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Piece of sunken USS Arizona heading to Texas war memorial
June 22, 2018 - 12:12 AM

HONOLULU - An 800-pound (363-kilogram) chunk from the USS Arizona battleship that sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor is heading to Texas for display at a war memorial.
Fatal fight sets off anti-India protests, clashes in Kashmir
June 22, 2018 - 12:18 AM

SRINAGAR, India - Police say at least two rebels, a police official and a civilian were killed during a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir, triggering anti-India protests and clashes in which several people have been injured.
Turkey detains 14 suspected IS militants in raids
June 22, 2018 - 12:18 AM

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's state-run news agency says police have rounded up 14 suspected Islamic State militants in simultaneous raids in the capital, Ankara.
UK police arrest man after he claims to have a bomb
June 22, 2018 - 12:16 AM

LONDON - British Transport Police say they have arrested a man who had claimed to have a bomb on the rail tracks at London's Charing Cross Station.
What's that extra in my online cart? Soon, maybe a sales tax
June 22, 2018 - 12:06 AM

NEW YORK - Attention shoppers: You may soon be paying more taxes on what you put in your online cart.
Muted reaction by 'pro-family' groups to family separations
June 22, 2018 - 12:04 AM

Even as many religious organizations, denounced the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, some major advocacy groups that depict themselves as "pro-family" declined to join in the criticism.
German EU commissioner warns Merkel allies in migration spat
June 22, 2018 - 12:02 AM

BERLIN - Germany's representative on the European Union's executive is warning Chancellor Angela Merkel's Bavarian allies against escalating a conflict over migration further, arguing that they are weakening the country's standing in the EU.
Colorado's independent voters get voice in party primaries
June 21, 2018 - 11:58 PM

DENVER - Colorado is joining the ranks of other states that allow unaffiliated voters to vote in major party primaries.
Pentagon agrees to provide space for 20,000 migrant children
June 21, 2018 - 11:56 PM

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon will make space available on military bases for as many as 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children detained after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, says a spokesman.
Trapped campers, swimming bears in Montana as floods hit US
June 21, 2018 - 11:53 PM

HELENA, Mont. - Helicopters rescued people stranded by flooding in Texas and Montana, including 140 children and counsellors stuck in a mountain bible camp for two days, as severe storms swept the Rockies and the Midwest.
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