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Ex-guard frees dozens of hostages in Manila mall, is subdued

MANILA, Philippines - A recently dismissed security guard freed dozens of hostages and was subdued by police after walking out of a shopping mall in the Philippine capital on Monday, ending a daylong ...

Mar 03, 2020

Australian Associated Press to shut down after 85 years

CANBERRA, Australia - The national news agency Australian Associated Press said Tuesday it will close in late June, its 85 years in business vanquished by a decline in subscribers and free distributio...

Mar 03, 2020

Sean Spicer joining cable TV talk show fray on NewsMax

NEW YORK - While Sean Spicer says he expects his old boss, President Donald Trump, to be re-elected, he doesn't view his new television talk show as a vehicle for helping accomplish that end. Trump's ...

Mar 03, 2020

US stocks get a boost from emergency rate cut from the Fed

NEW YORK - Stocks got a boost Tuesday after the Federal Reserve made an emergency cut to interest rates in hopes of shielding the economy from the effects of the fast-spreading virus. The S&P 500 ...

Mar 03, 2020

Virus spread prompts Fed to slash rates in surprise move

WASHINGTON - In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point Tuesday in an effort to support the economy in the face of the spreading coronav...

Mar 03, 2020

Court won't order former WH counsel to testify before House

WASHINGTON - In a setback for Democrats in Congress, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that judges have no role to play in the subpoena fight between the House and President Donald Trump over the t...

Mar 01, 2020

Geneva auto show, other big events cancelled amid virus fears

GENEVA - The Geneva auto show was cancelled after the Swiss government put an immediate ban Friday on all large events in order to halt the spread of the new coronavirus. The Swiss ban on public and p...

Mar 01, 2020

Court halts Trump asylum policy, then suspends its own order

SAN DIEGO - A Trump administration immigration policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts was blocked and then reinstated by a court in the matter...

Mar 01, 2020

Westwood mixes message of ecology with regal Paris fashion

PARIS - A singer at Vivienne Westwood's eco-minded Paris Fashion Week show serenaded guests about fighting for the environment on Saturday. Elie Saab presented a 1970's-inspired study in the bow colla...

Mar 01, 2020

Billionaire Tom Steyer ends 2020 Democratic presidential bid

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who poured millions of dollars into his Democratic presidential campaign, is ending his bid after a third-place finish in the South Carolina primary. ...

Mar 01, 2020