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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A Franciscan priest from Altoona and a prison inmate he had sex with have settled a lawsuit. William Victor sued 67-year-old Rev. Gerard Connolly in November 2007, seeking more than $3 million. Settlement terms were sealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Johnstown. Connolly was sentenced to …

MOSCOW – Russian authorities launched an operation Tuesday to recover the flight recorders from an Armenian passenger plane that crashed in the Black Sea, sending a robotic device with a hydraulic arm to the sea floor in an attempt to bring up the “black boxes.” Authorities hope the recorders will …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Gunmen seized a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates late Tuesday after shooting a security guard, police said. Police Lt. Thair Mohammed said the diplomat was abducted in the city’s Mansour district about 10 p.m. He added that a Sudanese security guard, Bedawi Ahmed Ibrahim, was shot …