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BALTIMORE - The Latest on Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to help launch a new cancer-fighting effort (all times local):
BALTIMORE - The Latest on Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore to help launch a new cancer-fighting effort (all times local):
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida - An airline employee at Palm Beach International Airport has been arrested after authorities say he was found with $282,000 in a backpack he was instructed to deliver to a passenger in an airport restroom.
LONDON - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are embarking on what is seen as one of their most ambitious tours to date - including a visit to the Mumbai hotel targeted by gunmen in 2008 attacks that killed 166 people.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's outgoing government has lifted a nearly four-year curfew in the western state of Rakhine, where clashes between the minority Rohingya Muslims and majority Buddhists left more than 200 people dead, mostly Muslims.
LONDON - Following a long weekend, European stock markets are trading in fairly narrow ranges Tuesday ahead of a speech from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
MANILA, Philippines - About $6.9 million out of $81 million stolen from Bangladesh's central bank and sent to fake bank accounts in the Philippines remain in local casinos and may still be recovered, the Philippine Senate heard in testimony Tuesday.
NEW YORK - Lennar Corp. reported higher earnings for its fiscal first-quarter, beating expectations on an increase in homes sold and higher sales prices.
NEW YORK - James Patterson is ready to launch another season of giving.
ISTANBUL - Turkey's state-run news agency says security forces have conducted anti-smuggling operations in five cities and detained 18 suspected people-smugglers, most of them Syrian nationals.
BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona is holding its final day of tribute to soccer great Johan Cruyff at the Camp Nou Stadium.
KAMPALA, Uganda - The United Nations refugee agency says food insecurity is forcing a growing number of South Sudanese to seek refuge in Sudan.
EVANSVILLE, Indiana - Officials at the University of Southern Indiana have canceled a day of testing after erratic Internet connections over the weekend and into Monday.
NEW YORK - New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission is proposing rule changes to protect passengers from improper behavior and conversations from cabbies.
ANKARA, Turkey - The number of tourists visiting Turkey dropped by 10 percent in February compared to last year, in a worrying sign for the country whose economy relies on tourism revenues.
RICHLAND, Washington - A power company shut down a nuclear plant in south-central Washington state after operators received an indication that a system used to cool equipment wasn't working.
VERMILLION, South Dakota - The University of South Dakota women's basketball team will host Oregon in the semifinals of the Women's National Invitation Tournament.
FITZGERALD, Georgia - Authorities say seven people have been charged in the shooting death of a recent Georgia Lottery winner.
KOKOMO, Indiana - Law enforcement officers from across the country are expected to attend the funeral of a central Indiana sheriff's deputy shot and killed in the line of duty.
In many countries across Asia, governments are growing less tolerant of critical reporting, even arresting journalists and closing media outlets in some cases. In China, authorities recently removed an online story from a financial magazine about censorship - a taboo topic - while Thailand's military junta has detained journalists for what it calls "attitude adjustment" and shut down TV and radio stations.
AJACCIO, Corsica - Belgian cyclist Daan Myngheer has died in hospital after suffering a heart attack over the weekend at the Criterium International race in Corsica.
MELBOURNE, Australia - A 15-year-old girl who won Australia's oldest and richest short-distance running race Monday has been fined $2,000 from her $40,000 winning purse by officials who say she improved more in two weeks than most athletes achieve in a lifetime.
JOHANNESBURG - A South African university campus that closed after violent protests a month ago has re-opened.
LONDON - Shares in a U.K. oil company with interests in the Falklands have slumped after a U.N. decision that Argentina claims will expand its maritime territory in the South Atlantic Ocean to include the islands.
TALLINN, Estonia - Estonia says a Russian military aircraft violated its airspace near the island of Vaindloo ('VAIN-loo) in the Gulf of Finland.
AUBURN, Indiana - It started with a wrecking ball and a phone call.
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