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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Mercury has begun a relatively rare move across the sun....

SUMTE, Germany (AP) -- When state authorities called Mayor Grit Richter in October to tell her they planned to temporarily house up to 1,000 people from Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere in a former office complex in the tiny village of Sumte, she couldn't imagine how it would work. The area is short on jobs, public transport and other facilities, and residents were anxious about the new arrivals....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Monday expelled three BBC journalists it had detained days earlier for allegedly "insulting the dignity" of the authoritarian country, which has invited scores of foreign media for its ongoing ruling party congress....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's ruling-party congress on Monday announced a new title for Kim Jong Un, party chairman, in a move that highlights how the authoritarian country's first congress in 36 years is aimed at bolstering the young leader....

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) -- A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital is due in court for an initial appearance....

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory shows no signs of backing down in the face of the federal government's Monday deadline to declare he won't enforce the new state law limiting protections for LGBT people - defiance that could risk funding for the state's university system and lead to a protracted legal battle....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House and Democrats are pressuring congressional Republicans to act on President Barack Obama's demands for money to combat Zika....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- They came for North Korea's biggest political event in decades. What they have been getting is a lot of sightseeing - except one, who got kicked out....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Monday was expelling a BBC journalist it had detained days earlier for allegedly "insulting the dignity" of the authoritarian country, while it continued to keep other foreign media away from the first-in-decades ruling party congress they had been invited to attend....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippines is holding general elections Monday to elect a president and vice president and other congressional representatives nationwide. Here are some facts and figures about the country:...