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Head of World Trade Organization to step down early

GENEVA - The head of the World Trade Organization said Thursday he will leave his post a year before his term expires, an unprecedented mid-term resignation at the WTO that he called a "personal decis...

May 14, 2020

Burr steps aside as Senate intelligence chair amid FBI probe

Sen. Richard Burr stepped aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday after the FBI served a search warrant for his phone as part of an ongoing insider-trading investigation tie...

May 14, 2020

Matt Damon describes 'fairy tale' lockdown life in Ireland

LONDON - Matt Damon has described living in Ireland during the country's coronavirus lockdown as like being in a "fairy tale" during a surprise radio interview. The Hollywood star and his family were ...

May 14, 2020

The promotion will be virtual for new "Hunger Games" novel

NEW YORK - When Suzanne Collins' "Mockingjay" was published a decade ago, Books of Wonder owner Peter Glassman put on a show: a late-night celebration for hundreds at his Manhattan store, with juggler...

May 14, 2020

Court reinstates lawsuit over Trump's hotel profits

RICHMOND, Va. - A federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of illegally profiting off the presidency through his luxury Washington hotel. The lawsuit brought by the ...

May 14, 2020

Biography of Ida B. Wells coming out in 2021, publisher says

NEW YORK - The great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells is writing a biography of the pioneering African-American journalist and activist. One Signal Publishers announced Thursday that Michelle Duster's "I...

May 14, 2020

Common's #WeMatterToo push urges jail releases amid virus

NEW YORK - Rapper and activist Common went into quarantine concerned about incarcerated people he has met during visits to jails, prisons and juvenile detention centres around the U.S. and who aren't ...

May 14, 2020

Typhoon hits Philippines as some places see pandemic relief

WARSAW, Poland - A typhoon that slammed into the Philippines on Thursday forced a risky evacuation for tens of thousands of people during the coronavirus pandemic, while New Zealand and Japan were amo...

May 14, 2020

Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks Evers’ stay-home extension

MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' administration overstepped its authority when it extended the governor's stay-at-home order through the end of May, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. ...

May 13, 2020

UN forecasts pandemic to shrink world economy by 3.2%

TANZANIA, Tanzania - The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the world economy by 3.2% this year, the sharpest contraction since the Great Depression in the 1930s....

May 13, 2020