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On two wheels, 'The Climb' rides through Cannes as a hit
CANNES, France - One of the breakouts at the Cannes Film Festival is a comedy about a male friendship that developed over many years and hundreds of miles on their bikes. Michael Angelo Covino's "The ...
May 19, 2019
Defunct steelmaker's 21-story headquarters imploded
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Sixteen thousand tons of Bethlehem Steel collapsed in a matter of seconds Sunday as a demolition crew imploded Martin Tower, the defunct steelmaker's former world headquarters. Crowds...
May 19, 2019
Female lawmakers speak about rapes as abortion bills advance
COLUMBUS, Ohio - For more than two decades, Nancy Mace did not speak publicly about her rape. In April, when she finally broke her silence, she chose the most public of forums - before her colleagues ...
May 19, 2019
Australia's leader vows to get back to work after shock win
SYDNEY, Australia - A jubilant Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed Sunday to get straight back to work afterashock election victory by his conservative government that has left bewildered v...
May 19, 2019
AP sources: Former CIA chief Brennan to brief Dems on Iran
WASHINGTON - House Democrats will hear from former CIA director John Brennan about the situation in Iran, inviting him to speak next week amid heightened concerns over the Trump administration's sudde...
May 19, 2019
Indians vote in final phase of grueling national election
KOLKATA, India - Indians voted Sunday in the seventh and final phase of a grueling national election that lasted more than five weeks, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party seeks t...
May 19, 2019
Saudis say they don't want war, but will defend themselves
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf after at...
May 19, 2019
New B.C. museum policy highlights return of Indigenous remains, artifacts
VANCOUVER - Letters to Scotland sent by a woman from the small settlement of Victoria around 1850 gave Dianne Hinkley more insight into why the bones of her ancestor...
May 19, 2019
Uncertainty looms over UK as Brexit compromise talks fail
LONDON - Talks between Britain's Conservative government and the opposition Labour Party seeking a compromise over Brexit broke down without agreement Friday, plunging the country back into a morass o...
May 19, 2019
Former B.C. polygamous leader guilty in taking child bride to United States
CRANBROOK, B.C. - There's "no room for doubt" that a former leader in a religious sect that practises polygamy in Bountiful, B.C., knew that an underage girl who he removed from Canada to be...
May 19, 2019
