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At least 2 killed as powerful typhoon slams into Japan

Typhoon Lan struck Japan early Monday with heavy rains and strong winds, leaving at least two people dead before the storm moved back out to sea. The typhoon made landfall southwest of...

Pentagon Chief in Asia; North Korea High on Agenda in Talks With Allies

CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, PHILIPPINES — U.S.Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he would talk with Asian allies about North Korea and the crisis caused by Pyongyang's "reckless" provocations, as he kicked off a...

Women Share Harassment Stories With #MeToo

Two weeks ago Carla Rountree of Washington, D.C., was enjoying an autumn afternoon with friends at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, gaily dressed in a tutu with a goofy unicorn horn tied...

FBI Couldn’t Access Nearly 7K Devices Because of Encryption

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — The FBI hasn't been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices it tried to access in less than a year, FBI Director Christopher Wray...

Exit Polls: Japan Abe’s Coalition Set to Win Snap Vote

Exit polls indicate Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition is on track for a comfortable victory in Sunday's general election. Japanese media predicts Abe's Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition winning a majority,...

Powerful typhoon drenches voters headed to polls for snap election

TOKYO — Heavy rain and wind lashed southern Japan on Sunday as a powerful typhoon neared, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and disrupting rail services on a national election...

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