's "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" brings the spy saga back in all its overblown, inconsistent glory. In this ultraviolent farce many innocent people suffer...Read more
Profit dispute over 'The Walking Dead' rages for four years
Since it began airing in 2010, "The Walking Dead" has resurrected far more than just the dearly departed.
With its through-the-roof ratings, the series breathed new life into the zombie genre, resuscitated the career of ...Read more
Cruz praises end of DACA but has no solution for 'Dreamers'
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz's tough stance on immigration has put him at odds with fellow Republicans in his own state as he prepares for a re-election run next year.
Cruz, R-Texas, has wholeheartedly praised President ...Read more
After one failed election, can Kenyans come together to make the redo succeed?
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- After Kenya's Supreme Court invalidated last month's election because of mass irregularities, President Uhuru Kenyatta was angry and pained. It was as if a thief had stolen his cow and he ...Read more
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