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PARIS (AP) -- The laciest, if not raciest, catwalk event of the year - aka, the Victoria's Secret fashion show - was taking place in Paris on Wednesday night. Among the anticipated highlights: performances by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, as well as a $3 million Fantasy bra modelled by Jasmine Tookes. Here's a behind-the-scenes look:...
LONDON (AP) -- The Bank of England's new plastic 5-pound note is stronger, cleaner and safer - but apparently not suitable for vegetarians....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has dropped dramatically since late May, when the state limited wastewater injections into energy wells, an Associated Press statistical analysis shows. And a new scientific study says the state is on its way back to calmer times that prevailed before a huge jump in man-made quakes....
BEIRUT (AP) -- When war is constant, it can be easy to lose sight of how much a single death can matter. But the passing of one committed social worker will be especially devastating to his community in Aleppo....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats re-elected Nancy Pelosi as their leader Wednesday, ratifying the status quo in a changing Washington despite widespread frustration over the party's direction....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A prosecutor on Wednesday cleared a Charlotte police officer in the killing of a black man whose death touched off civil unrest, and he presented detailed evidence to rebut assertions that the slain man was unarmed....
MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) -- The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed flight....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday offered his personal condolences for the people of Brazil after the plane crash which on Tuesday morning killed 71 people, including members of the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense.“I would like to remember today the suffering of the Brazilian people for the tragedy involving the football team, and to pray for the dead players, and for their families,” – the Holy Father said – “In Italy we understand the meaning of this event, because we remember the Superga air disaster of 1949. These are hard tragedies. We pray for them.”The Superga air disaster happened on 4 May 1949, when a plane carrying the entire team of Torino F.C. crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga, which is on a hill overlooking Turin. The tragedy killed 31 people.Earlier, Pope Francis had sent a telegramme of condolence to the Cardinal Archbishop of Brasilia in Brazil expressing his condolences.In the...
