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Pantone Creates 'Purple Rain' Hue to Honor Prince

'Purple Rain' hue created by Pantone Color Institute dubbed 'Love Symbol (hash)2,' paying tribute to artist's custom Yamaha piano and squiggly graphic he began using as his name in 1993

Argentina: Macri Alliance Bolstered by Election

Sunday's primary vote to determine candidates in legislative elections closely watched to gauge popularity of current president and strength of former President Cristina Fernandez, who is expected to run for a Senate seat in October

Science Experiments, Ice Cream Head for Space Station

A SpaceX capsule is carrying mice for vision experiment in its 6,400 pound payload

Ex-head of Mexico's State Oil Company Denies Taking Bribes

Emilio Lozoya, a key campaign adviser to President Enrique Pena Nieto, rejects accusations that he took bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht

Hungry Venezuelans Turn to Colombia for a Plate of Food

An estimated 25,000 Venezuelans cross the Simon Bolivar International Bridge into Colombia each day to work, trade goods on the black market, or look for supplies they cannot find back home

More Than Spectacle: Eclipses Create Science and So Can You

Astronomers are going full blast to pry even more science next Monday from mysterious ball of gas that's vital to Earth

Zimbabwe Vice President in South African Hospital

Emmerson Mnangagwa viewed as one of President Robert Mugabe's potential successors

UN: Gunmen Attack 2 UN Peacekeeping Sites in Mali, 2 Killed

Deputy spokesman says UN camp in Douentza in Mopti region came under attack and two gunmen were also killed when peacekeepers fired back

US Navy Reports Another Tense Encounter with Iran Drone

Iranian Sadegh drone flies without any warning lights during encounter Sunday night with USS Nimitz

Bomb Kills 13 in Southern Yemen

Explosion struck a market in Qataba, in southern Dhale province, wounding an unspecified number of people

Russian Security Agency Says It Foiled IS Attack Plot

Those arrested included two would-be suicide bombers along with an Islamic State envoy and an expert in explosives

Guam's Tourism Popularity Unhurt by North Korea Threats

Tourists haven't been deterred from visiting tropical island even though US territory has been target of threats from North Korea during a week of angry words exchanged by Pyongyang and Washington

Iraqi Shi'ite Militias Pledge to Take Part in Next IS Fight

Shi'ite militias did not fight in the urban part of Mosul, but were key in clearing far-flung villages of IS and capturing supply lines in desert west of Mosul toward Iraq's border with Syria

No More Bongs! Big Ben to Fall Silent for 4 Years of Repairs

Search for Journalist who Left Danish Submarine Intensifies

Cash Crisis Exposes Rift Within Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen

Central bank governor accuses coalition of banning 13 flights carrying money printed in Russia to the southern city of Aden, where government is based since April

70 Years After Pakistan-India Split, Sikhs Search for Home

US Pot States Try to Curb Smuggling, Fend Off Administration

The U.S. attorney for Oregon, Billy Williams, told The Associated Press that insufficient enforcement has led to marijuana overproduction and diversion

Critiques Fly as Tillerson Struggles to Define his Mission

Since taking office in February, Tillerson has earned praise from President Trump despite policy differences, but has also stoked deep doubts about his leadership among many US diplomats

Syrian Rebels Head Home; US Gives Lebanon Combat Vehicles

Evacuation comes nearly two weeks after more than 7,000 Syrians, many of them al-Qaida-linked fighters and their families, left Arsal, following an offensive by Hezbollah