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ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s defense minister says prosecutors are investigating possible ties between members of the military and a U.S.-based Muslim cleric. Ismet Yilmaz told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency Wednesday that following tips, military prosecutors have launched probes into more than a thousand personnel suspected of links to Fethullah Gulen’s …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Procter & Gamble Co. says it is closing a manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico and laying off some 230 employees. A company statement Friday says the plant in the southern town of Cayey will close in the next nine to 12 months. Officials said the …

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – A Belfast bakery has been found guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a cake bearing the slogan “Support Gay Marriage.” In Tuesday’s ruling, Belfast Judge Isobel Brownlie called the bakery’s cancellation of the order “direct discrimination for which there can be no justification.” The judge …