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Tufts University severs ties with family behind OxyContin

BOSTON - Tufts University is cutting ties with the billionaire family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, saying it will strip the Sackler name from its campus and accept no further donations ami...

Dec 05, 2019

Trump takes bold stance at NATO as impeachment boils at home

LONDON - Thumping his chest on the world stage as he faces an impeachment inquiry at home, President Donald Trump claimed credit Tuesday for transforming NATO as the military alliance marks its 70th a...

Dec 05, 2019

Greta Thunberg says voyage ‘energized’ her climate fight

LISBON, Portugal - Climate activist Greta Thunberg told cheering supporters Tuesday that her three-week journey across the Atlantic had "energized" her for the fight against climate change as she arri...

Dec 05, 2019

Guns N’ Roses, Maroon 5, Khaled part of pre-Super Bowl shows

NEW YORK - Guns N' Roses, Maroon 5, DJ Khaled and DaBaby will bring the heat to Super Bowl week in Miami. On Location Experiences announced the lineup for its second Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest, t...

Dec 05, 2019

US stocks fall for 3rd straight day over more trade worries

Stocks closed broadly lower and bond prices rose sharply on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump cast doubt over the potential for a trade deal with China this year. Technology companies, ...

Dec 05, 2019

Willie Nelson says he's not smoking, but is still using pot

SAN ANTONIO - Willie Nelson may have given up smoking, but he hasn't stopped using marijuana. While in San Antonio last week for two performances, the 86-year-old country music legend told KSAT TV tha...

Dec 05, 2019

Chris Brown must give up monkeys under judge's restrictions

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday said Chris Brown must give up all rights to his former pet monkey, pay for its care and not try to buy a new one if he wants charges of illegal animal ow...

Dec 05, 2019

Random House to publish Trump impeachment report

NEW YORK - A leading publisher will release a book edition next week of the House Intelligence Committee's findings on President Donald Trump. Random House told The Associated Press on Wednesday that ...

Dec 05, 2019

Gabrielle Union, NBC meet over 'America's Got Talent' firing

LOS ANGELES - Gabrielle Union and NBC both said Wednesday that they have had a "productive" first conversation on her firing from "America's Got Talent" and her allegations that she was removed over h...

Dec 05, 2019

New Orleans is home to mystical academy in new Marvel comic

NEW ORLEANS - The city known for 19th century Voodoo queen Marie Laveau and for the tarot card readers who tell fortunes in its historic French Quarter is about to play host to a different kind of sor...

Dec 05, 2019