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Houston (AFP) - More than 100 people, including dozens of children, who say they were victims of rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation at the hands of Sean "Diddy" Combs...

New York (AFP) - Pras Michel on Tuesday sued bandmate Lauryn Hill, with claims including fraud and breach of contract over their canceled Fugees reunion tour. In his complaint filed...

New York (AFP) - General Motors reported a dip in third-quarter US auto sales Tuesday, but pointed to growth in sales of electric vehicles and said retail pricing remained steady....

Mexico City (AFP) - Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico's first woman president, inheriting a country beset by gang violence and economic uncertainty over controversial reforms passed by...

Washington (AFP) - Breast cancer rates are rising sharply in the United States, driven by increases among younger women and Asian Americans, a study said Tuesday. The biennial report by...

Houston (AFP) - A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row...

Washington (AFP) - Iran is preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against Israel, the United States said Tuesday, warning that any such assault would have "severe" consequences for Tehran. The...

New York (AFP) - Tens of thousands of workers at major ports on the US East and Gulf Coasts went on strike Tuesday in action that could drag on the...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - A Russian strike on a southern Ukraine market killed six people on Tuesday, authorities said, as the nation held a moment of silence marking a major...

Strasbourg (AFP) - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday said he was released after years of incarceration only because he had pleaded guilty to doing "journalism", which he described as...