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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt slammed the U.N. chief on Wednesday, accusing him of meddling in its affairs after Ban Ki-moon called for a fair trial for two prominent rights activists accused of illegally receiving foreign funds for their non-government organizations.

CORTE MADERA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Northern California man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he drove to the California Highway Patrol office to report a crash he had been involved in over the…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court sentenced a teacher Wednesday to more than 508 years behind bars for sexually abusing 10 boys under his care at two religious foundations.

A Longview man is a $50,000 winner in the Washington lottery, and he owes the prize to a little forgetfulness.

ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola saw the popularity of its namesake sodas decline in key markets around the world during the first quarter, reflecting a mix of changing tastes, challenging economic conditions and a shifting business strategy.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's Shiite rebels have reversed an earlier decision to boycott U.N.-sponsored peace talks designed to find a way to end the war in the impoverished Arab nation and their delegation was on its way Wednesday, heading…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan wildlife officers Wednesday started stacking 105 tons of ivory and 1 ton of rhino horns to make 12 towers which are to be torched at the end of the month to encourage global efforts to…

LONDON (AP) — Victoria Wood, a British comedian who found humor in everyday life and blazed a trail for other female comics, has died. She was 62.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in nearly two years ran over schedule Wednesday but failed to do much to improve relations between Moscow and the U.S.-led alliance, at their lowest ebb since the Cold War.

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The Latest on Europe's response to the wave of migration from Syria and other countries (all times local):

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hospital authorities in southwestern Poland said Wednesday that a baby born two months after his mother was put on life support is home and doing fine.

WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- One area of the brain appears to be responsible for recognizing facial expressions, a new study finds.

WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. veterans have a higher risk of homelessness if they suffered sexual trauma while in the service, and the odds are worse for men than women, a new study finds.

WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests a possible link between certain germs found in the mouth and a heightened risk of pancreatic cancer.

WEDNESDAY, April 20, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A gene mutation that is linked to a greater risk of breast cancer may also be tied to potential fertility problems, researchers report.

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — Thirty years after the world's worst nuclear accident, the Chernobyl power plant is surrounded by both desolation and clangorous activity, the sense of a ruined past and a difficult future.

Medicare wants more doctors and patients to talk about the tough care decisions that must be made if a person becomes seriously ill or incapacitated.

Major League Baseball teams could do a better job of hiring minority candidates for managing and GM posts or women for VP and other administrative positions, according to an annual report released Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When a powerful pair of cholesterol-lowering drugs first hit the market last summer, initial excitement in the medical community quickly turned to panic.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis official says workers are making emergency repairs to a broken sewer line that is spewing about 1 million gallons wastewater per day into a Mississippi River tributary.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a wide-ranging energy bill Wednesday that would promote a variety of energy sources and speed federal approval of projects to export liquefied natural gas to Europe and Asia.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has withdrawn a court motion that accused prosecutors of leaking FBI recordings in her criminal case to a newspaper.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a judgment allowing families of victims of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and other terrorist attacks to collect nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian funds.

STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Police are identifying two people killed when a small plane crashed on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

BOSTON (AP) — An archaeological dig at the boyhood home of Malcolm X in Boston has turned up some surprising findings, but they're unrelated to the early life of the slain civil rights activist.