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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The search continued Friday for two people missing after a massive landslide crashed into a town in southeast Alaska, leaving a neighbourhood mired in mud and felled trees stretching to the waterfront, the mayor said.

BOSTON — Just like a real-life Hallmark movie, the story of Buddy the Elf meeting his biological father has come to life, just in time for holidays.

NEW YORK — A fugitive who shot a Massachusetts state trooper in the hand during a traffic stop two weeks ago was killed early Friday during a gunfight with U.S. marshals in New York City that left two of the officers wounded.

PERU, Ill. — Police in Peru, Illinois, are no strangers to chases — unless what they’re after hops away on two legs.

RIO DE JANEIRO — A bus careened off an overpass in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Friday, killing at least 10 people, according to the Twitter account of the federal highway police in that state.

WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved a bill to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level, reversing what supporters call a failed policy of criminalizing pot use and taking steps to address racial disparities in

NEW YORK — This is the time of year when Hollywood’s awards-season-industrial complex usually shifts into high gear.

COPENHAGEN — Denmark has decided to end all oil and gas activities in the North Sea by 2050 and has cancelled its latest licensing round, saying the country is "now putting an end to the fossil fuel era.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit widened 1.7% in October to $63.1 billion. The politically sensitive gap in the trade of goods with China and Mexico grew.

NEW YORK — After interviewing Dan Quayle in Arizona for his documentary on the vice presidency, filmmaker Jeffrey Roth was rushing to the airport to catch a flight to Wyoming, where he had an appointment with Dick Cheney the next morning.