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10 films make shortlist for Oscars' best international film

LOS ANGELES - Ten international films, including widely acclaimed offerings from South Korea, Spain and Senegal, are on the shortlist of movies vying for Academy Award nominations. The best internatio...

Dec 17, 2019

Ciara surprises Georgia students using STEM to remix songs

NORCROSS, Ga. - Recording artist Ciara returned to the city where she launched her career to surprise students at an Atlanta-area STEM high school Monday. The R&B artist sat in on a class at Paul ...

Dec 17, 2019

US industrial production snaps back, rises 1.1% in November

WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production snapped back last month, posting the biggest gain in more than two years, boosted by the end of a strike at General Motors. The Federal Reserve said Tuesday tha...

Dec 17, 2019

US housing construction increases 3.2% in November

WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes rose again in November while applications for building permits rose to the highest level in 12 years, both encouraging signs of a rebound in the housing market. ...

Dec 17, 2019

Pope abolishes 'pontifical secret' in clergy sex abuse cases

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has abolished the "pontifical secret" used in clergy sexual abuse cases, after mounting criticism that the high degree of confidentiality has been used to protect pedophile...

Dec 17, 2019

Pakistan sentences former dictator to death in treason case

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced the country's former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to death in a treason case related to the state of emergency he imposed in 2007 while in po...

Dec 17, 2019

LSU QB Joe Burrow wins Heisman Trophy in landslide vote

NEW YORK - Born into a family of Cornhuskers and raised in the Buckeye state, Joe Burrow left his roots behind and became a Heisman Trophy winner at LSU. The quarterback won the Heisman on Saturday ni...

Dec 16, 2019

Boeing to halt production of 737 Max airliner in January

CHICAGO - Boeing Co. said Monday that it will temporarily stop producing its grounded 737 Max jet starting in January as it struggles to get approval from regulators to put the plane back in the air. ...

Dec 16, 2019

Hate sign or silly game? Military academies probe hand signs

When is OK not okay? Some West Point cadets and U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen flashed what looked like a sideways OK finger gesture during a live television broadcast over the weekend at the Army-Navy...

Dec 16, 2019

Former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher dead at 86

Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, has died. He was 86. Hatcher died Friday night at a Chicago hospital, said h...

Dec 16, 2019