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OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) — The United States has demonstrated what the head of the Pacific Command says is "ironclad" support to allies in South Korea and Japan. It came in the form of a B-52 overflight of South Korea. The nuclear-capable bomber was escorted by U.S. and South Korean fighter jets and is likely to further enrage the north, which has been trumpeting is claim of a hydrogen bomb test. Some experts are skeptical of that claim.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official says drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's interest in seeing a movie made of his life was partly responsible for his latest undoing. The authorities say they were able to track Guzman thanks to a secret interview with U.S. actor Sean Penn. Mexico is also signaling more of a willingness to extradite Guzman, who has twice escaped Mexican prisons. An extradition to the U.S. would still take time to work its way through Mexican courts.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — If a potential jackpot of nearly $950 million wasn't enough reason to buy a Powerball lottery ticket, then how about $1.3 billion? No jackpot winning numbers were drawn Saturday for what's already the biggest price in U.S. lottery history so $1.3 billion or more will be the top prize Wednesday. Saturday's winning numbers were: 16-19-32-34-57 and the Powerball number 13.
BEIJING (AP) — State media report a district official in a central Chinese province has been fired after part of a hospital was forcibly demolished, sending medical staff fleeing and burying six bodies being processed at a morgue. Broadcaster CCTV reports officials violated rules when they took part of the hospital down to make room for a highway project. Forced demolitions are common in Chinese cities and sometimes result in deadly clashes.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis' first book welcomes repentant sinners over self-righteous moralizers. Keeping to pastoral themes of love and compassion the book, "The Name of God Is Mercy," condemns what Francis calls the "scholars of law" — the doctrinaire-minded rigorists who throughout the history of the church have challenged Jesus' message of unconditional love and mercy for even the most wretched of sinners. It's being published this week in 86 countries.
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