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Australia won't repatriate 34 women and children from Syria

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

The women and children from 11 families were supposed to fly from the Syrian capital Damascus to Australia but Syrian authorities on Monday turned them back to Roj camp in northeast Syria because of procedural problems, officials said.

Only two groups of Australians have been repatriated with government help from Syrian camps since the fall of the Islamic State... Read More

Shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game leaves 3 dead, including shooter, and 3 more wounded

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — A shooting during a Rhode Island youth hockey game left three people dead, including the shooter, and three more hospitalized Monday night in critical condition, authorities said.

Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that someone helped bring a swift end to the violent scene Monday afternoon by intervening and trying to subdue the shooter, who was at an arena to watch a family member's hockey game. The shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gun wound, she said, noting that authorities were still investigating.

“It appears... Read More

Texas Republican Paxton steps up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. Cornyn ahead of early voting

TYLER, Texas (AP) — It was an unfamiliar setting for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Monday night: walking out to the applause of supporters at his first campaign rally since the Republican announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate 10 months ago.

Paxton's appearance before about 100 supporters in a bar in east Texas is part of his stepped-up campaign to unseat four-term Republican Sen. John Cornyn and add a “Make America Great Again” devotee to the Senate, a bid that has set up one of this year's most contentious GOP primaries.

Until Monday, Paxton had waged a... Read More

Lunar New Year prayers, robots and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse

BEIJING (AP) — People are marking the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with prayers, fireworks and festivities.

The activities ushered in the Year of the Horse, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, succeeding the Year of the Snake.

The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China and some other East Asian nations and is celebrated outside the region, too.

Robots take the stage of an annual TV show in China

As every year, China celebrated the Lunar New Year with a TV show and once again the humanoid robots were a central part of the... Read More

Anderson Cooper says he's exiting from '60 Minutes,' but staying with CNN

Anderson Cooper, who has reported for CBS' “60 Minutes” for the past two decades in addition to hosting a weeknight news program on CNN, said Monday that he's leaving the CBS broadcast to spend more time with his family.

His decision comes at a time of turmoil at “60 Minutes.” Cooper appeared on the show Sunday night, introducing a brief piece on filmmaker Ken Burns. It's not likely to be his last time on the show; he's expected to finish the current broadcast season, which ends in May.

“Being a correspondent at ‘60 Minutes’ has been one of the great... Read More

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Australia won't repatriate 34 women and children from Syria

Shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game leaves 3 dead, including shooter, and 3 more wounded

Texas Republican Paxton steps up his Senate bid against GOP Sen. Cornyn ahead of early voting

Lunar New Year prayers, robots and festivities usher in the Year of the Horse

Anderson Cooper says he's exiting from '60 Minutes,' but staying with CNN

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