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North America
Han Solo's jacket could fetch $1.8M at film auction
A jacket worn by Harrison Ford as Han Solo is expected to sell for up to £1 million ($1.8 million) at an auction of movie memorabilia.
- by Andrew MacAskill
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Guns
3D-printed gunmaker accused of paying for underage sex goes missing
An affidavit accuses the owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns of paying $500 cash to have sex with a female under 17.
Scam
Nearly half of US mobile phone calls will be scams by 2019: report
Nearly half of all mobile phone calls next year in the US will come from scammers, according to a company that provides call blocking technology.
- by Hamza Shaban
Russia probe
Jeff Sessions praises Trump. Trump says Sessions doesn't exist.
Attorney-General Jeff Sessions praised Trump for taking action to fight crime, only hours after the President levelled one of his strongest attacks on him yet.
- by Toluse Olorunnipa
Extreme weather
Two prisoners die in police van submerged in Hurricane Florence floods
As floodwater surrounded the van, two deputy sheriffs were able to climb onto the roof but were unable to remove two women from the back seat.
- by Martha Waggoner
Crime
Reality TV doctor and girlfriend accused of drugging, raping women
"We believe the defendants used their good looks and charms to lower the inhibitions of their potential prey," authorities said.
- by Meagan Flynn
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History
The long, long silence of James Cook's ship Endeavour
James Cook's famed first voyage of discovery was aboard HM Bark Endeavour, the most famous ship in the world. And then the little ship was lost to history. Here's what happened.
- by Tony Wright
Animals
Hope for northern white rhinos as second pregnancy confirmed
Just two northern white rhinos are left in the world, both female and too old to reproduce. This means the subspecies is functionally extinct.
- by Bradley Fikes
Democracy
US orders Chinese media to register as foreign agents, source says
The state-owned news agencies will be required to disclose information about their annual budget and expenditures and ownership structure.
USA
Giant bricks of marijuana wash up on Florida beaches
Bundles of marijuana have been washing up on the shores of Florida since the approach of Hurricane Florence last week.
- by Tom Jackman
Extreme weather
'I couldn't hold on anymore': Mother loses hold of baby in Florence floods
Heartbreak for families and rescuers in the wake of Florence's furry.
- by Theoden Janes