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BOSTON, MA (AP) — A former federal investigator says a Mafia hit man is a suspect in the prison slaying of Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger. The official told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Fotios "Freddy" Geas and at least one other inmate are believed to have been involved in 89-year-old Bulger's killing…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The search for the crashed Lion Air plane has found aircraft debris and passenger belongings on the seafloor but the object thought to be the fuselage is still eluding it, an Indonesian official said Wednesday, as chilling video of passengers boarding the fatal flight emerged. Search and Rescue Agency chief Muhammad…

BOSTON, MA (AP) — Sports fans grown accustomed to the success of their beloved teams lined the streets in the hundreds of thousands on Wednesday to salute the Boston Red Sox on their fourth championship in the last 15 years. The parade, beginning at venerable Fenway Park, was to wind along several major downtown streets.…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul (all times local): 5 p.m. A Turkish prosecutor says Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated killing, and his body was dismembered…

MOSCOW (AP) — A local official says one person has been killed and three injured after a bomb went off at the entrance of the local branch of Russia's main intelligence agency.Governor Igor Orlov told Russian news agencies on Wednesday that an explosive device went off at the entrance of the FSB's office in the…