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Ex-NBA player Shannon Brown accused of shooting at 2 people

TYRONE, Ga. - Former NBA player Shannon Brown faces charges in suburban Atlanta after he was accused of firing a rifle at two people who were looking at homes for sale, police said. Brown, 34, was arr...

May 08, 2020

Lawyers: Investigators recommend whistleblower is reinstated

WASHINGTON - Federal investigators have found "reasonable grounds" that a government whistleblower was punished for opposing widespread use of an unproven drug that President Donald Trump touted as a ...

May 08, 2020

PBS docu-series 'Asian Americans' more timely amid pandemic

A century of racist attacks detailed in the new PBS documentary series "Asian Americans" might have felt like ancient history just a few months ago. But through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic th...

May 08, 2020

Judge denies bid to dismiss charges against Lori Loughlin

A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband and other prominent parents accused of cheating the college admissions process, siding wit...

May 08, 2020

Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters now a 'dark-sky' sanctuary

PATTEN, Maine - Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is now a "dark sky" sanctuary, the National Park Service announced Friday. The designation by the International Dark-Sky Association...

May 08, 2020

Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor's order freed

DALLAS - A Texas salon owner who was jailed for defying Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's public health orders walked out free to cheering supporters on Thursday, shortly after the governor weakened his m...

May 07, 2020

'Let's Make a Deal' asks frontline staff to join its special

NEW YORK - Wayne Brady and the folks at "Let's Make a Deal" want to honour those fighting the coronavirus - and they don't have to wear their capes if they don't want to. The CBS daytime game show tha...

May 07, 2020

Butler's prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death

NEW YORK - Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia Butler, and nothing had prepared her for it. It was the 1980s, and the book was called "Dawn," the story of a black woma...

May 07, 2020

US consumer borrowing fell for first time since 2011

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer borrowing fell in March for the first time in more than eight years, with the category covering credit cards dropping by the largest amount in over three decades, the Federa...

May 07, 2020

La Scala opens virtual tour during coronavirus lockdown

Milan's famed La Scala opera house on Thursday unveiled a virtual journey through its ornate premises and rich archives via Google Arts & Culture, with serendipitous timing as theatres throughout ...

May 07, 2020