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Pope meets Fidel Castro after warning against ideology
Authorities: Gun tests tie suspect to freeway shootings
Emmys 2015: All the Red Carpet Arrivals
Thousands of evacuees head home as California blazes near containment
Suspect wounds three in shooting at Alabama church: prosecutor
Award-winning gymnastics coach found dead in Indiana jail
Trump falls, Fiorina jumps in GOP race: CNN/ORC poll
Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017
GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn't be elected president
Trump's advice to teens: Follow your heart, do what you love
Dozens feared dead in Aegean Sea after boat incidents
Pope Francis arrives in Cuba amid high hopes for the nation
Jackie Collins, novelist of the rich and scandalous, dies
Trump responds after not correcting Obama claims

Pope meets Fidel Castro after warning against ideology

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Pope Francis met with Fidel Castro after urging thousands of Cubans to serve one another and not an ideology...

Authorities: Gun tests tie suspect to freeway shootings

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 02:51 PM PDT

Soft-spoken and handcuffed, a 21-year-old landscaper insists that he is not responsible for a string of Phoenix freeway shootings and that his gun has been sitting in a pawn shop for months.

Emmys 2015: All the Red Carpet Arrivals

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Thousands of evacuees head home as California blazes near containment

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 10:07 AM PDT

More than 1,000 people who were forced to evacuate from areas of Northern California affected by a deadly wildfire that has destroyed nearly 900 residences will be allowed to return home on Sunday, officials said. Authorities said they will allow residents to go back to Hidden Valley Lake, one of the largest areas ravaged by the so-called Valley Fire since it began a week ago. Firefighters made progress over the weekend battling the two major wildfires that have killed five people and destroyed more than 1,400 homes in recent weeks, said Lynnette Round, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).

Suspect wounds three in shooting at Alabama church: prosecutor

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 12:34 PM PDT

The shooting rattled the congregation of Oasis Tabernacle Church in east Selma but was not believed to be racially motivated, said Dallas County District Attorney Michael Jackson. In June, a black pastor and eight others were gunned down at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, by a white gunman who authorities allege targeted them because of their race. The pastor in Sunday's shooting is white and the alleged gunman, James Minter, his girlfriend and the infant are black, Jackson said.

Award-winning gymnastics coach found dead in Indiana jail

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 02:19 PM PDT

Sharp, 49, was found dead on Saturday night in his cell at the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis, county sheriff's spokeswoman Katie Carlson said in a statement. Sharp had coached some members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team, according to the website for his business, Sharp's Gymnastics Academy in Indianapolis.

Trump falls, Fiorina jumps in GOP race: CNN/ORC poll

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 08:49 AM PDT

Carly Fiorina's strong performance at last week's primetime Republican debate has catapulted her into second place behind Donald Trump in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, a new CNN/ORC national poll shows.

Kerry: US to accept 85,000 refugees in 2016, 100,000 in 2017

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 12:56 PM PDT

The United States is seeking to ease the Syrian refugee crisis by significantly increasing the number of worldwide refugees it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged.

GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn't be elected president

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 02:50 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn't believe that a Muslim should be elected president.

Trump's advice to teens: Follow your heart, do what you love

Posted: 19 Sep 2015 09:44 PM PDT

Donald Trump's advice for high school students in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, is uncharacteristically wholesome: Avoid alcohol and drugs as well as cigarettes.

Dozens feared dead in Aegean Sea after boat incidents

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 01:30 PM PDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Disasters at sea claimed the lives of dozens of migrants on Sunday, as desperate people fleeing war and poverty braved the risky journey to seek sanctuary in Europe.

Pope Francis arrives in Cuba amid high hopes for the nation

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Jackie Collins, novelist of the rich and scandalous, dies

Posted: 20 Sep 2015 01:21 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The novels of Jackie Collins dramatized the lives of the most elite people and places, but they were read by everyone, everywhere — from airports to beaches to, sometimes, under the covers with a flashlight to hide from disapproving parents and partners.