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Judge OKs $58B plan to end PG&E bankruptcy after wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Friday approved a $58 billion plan by the nation's largest utility to end a contentious bankruptcy saga that began after Pacific Gas & Electric's outdated equipm...

Jun 19, 2020

Judge weighs US bid to stop release of John Bolton's book

WASHINGTON - Former national security adviser John Bolton created a "mess" of his own making by moving to publish his book without receiving final authorization that the manuscript was free of classif...

Jun 19, 2020

AP Interview: Ethiopia to fill disputed dam, deal or no deal

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - It's a clash over water usage that Egypt calls an existential threat and Ethiopia calls a lifeline for millions out of poverty. Just weeks remain before the filling of Africa's...

Jun 19, 2020

Apple closes stores in 4 states, again, as infections rise

CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple is closing 11 stores in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina that it had reopened just few weeks ago as infections rates in some regions in the U.S. begin to r...

Jun 19, 2020

Wirecard CEO quits after auditors can't find $2.1 billion

FRANKFURT - The chief executive of German payment service provider Wirecard AG resigned on Friday after the company disclosed that auditors could not find 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in cash, add...

Jun 19, 2020

Navy upholds firing of carrier captain in virus outbreak

WASHINGTON - In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, according to a U.S. officia...

Jun 19, 2020

AMC Theaters reverses course on masks after backlash

LOS ANGELES - The nation's largest movie theatre chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local governm...

Jun 19, 2020

Lithuania erects sculpture in honour of JD Salinger

VILNIUS, Lithuania - J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," was honoured Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village w...

Jun 19, 2020

South African choir adapts to COVID-19 by making new music

MOUTSE VALLEY, South Africa - The dusty streets of rural South Africa are a far cry from the bright lights of "America's Got Talent," but that's where the members of the Ndlovu Youth Choir find themse...

Jun 19, 2020

Trump says he will renew effort to end DACA protections

WASHINGTON - Undeterred by this week's Supreme Court ruling, President Donald Trump said Friday he will renew his effort to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the...

Jun 19, 2020