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Man accused of racist threats expected to plead guilty

A white man charged with cyberstalking and making racist online threats against a black activist in Virginia is expected to plead guilty next month, according to court records and a spokesman for fede...

Feb 21, 2020

Picketing, pigeons, politics: Scenes from the Nevada caucus

LAS VEGAS - Candidates have hustled past smoky bars and slot machines to ask for votes in the back of the house of flashy casinos. They've made their pitches over plates of tamales, tacos and soul foo...

Feb 21, 2020

Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts

LOS ANGELES - Wells Fargo agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to settle criminal and civil investigations into a long-running practice whereby company employees opened millions of unauthorized bank accoun...

Feb 21, 2020

Armani rails against baring trends by fellow designers

MILAN - How much to show and how much not to show, that is the fashion question this season. It may be reductive to say that runway shows are about how women dress. But the conversation has sharpened ...

Feb 21, 2020

Parent pleads guilty in college admissions scheme

BOSTON - A woman charged in the college admissions scandal pleaded guilty Friday to paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit. Xiaoning Su...

Feb 21, 2020

Bloomberg says 3 women can be released from NDAs

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg said Friday that he's willing to release at least three women from nondisclosure agreements that prevented them from speaking publicly abo...

Feb 21, 2020

Weinstein jury indicates it is split on most serious counts

NEW YORK - Jurors deliberating in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial indicated Friday that they are deadlocked on the most serious charges, but the judge told them to keep trying. In a note sent to the jud...

Feb 21, 2020

Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch has book deal

NEW YORK - Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and h...

Feb 21, 2020

Fed seems inclined to keep rates low as virus poses risks

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials were mostly optimistic about the U.S. and global economies last month, though they noted the risk posed by China's viral outbreak and said they were ready to kee...

Feb 21, 2020

Florida homeless group helps top chefs prep food festival

MIAMI - From Rachael Ray to Bobby Flay, celebrity chefs are in town this weekend for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where fine-palated foodies might not know that some of their dishes have ...

Feb 21, 2020