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Teen who fled UK to join Islamic State wants to come home
LONDON - A pregnant British teenager who ran away from Britain to join Islamic State extremists in Syria four years ago has said she wants to come back to London, but her path home is not clear. Shami...
Feb 14, 2019
Papua New Guinea on hunt for 275 cars missing after APEC
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A Papua New Guinea police superintendent on Thursday was hot on the trail of one of the many high-end cars he's trying to recover after an international summit. About 275 car...
Feb 14, 2019
Fentanyl deaths from 'Mexican oxy' pills hit Arizona hard
TUCSON, Ariz. - Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever. He became yet another victim killed by a flood of illicit fentan...
Feb 14, 2019
Parkland massacre survivors privately mourning anniversary
PARKLAND, Fla. - The communities and families terrorized by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre will spend Thursday's anniversary visiting graves, packing meals for the needy and contrib...
Feb 14, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Declaring emergency for wall not so ordinary
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump would be taking an extraordinary step by declaring a national emergency to steer money to his promised border wall. He's making it sound quite ordinary. TRUMP: "You...
Feb 14, 2019
Parkland massacre reshapes K-12 in Florida
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. - Some students have difficulty trusting classmates outside their circle. Parents say interactions with school staff are more impersonal. Teachers worry that added security detracts f...
Feb 14, 2019
Budget deal allows far less money than Trump wanted for wall
WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over im...
Feb 14, 2019
2 Parkland moms now divided over guns
PARKLAND, Fla. - It's an image that has become emblematic of the Parkland school massacre : two terrified moms outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, one of them a tall, weeping blonde with the black ...
Feb 14, 2019
In Texas, Trump backs wall while O'Rourke rallies opponents
EL PASO, Texas - President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers' tentative deal that would give him far less tha...
Feb 14, 2019
12 Indian soldiers killed, 40 wounded by car bomb in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - At least 12 soldiers were killed and 40 others wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack on a paramilitary convoy along a key highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir, security officials sai...
Feb 14, 2019
