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LONDON (AP) — Firefighters are battling a huge blaze at a west London high-rise block that houses more than 100 apartments. Here is what we know about the fire so far: WHAT HAPPENED? Reports of a fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, west London, came in just before 1 a...

SEATTLE (AP) — Port of Seattle officials say low-cost carrier Norwegian will begin service at Sea-Tac International Airport with nonstop flights to London. Officials said Wednesday that Norwegian will use Boeing's 787 between Seattle and Gatwick airport...

LONDON (AP) — Train-spotters are lining the tracks from London to the northern city of York to see a famous steam engine take its inaugural run with passengers after a 4.2 million-pound ($5.8 million) refit. Shrouded in steam, the Flying Scotsman is making the journey up the east coast on Thursday...

LONDON (AP) — Britain's treasury chief hopes the NFL will put a permanent franchise in London within five years. Chancellor George Osborne pushed his case for establishing an NFL team in London during a meeting Friday with owners, executives and former star players...

LONDON (AP) — Researchers have discovered evidence of standing stones believed to be the remnants of a major prehistoric stone monument near the Stonehenge ruins. University of Bradford researchers said Monday the monument is thought to have been built around 4,500 years ago...

LONDON (AP) — Chicago had a hit decades ago with the song "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is." That's Chicago, the band, not the city. Now it appears London may be asking the same question. That's London, the city. Seems that when Brits cast an eye toward Big Ben for the correct time, the big clock may be leading them wrong...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pharrell Williams, One Direction, Disclosure and Florence And The Machine will perform at the Apple Music Festival in London next month. The ten-day festival begins September 19. Can't get to London? You can watch it live and on-demand on Apple Music...

Every once in awhile I will go on a reading frenzy, and one of the authors I love to read is Charles Dickens. I love reading "A Christmas Carol." Now if you are a fan of Dickens and literature, here's some news: The desk where Charles Dickens wrote his stories will be bought, thanks to a government-backed grant...

I remember when my brother came home one day with the new release from The Beatles. It was called "Abbey Road." Released Sept. 26, 1969, it was the band's final studio album before the breakup the following year. It contains two masterpieces of George Harrison and more musical magic from John Lennon and Paul McCartney...

For fans around the world of The Beatles are joining in on the 70th birthday of Sir Paul McCartney.  “They say it’s your birthday /Buh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh /It’s my birthday too, yeah,”. It wasn't that long ago, when Paul wrote and sung "When I'm 64"...