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Virginia governor to propose Juneteenth as state holiday

RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday that he's making Juneteenth - a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. - an official holiday in a state that was once home t...

Jun 16, 2020

'Watch it on TV': Gov. Cuomo OKs no-fan US Open tennis in NY

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave the go-ahead Tuesday for the U.S. Open tennis tournament to be held in his state starting in late August - but without spectators - as part of the reopening from shutdo...

Jun 16, 2020

Oh snap! Police capture 65-pound turtle from Virginia suburb

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A 65-pound (29-kilogram) alligator snapping turtle with a face only its mother could love has found a new home at a Virginia zoo after freaking out residents in a northern Virginia s...

Jun 16, 2020

Airman charged in killing of federal officer in California

OAKLAND, Calif. - An Air Force sergeant already jailed in the ambush killing of a California sheriff's deputy was charged Tuesday in the shooting death of a federal security officer outside the U.S. c...

Jun 16, 2020

EU authorities open twin Apple antitrust investigations

LONDON - European Union regulators opened two investigations on Tuesday into Apple's mobile app store and payment platform over concerns its practices distort competition, opening a new front in the E...

Jun 16, 2020

Kimmel to host Emmys, first major awards show of pandemic

LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Kimmel will host the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic - but just how the Emmys will be held remains cloudy. Kimmel, who is also producing the Sept....

Jun 16, 2020

Man arrested in shooting during Albuquerque statue protest

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A 31-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that happened as protesters in New Mexico's largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the ...

Jun 16, 2020

World Trade Organization finds Saudi links to sports piracy

The World Trade Organization has ruled Saudi Arabia failed to stop a broadcasting operation pirating sports coverage and blocked moves to shut it down in a proxy of the Gulf economic and diplomatic di...

Jun 16, 2020

UK cuts development ministry, merges it with Foreign Office

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday that he is merging the British government's international development department into its foreign ministry to create a "super department" in cha...

Jun 16, 2020

Powell warns that long downturn would mean severe damage

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy faces a deep downturn with "significant uncertainty" about the timing and strength of a recovery. He warns that the longer the...

Jun 16, 2020