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Syria

Islamic State fight ‘far from over,’ Carter says

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — The combat death of an American Navy SEAL in Iraq shows that despite recent gains against the Islamic State in Iraq, "this fight is far from over," U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday. Carter spoke at the outset of a closed-door meeting in

music

Pop music superstar Prince dead at suburban Minneapolis home

CHANHASSEN, Minn. (AP) — Pop superstar Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive musicians of his era with hits including "Little Red Corvette," "Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry," was found dead at his home on Thursday in suburban Minneapolis,

Catholic

Gunmen kill Congolese priest who reported on atrocities

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (CNA/EWTN News) — A Congolese Catholic priest who documented human rights abuses in his home country was killed by armed gunmen early Monday morning. Father Vincent Machozi Karunzu was murdered March 21 by armed militants in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of

amherst college

Ken Howard, TV actor and acting union leader, dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Howard, the strapping character actor who starred in the 1970s TV drama "The White Shadow" and was currently serving as president of SAG-AFTRA, has died at age 71. The union announced Howard's death Wednesday. No cause was given.

Palestine

Palestinian attacks kill American tourist, wound 12 Israelis

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian attackers unleashed a series of shooting and stabbing assaults on Israelis on Tuesday, including a stabbing spree in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Jaffa that killed an American tourist near where Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with Israel's former president, police said. The

GOP

Nancy Reagan dead at 94

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan has died at the age of 94. TMZ first reported the story at around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, saying the wife of President Ronald Reagan had been in declining health.

racism

Harper Lee, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ author, has died at 89

NEW YORK (AP) — Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, "To Kill a Mockingbird," became standard reading for millions of young people and an Oscar-winning film, has died. She was 89. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis confirmed the

United Nations

Boutros Boutros-Ghali, first U.N. chief from Africa, dies

CAIRO (AP) — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a veteran Egyptian diplomat who helped negotiate his country's landmark peace deal with Israel but then clashed with the United States when he served a single term as U.N. secretary-general, has died. He was 93. Boutros-Ghali, the scion of a prominent Egyptian Christian