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WASHINGTON (AP) – With Americans soon to begin choosing his successor, President Barack Obama is casting his seven divisive years as a time of positive change, implicitly asking voters to replace him with a Democrat who would continue his hard-won policies on health care, climate change and Iran. Addressing a …

ISTANBUL (AP) – The latest on the explosion in historic center of Istanbul. All times local: 2:25 p.m. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus says the suicide bomber who carried out an attack in Istanbul’s historic neighborhood is a 28-year-old Syrian national. Kurtulmus said most of the 10 people who …

LONDON (AP) – Thousands of junior doctors walked off the job Tuesday in England in a dispute over pay and working conditions – the first such strike in 40 years. Some 50,000 junior doctors -those who are training and have between one and 10 years of experience – were on …

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) – Aung San Suu Kyi, whose pro-democracy party will take over power in Myanmar from a pro-military government in coming months, on Tuesday participated for the first time in official talks to bring peace with the country’s fractious ethnic minorities. Suu Kyi (pronounced “Suu-chee”) spoke at the …

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s deputy nuclear chief on Tuesday denied a report that the core of the country’s nearly finished heavy water reactor has been dismantled and filled it with concrete as part of Tehran’s obligations under the nuclear deal with the West. Ali Asghar Zarean, in remarks to …

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – With up to $1.4 billion at stake in Wednesday’s Powerball, questions about the drawing seem to be as abundant as the convenience-store kiosks offering tickets for the record-breaking jackpot. The inquiries include many myths and misconceptions about the winners, the prize money and the system …

NEW YORK (AP) – David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-spanning persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday. He was 69 and had just released a new album. Bowie, whose hits included “Fame,” ”Heroes” …

LONDON (AP) – The latest on the death of singer David Bowie. All times local. 11:30 a.m. Germany’s Foreign Ministry says David Bowie is “now among heroes” and is thanking the one-time West Berlin resident for “helping to bring down the wall.” The ministry’s post on its Twitter feed includes …

LONDON (AP) – Here he is, sitting in a tin can, far above the world – and saying goodbye to David Bowie. Messages of condolence for the late rock star flowed in Monday from around the world – and from space, where British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted from the International …

ISLAMABAD (AP) – A key gathering opened on Monday in Islamabad in which four countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States – hope to lay the roadmap to peace for the war-shattered Afghan nation. The meeting comes as Afghanistan’s battlefield losses are mounting and entire swaths of the …