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Prize-winning children’s author Richard Peck dies at 84

NEW YORK -- Prize-winning children’s author Richard Peck, who drew upon his Illinois roots for such favorites as “A Long Way from Chicago” and “A Year Down Yonder,” has died. Peck died on Wednesday ...

[Breaking] Trump cancels North Korean summit, citing 'tremendous anger'

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump is canceling the planned June 12 summit with North Korea's Kim Jong-un, citing the "tremendous anger and open hostility'' in a recent statement from North Korea. ...

May 24, 2018
Politics
North Korea demolishes nuke test site with series of blasts

PUNGGYE-RI, North Korea -- North Korea carried out what it said is the demolition of its nuclear test site Thursday, setting off a series of explosions over several hours in the presence of foreign j...

May 24, 2018
North Korea
Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

NEW YORK -- Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to the elegiac lyricism of "American Pa...

May 23, 2018
People
Elderly North Korean spies trapped in South yearn for home

GWANGJU —- He’s spent nearly six decades trapped on enemy soil, surviving 29 years in a prison where he was tortured by South Korean guards before being released to a life of poverty and police surve...

May 23, 2018
North Korea
As summit looms, North Korean media return to angry tone

North Korean media stepped up their rhetorical attacks on South Korea and joint military exercises with the United States, warning Tuesday that a budding detente could be in danger. An article publi...

May 22, 2018
North Korea
‘Shoplifters’ wins Palme d’Or, grand prize to Spike Lee

CANNES, France -- A tumultuous Cannes Film Festival concluded Saturday with the Palme d’Or awarded to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Shoplifters,” a tender portrait of a poor, impoverished fa...

May 20, 2018
Film
School bus torn apart in dump truck collision, killing 2

MOUNT OLIVE, New Jersey -- A school bus taking children on a field trip to a historic site collided with a dump truck on Thursday, ripping the bus apart and killing a student and a teacher. The cras...

May 18, 2018
World News
Judge tosses California law allowing life-ending drugs

Betsy Davis threw herself a party before becoming one of the first people to use a California law allowing her to take her own life in 2016. Her sister and other advocates fear others won't have the...

May 16, 2018
World News
Police probe whether Autopilot feature was on in Tesla crash

Police are investigating whether a Tesla sedan's semi-autonomous Autopilot feature was engaged when it rear-ended a fire department truck in Utah. The Tesla Model S crashed into the truck at 60 mph ...

May 14, 2018
Automode
Trump welcomes N. Korea plan to blow up nuke-site tunnels

North Korea said Saturday that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong Un's summit with President Donald Trump next month...

May 13, 2018
North Korea
Seoul to re-examine arrival of N. Korean restaurant workers

South Korea said Friday it will look closer into the circumstances surrounding the arrival of a dozen North Korean restaurant workers in 2016 after a television report suggested some of the women mig...

May 11, 2018
North Korea
[Video] Stay or go? Volcano forces choice for all in eruption zone

Edwin Montoya's family carved their farm on the slopes of the Kilauea volcano out of "raw jungle," transforming it into a fertile collection of gardens, animal pens and fruit trees. Now the property...

May 9, 2018
World News
LeBroom: James, Cavs sweep Raptors to make conference finals

CLEVELAND -- Once the sweeping was done, LeBron James peeled off his jersey and headed toward the locker room. He stopped on the way to share a moment with his two sons, who held basketballs while pa...

May 9, 2018
More sports
Hawaii volcano shoots lava into sky, evacuations ordered

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, sending lava shooting into the air in a residential neighborhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes. Hawaii County said steam and l...

May 4, 2018
World News

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