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A bill that will criminalize international doping conspiracies became law Friday with President Donald Trump's signature, closing out a two-year legislative process during which the only true opposition to the bill came from outside the United States

MEXICO CITY — Sometimes Latin American dance tunes on the radio — salsa, cumbia, ranchera — bring a little cheer into the emergency room of Mexico City’s Ajusco Medio hospital, which is operating well over normal capacity because of the coronavirus p

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The search continued Friday for two people missing after a massive landslide crashed into a town in southeast Alaska, leaving a neighbourhood mired in mud and felled trees stretching to the waterfront, the mayor said.

BOSTON — Just like a real-life Hallmark movie, the story of Buddy the Elf meeting his biological father has come to life, just in time for holidays.

NEW YORK — A fugitive who shot a Massachusetts state trooper in the hand during a traffic stop two weeks ago was killed early Friday during a gunfight with U.S. marshals in New York City that left two of the officers wounded.

PERU, Ill. — Police in Peru, Illinois, are no strangers to chases — unless what they’re after hops away on two legs.

RIO DE JANEIRO — A bus careened off an overpass in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Friday, killing at least 10 people, according to the Twitter account of the federal highway police in that state.

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters call a failed policy of criminalizing pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in

NEW YORK — This is the time of year when Hollywood’s awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear.

COPENHAGEN — Denmark has decided to end all oil and gas activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is "now putting an end to the fossil fuel era.