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Rooney sets Man United scoring record; Man City, Spurs draw

Published On: January 22, 2017 08:49 AM NPT By: Associated Press

MANCHESTER, England, Jan 21: Deep into stoppage time with Manchester United facing defeat, Wayne Rooney bent a free kick high over the defense and into the Stoke goal.

2 killed, 10 missing in central China landslide

Published On: January 21, 2017 12:37 PM NPT By: Associated Press

BEIJING, Jan 21: At least two people have been killed and 10 others are missing after a hotel in central China was buried in a landslide.

Bomb blast kill 20, wounds at least 50 in northwest Pakistan

Published On: January 21, 2017 12:18 PM NPT By: Associated Press

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 21:  A bomb exploded Saturday in a market in a northwest tribal region that borders Afghanistan, killing 20 people and wounding at least 50, officials said.

Protesters, Trump supporters clash outside 'DeploraBall'

Published On: January 20, 2017 01:23 PM NPT By: Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Jan 20:  Protesters and supporters of President-elect Donald Trump clashed outside a pro-Trump event in Washington the night before his inauguration. Police used chemical spray on some protesters in an effort to control the unruly crowd.

3 killed, 20 hurt after car strikes pedestrians in Melbourne

Published On: January 20, 2017 11:41 AM NPT By: Associated Press

SYDNEY, Jan 20: A man deliberately drove into a street crowded with pedestrians in Australia's second-largest city on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring 20 others, police said. Officials said the incident had no links to terrorism.

Former US President George H.W. Bush and wife hospitalized

Published On: January 19, 2017 06:55 PM NPT By: Associated Press

HOUSTON, Jan 19:  Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, remain hospitalized in Houston, where he was in intensive care for pneumonia and she was being watched after complaining of fatigue and coughing.

Man United soccer's top moneymaker, ending Spanish dominance

Published On: January 19, 2017 06:48 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LONDON, Jan 19: Manchester United is a long way from winning the English Premier League again but is back on top of another table — as soccer's biggest moneymaker.

30 missing in central Italy avalanche that buries hotel

Published On: January 19, 2017 02:33 PM NPT By: Associated Press

MILAN, Jan 17: An avalanche buried a mountain hotel in an earthquake-hit region of central Italy, leaving at least 30 people missing, authorities said Thursday.

At least 24 children killed when bus, truck collide in India (update)

Published On: January 19, 2017 11:38 AM NPT By: Associated Press

LUCKNOW, India, Jan 19: A truck loaded with sand collided with a school bus early Thursday, killing at least 24 young children in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

George H.W. Bush hospitalized for shortness of breath

Published On: January 18, 2017 05:48 PM NPT By: Associated Press

HOUSTON, Jan 18:  Former President of the United States of America George H.W. Bush was taken to the hospital over the weekend for shortness of breath and the 92-year-old is responding well to treatments, his spokesman said Wednesday.

3 large earthquakes hit central Italy in an hour

Published On: January 18, 2017 05:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

ROME,  Jan18:  A series of three strong earthquakes hit central Italy in the space of an hour Wednesday, shaking the same region that suffered a series of deadly quakes last year and has been buried under more than a meter (three feet) of snow in recent days.

Attack in northern Mali kills 33, injures dozens more

Published On: January 18, 2017 05:36 PM NPT By: Associated Press

GAO, Mali, Jan 18: At least 33 people were killed and several dozen injured after an explosives-laden vehicle targeted a camp housing armed groups in northern Mali, a local official said Wednesday.

Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82

Published On: January 17, 2017 01:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press

HOUSTON, Jan 17: Astronaut Gene Cernan traced his only child's initials in the dust of the lunar surface. Then he climbed into the lunar module for the ride home, becoming the last person to walk on the moon.

After 3 years, MH370 search ends with no plane, few answers

Published On: January 17, 2017 12:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press

SYDNEY, Jan 17: After nearly three years, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended in futility and frustration Tuesday, as crews completed their deep-sea search of a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean without finding a trace of the plane.

6 tourists injured in hot-air balloon crash in UAE desert

Published On: January 16, 2017 05:56 PM NPT By: Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan 16: nvestigators in the United Arab Emirates are looking into what caused a hot-air balloon to abruptly drop from the sky, injuring six tourists onboard.

Who are the 8 richest people? All men, mostly Americans

Published On: January 16, 2017 05:04 PM NPT By: Associated Press

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 16:  The eight individuals who own as much as half of the rest of the planet are all men, and have largely made their fortunes in technology. Most are American, with one European and one Mexican in the mix. Several have pledged to give it all to charity.

Everton crashes Man City; heaviest league defeat of Guardiola

Published On: January 15, 2017 09:45 PM NPT By: Associated Press

LIVERPOOL, Jan 15: Manchester City endured more misery on Merseyside by losing 4-0 at Everton in the Premier League on Sunday, leaving Pep Guardiola's team out of the Champions League positions after the heaviest league defeat of the Spaniard's coaching career.

German plane from Oman lands in Kuwait over bomb threat

Published On: January 15, 2017 03:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 14: A Germany-bound airplane from Oman has landed in Kuwait over a bomb threat.

Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years

Published On: January 15, 2017 10:39 AM NPT By: Associated Press

ELLENTON, Fla, Jan 14:  After 146 years, the curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on Earth." The owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus told The Associated Press that the show will close forever in May.

21 people drown after boat capsizes in eastern India

Published On: January 15, 2017 10:10 AM NPT By: Associated Press

PATNA, India, Jan 14: At least 21 people drowned and a dozen others were missing after their overcrowded boat capsized in a river in eastern India, police said Sunday.