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Italy crews work through night after avalanche hits hotel

Friday, 20 January 2017, 06:53 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Rescue crews who reached the four-star mountain resort on skis found only eerie silence Thursday after a huge avalanche flattened the hotel, trapping more than 30 people inside. Two bodies were...

Inaugural cheers, fireworks: Trump sweeps in for his big day

Friday, 20 January 2017, 06:43 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

With fireworks heralding his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington Thursday on the eve of his presidential inauguration and pledged to unify a nation sorely divided and clamoring for change....

Man assaults wife after dream that she was cheating

Thursday, 19 January 2017, 15:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Police say a Pennsylvania man tried to strangle his wife after he woke up from a dream in which she was cheating on him. Archibald police say 49-year-old Conrad Rudalavage had been drinking...

US bombers strike Islamic State camps in Libya

Thursday, 19 January 2017, 14:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers attacked Islamic State military camps in Libya in a move aimed at eliminating extremists who had escaped the former IS stronghold of Sirte, a defense official said...

Anxious European leaders seek an early audience with Trump

Thursday, 19 January 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

European leaders, anxious over Donald Trump's unpredictability and kind words for the Kremlin, are scrambling to get face time with the new American president before he can meet with Russian President...

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