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South Carolina convenience store sold $1.537 billion lottery ticket

Published:Wednesday | October 24, 2018 | 11:07 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A flimsy little piece of paper that crossed the counter of a convenience store on a country road in South Carolina is now worth $1.537 billion, so lottery officials could hardly be blamed Wednesday if their excitement...

NYC offices of CNN evacuated due to suspicious package

Published:Wednesday | October 24, 2018 | 9:41 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — CNN says its offices in Manhattan have been evacuated because of a suspicious package. The news network reported on Wednesday morning that a police bomb squad was at its offices. The U.S. Secret Service says agents have...

Explosive device found at Clintons' NY house

Published:Wednesday | October 24, 2018 | 9:17 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service says agents have intercepted packages containing “possible explosive devices” addressed to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The agency says neither Clinton nor Obama...

US to revoke visas of Saudis implicated in killing of writer

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):United States President Donald Trump yesterday described the killing of a Saudi journalist as a botched operation and a "bad original concept" as his administration took its first, careful steps toward punishing the Saudis by moving...

China-US ties sinking amid acrimony over trade, politics

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING, China (AP):"Both ignorant and malicious" was how the official China Daily newspaper recently described comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, offering a stinging insight into the current bitter tone of discourse between the...

Senate slipping away as Dems fight to preserve blue wave

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):In the closing stretch of the 2018 campaign, the question is no longer the size of the Democratic wave. It's whether there will be a wave at all.Top operatives in both political parties concede that Democrats' narrow path to the Senate...

President Erdogan: Saudis plotted writer's killing for days

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 12:00 AM

ANKARA (AP):Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey's president said yesterday, contradicting Saudi Arabia's explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He...

Judge in Bill Cosby case rejects new trial bid

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 4:30 PM

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday rejected Bill Cosby’s bid for a new trial or sentencing hearing, leading the comedian’s wife, Camille, to again accuse the judge of bias against her husband. The ruling by the same judge that...

San Francisco to allow non-citizens to vote for school board

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 4:25 PM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will become the largest city in the United States and one of only a handful nationwide to allow non-citizens, including people in the country illegally, to vote in a local election in November. They are only...

Want to run an Iraqi ministry? Apply online, PM says

Published:Tuesday | October 23, 2018 | 8:52 AM

BAGHDAD (AP) — Drain the swamp: it’s a promise leaders around the world are making in this era of voter cynicism and political upheaval. But Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul-Mahdi may be taking it further than anyone...

May pleads for support, says Brexit deal is almost done

Published:Monday | October 22, 2018 | 12:03 PM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to scotch a growing rebellion against her Brexit plans Monday, saying a divorce deal with the European Union is 95 percent complete and urging fellow lawmakers to “hold our nerve...

‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Willa aims for Mexico

Published:Monday | October 22, 2018 | 9:11 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Willa has grown rapidly into an “extremely dangerous” near-Category 5 storm in the eastern Pacific, on a path to smash into Mexico’s western coast between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta by...

PM apologises to Australian child sex abuse victims

Published:Monday | October 22, 2018 | 9:05 AM

SYDNEY (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivered a formal apology Monday to Australia’s victims of child sex abuse, saying the nation must acknowledge their long, painful journey and its failure to protect them. Morrison’s...