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WASHINGTON — At the twilight of a storied career and battling a brain tumour , Sen. John McCain stands poised to deliver for his party and his president on the issue that's defined the GOP for the past seven years.

LONDON — Charlie Gard's mother returned to a London court Tuesday to ask a judge to let her and the baby's father take their critically ill son home to die.

SAO JOAQUIM DE BICAS, Brazil — At the Word of Faith Fellowship churches in the Brazilian cities of Sao Joaquim de Bicas and Franco da Rocha, the signs of broken families are everywhere: parents separated from their children, siblings who no longer sp

SAN DIEGO — When Thomas Homan, the acting director of U.S.

HELSINKI — Finnish filmmaker Dome Karukoski's company says he will direct a Hollywood biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien, the British author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings.

NEW YORK — Al Gore admits he was frustrated upon hearing the news last month that President Trump was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, but since then he's become more optimistic. Gore worried that a U.S.

JERUSALEM — Muslim leaders urged the faithful Tuesday to keep up their prayer protests and avoid entering a contested Jerusalem shrine, even after Israel dismantled metal detectors that initially triggered the tensions.

SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Jerry Brown is set to sign legislation Tuesday keeping alive California's signature initiative to fight global warming, which puts a cap and a price on climate-changing emissions.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged Republicans to "step up to the plate" for Tuesday's crucial Senate vote on their bill eviscerating much of the Obama health care law. The stage was set for high drama, with Sen.

ROME — Retired traffic officers at Rome's Trevi Fountain are working to keep tourists on good behaviour . The Italian city's mayor signed an order last month aimed at protecting Trevi and some 40 other historic fountains.