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Oslo police on Friday announced charges against Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess, on multiple counts including rape, sexual...

Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 bodies to be sentenced for fraud

DENVER — A Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sending grieving families fake...

Smugglers to be sentenced in 53 migrant deaths from 2022 human smuggling tragedy in Texas

SAN ANTONIO — Two smugglers convicted of federal charges in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found in the back of a...

Lalo Schifrin, composer of the 'Mission: Impossible' theme, dies at 93

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6 Americans detained for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea, police say

SEOUL, South Korea — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature...

Brazilian found dead after falling from an Indonesian volcano

A young Brazilian hiker who fell hundreds of feet from the ridge of a towering Indonesian volcano and was trapped there for almost...

Japanese court convicts a U.S. Marine in sexual assault, sentencing him to 7 years in prison

TOKYO — A Japanese court said Wednesday it had found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa, sentencing him...

Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on a privately funded trip to the space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — India, Poland and Hungary launched their first astronauts in more than 40 years Wednesday, sending them on a private...

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ tops the U.S. box office as ‘Elio’ marks a new low for Pixar

Neither Pixar nor zombies were enough to topple "How to Train Your Dragon" from the No. 1 slot at North American box offices...

Suicide bomber kills at least 22 in Greek Orthodox church in Syria

DWEIL’A, Syria — A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people...

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California to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador

RICHMOND, Calif. — An oil tanker sat docked at Chevron's sprawling refinery in Richmond on Thursday — a visible link between California's appetite...

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Oslo police announce rape and sexual assault charges against son of Norwegian crown princess