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Detente won't change Cuba

Detente won't change Cuba

Dec 20, 2014 / 2:46 pm

Cuban President Raul Castro sent a blunt message to Washington Saturday as the White House works to reverse a half-century of hostility between the U.S. and...

Soviet threat to Santa? No way

Soviet threat to Santa? No way

Dec 20, 2014 / 12:26 pm

The Kennedy Presidential Library wants to remind the world that not even the threat of thermonuclear conflict can stop Santa Claus from making his rounds. The...

N. Korea wants joint investigation

N. Korea wants joint investigation

Dec 20, 2014 / 12:22 pm

North Korea on Saturday proposed a joint investigation with the U.S. into the hacking attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, warning of "serious"...

Thief dyes dog's fur

Thief dyes dog's fur

Dec 20, 2014 / 12:18 pm

Coco, a reddish-brown pit bull with white markings, went missing from her Southern California home on Thanksgiving. Nearly a month later, she was found and...

Aging white lion euthanized

Aging white lion euthanized

Dec 20, 2014 / 8:46 am

An aging white lion given to the Cincinnati Zoo by performers Seigfried & Roy had to be euthanized because of age-related health issues. The zoo says Future...

Sony cyberattack muted in Japan

Sony cyberattack muted in Japan

Dec 20, 2014 / 8:31 am

Japan's biggest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, featured a story about Sony Corp. on its website Friday. It wasn't about hacking. It was about the...

Cuba won't change overnight

Cuba won't change overnight

Dec 20, 2014 / 8:26 am

President Barack Obama says he doesn't expect the reopening of diplomatic relations with Cuba to bring overnight change on the island, a quick end to the...

Drunk driver pleads not guilty

Drunk driver pleads not guilty

Dec 19, 2014 / 9:05 pm

A woman accused of killing four people, including a 6-year-old boy, while running her car into pedestrians outside a church appeared in court Friday cuffed to a...

Ashanti 'shocked' by retrial

Ashanti 'shocked' by retrial

Dec 19, 2014 / 8:59 pm

R&B star Ashanti says she's "shocked and horrified" at the possibility of being questioned again by a stalking suspect after a New York...

Grey wolves endangered again

Grey wolves endangered again

Dec 19, 2014 / 7:35 pm

A federal judge on Friday threw out an Obama administration decision to remove grey wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the endangered species list...

Castro silent amid historic change

Castro silent amid historic change

Dec 19, 2014 / 4:14 pm

Everyone in Cuba is talking about the startling turn in relations with the United States, with one notable exception: Fidel Castro. So far, the larger-than-life...

8 children killed in Australia

8 children killed in Australia

Australia Dec 19, 2014 / 1:55 pm

Update -- Dec. 19 A woman has been arrested for murder in the killings of 8 children in an Australian home. Queensland Police Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar...

Parents don't want death penalty

Parents don't want death penalty

Denver Dec 19, 2014 / 10:00 am

The parents of Colorado theatre shooting suspect James Holmes are pleading for him to be spared the death penalty. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of...

FBI says it has linked  Sony hack

FBI says it has linked Sony hack

North Korea Dec 19, 2014 / 9:45 am

The Obama administration on Friday formally accused the North Korean government of being responsible for the devastating hacking attack against Sony Pictures...

States challenge pot legalization

States challenge pot legalization

USA Dec 19, 2014 / 6:35 am

Nebraska and Oklahoma on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare Colorado's legalization of marijuana unconstitutional, saying the drug is being...

Military fights back after massacre

Military fights back after massacre

Pakistan Dec 19, 2014 / 6:30 am

Pakistani warplanes and ground forces killed at least 77 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Friday, days after...

Lava on track to hit marketplace

Lava on track to hit marketplace

Hawaii Dec 18, 2014 / 11:10 pm

Lava from an active volcano on Hawaii's Big Island slowed slightly but stayed on track to hit a shopping centre in the small town of Pahoa. The molten rock...

Girl to stand trial in stabbing

Girl to stand trial in stabbing

Wisconsin Dec 18, 2014 / 10:50 am

One of two girls accused of stabbing a classmate in a southeastern Wisconsin park to please a fantasy character known as Slender Man is competent to stand trial...

Extremists blamed for kidnapping

Extremists blamed for kidnapping

Nigeria Dec 18, 2014 / 10:30 am

Islamic extremists killed 35 people and kidnapped at least 185, fleeing residents said Thursday of an attack near the town where nearly 300 schoolgirls were...

Cubans hope for better future

Cubans hope for better future

Dec 18, 2014 / 7:30 am

Cubans cheered the surprise announcement that their country will restore relations with the United States, hopeful they'll soon see expanded trade and new...

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