NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to...
Attorneys: DA should step aside from deputy shooting probe
<p>ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Attorneys for the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina have asked...
German Catholics to bless gay unions despite Vatican ban
BERLIN — Germany's powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings...
Migrant arrivals by sea on Italian isle swell past 2,100
<p>ROME — Several hundred more migrants reached a tiny Italian island before dawn on Monday, swelling to past 2,100 the number of arrivals in...
Police seek motive in shooting at Colorado birthday party
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado authorities on Monday were investigating why a gunman opened fire at a weekend birthday party, killing his girlfriend and...
Delta flight returns to Atlanta after birds hit windshield
<p>ATLANTA — A flight from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., made an unscheduled landing after being struck by birds, a Delta Air Lines spokesman said.</p>
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Attorneys: DA should step aside from deputy shooting probe
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Attorneys for the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff's deputies in North Carolina have asked...
Prosecutors: Missouri man wrongly convicted of triple murder
<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prosecutors called for the release of a Missouri man who has spent more than 40 years in prison for a...
EU talks up support for Afghanistan as security declines
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers on Monday debated ways to maintain support for Afghanistan’s beleaguered government after a brutal weekend attack on a...
IOC’s Thomas Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus cases
<p>TOKYO — IOC President Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic...