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September 21, 2018

Puerto Rico marks 1 year since Maria with song and sadness

Clapping and raising their hands to the sky, hundreds of people clad in white gathered at an 18th-century fort in the Puerto ...

September 20, 2018

No instant end to New Jersey's takeover of Atlantic City

Democrat Phil Murphy campaigned for governor of New Jersey in part on a promise to end the state takeover of Atlantic City, ...

September 20, 2018

Wrestler-turned-mayor to become WWE's Kane once again

A new Tennessee mayor who's also a semi-retired pro wrestler will once again don his "Kane" gear to participate in the WWE ...

September 20, 2018

New landslide kills 21, buries houses in Philippines

A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a central Philippine mountain Thursday, killing at least 21 people and ...

September 20, 2018

Frustration builds as Carolina residents wait to go home

Exhaustion and frustration are building in the Carolinas as thousands of people wait to go home days after Hurricane Florence ...

September 20, 2018

The Latest: Ferry services resuming in North Carolina

The Latest on Florence (all times local): 7:20 p.m. North Carolina transportation officials say ferry service for the public ...

September 19, 2018

Rahm Emanuel to publish book on 'Why Mayors Run the World'

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a new book deal. Book publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday it will publish a book by ...

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September 18, 2018

North Carolina residents consider fleeing as rivers rise

The river seethed a quarter-mile away, bulging from its banks, so the patrol cars circled the neighborhood three times.

September 18, 2018

Rhode Island town council joins others boycotting Nike

A Rhode Island town council has voted to ask its departments to refrain from purchasing Nike products, one of a handful of ...

September 18, 2018

Bloomberg mulling a run for president as a Democrat

Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is actively thinking of running for president in 2020 as a ...

September 18, 2018

In Carolinas, a question as the rivers rise: Stay or go?

The river seethed a quarter-mile away, bulging from its banks, so the patrol cars circled the neighborhood three times.

September 18, 2018

The Latest: More N Carolina counties qualify for federal aid

The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 8:45 p.m. More North Carolina counties have qualified for ...

September 18, 2018

Long held as oldest in US, New Jersey nuclear plant closes

A nuclear power plant long considered to be the oldest in America shut down Monday, the victim of its age and inability to ...

September 17, 2018

Mauritania's ruling party wins majority parliament

Mauritania's election commission says the West African nation's ruling party has won a majority of seats in a second round ...

September 17, 2018

Hope fades in Philippines for dozens buried in landslides

Dozens of people believed buried in a landslide unleashed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines probably did not survive, ...

September 17, 2018

Pakistan's Ex-PM Sharif returns to prison after furlough

A provincial government in Pakistan has returned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, as well as his daughter and son in-law, ...

September 17, 2018

Mangkhut weakens to tropical storm after plowing into China

Mangkhut weakened from a typhoon to a tropical storm as it moved deeper into southern China on Monday, leaving death and ...

September 17, 2018

The Latest: 3-month-old dies when tree falls on home

The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local): 7:05 p.m. The death toll from Hurricane Florence and its ...

September 16, 2018

Kurds opt out of first local elections in Syria since 2011

Syria held its first municipal elections since 2011 on Sunday, amid tensions with the country's self-administered Kurdish ...