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Don't panic! UK outlines plans to ease no-deal Brexit impact

Thursday, 23 August 2018, 14:41 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Britain will unilaterally accept some European Union rules and give EU financial services firms continued access to the U.K. market in order to maintain stability if the country crashes out of the...

Man kills mother, sister; France sees no apparent terror tie

Thursday, 23 August 2018, 14:21 Last update: about 9 years ago

A man with severe psychiatric problems killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack Thursday in a Paris-region town, officials said. Police shot and killed...

US, China raise tariffs in new round of trade dispute

Thursday, 23 August 2018, 08:36 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The United States and China imposed more tariff hikes on billions of dollars of each other's automobiles, factory machinery and other goods Thursday in an escalation of a battle over Beijing's...

Hawaii residents brace themselves as hurricane strengthens

Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 10:02 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a strengthening hurricane...

Toddlers survive alone for days after car wreck kills mother

Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 14:51 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A 3-year-old boy and his 1-year-old brother survived alone for about two days after they were passengers in a single-car wreck that killed their mother in south Arkansas. The older boy was found...

Cardinal McCarrick scandal inflames debate over gay priests

Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 07:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Allegations that disgraced ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick engaged in sex with adult seminarians have inflamed a long-running debate about the presence of gay men in the Roman Catholic...

Pope on sex abuse: 'We showed no care for the little ones'

Monday, 20 August 2018, 14:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the...

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