Taylor Swifthas made a surprise stop at a Kansas City children’s hospital, shocking parents and pati

BERLIN (AP) — A rhino at a zoo in Austria attacked and killed a zookeeper Tuesday morning and seriou

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Coca cultivation reached an all-time high in Colombia last year, the U.N. sa

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — John Spratt, a former longtime Democratic congressman from South Carolina who

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia on Monday launched a joint military exercise with the United States,

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Fans cheered Germany’s basketball team on its return home Tuesday after wi

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale costs in the United States picked up sharply last month, signaling that

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officers in Nebraska’s largest city fatally shot an armed man who pointed a gun a

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is seeking to force the Environmental Pr

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — NATO Deputy-General Secretary Mircea Geoana said on Monday there is “no ri

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus c

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and Britain have invited ambassadors, journalists and repres

Charlie Robison, the Texas singer-songwriter whose rootsy anthems made the country charts until he w