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Last campus protesters hold out, as Hong Kong schools reopen

Hong Kong schools have reopened after a six-day shutdown but students were facing transit disruptions as the last protesters remained holed up on a university campus. City officials tried to restore a...

Nov 19, 2019

Campus under siege as Hong Kong police battle protesters

HONG KONG - Police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters remained trapped overnight Tuesday in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing Chi...

Nov 19, 2019

Reid: Iowa, NH not diverse enough to provide Dems’ guidance

LAS VEGAS - Iowa and New Hampshire get to weigh in first on the Democratic presidential contest next year, but the states are not ethnically diverse enough to offer any insight into how a candidate wi...

Nov 19, 2019

As Epstein died, guards allegedly shopped online and slept

NEW YORK - Two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records to conceal they were sleeping and browsing the int...

Nov 19, 2019

CBS takes weekly Nielsen crown behind ’60 Minutes’

NEW YORK - CBS won the television ratings crown last week despite being without the most valuable ratings commodity in this era, a prime-time football game. Two relatively lacklustre games on NBC and ...

Nov 19, 2019

Loughlin, Giannulli fighting new charges in admissions case

BOSTON - "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband are contesting expanded charges against them in the college admissions bribery scandal. Lawyers for Loughlin and Mossimo Gi...

Nov 19, 2019

Kanye West talks about serving God during visit with Osteen

HOUSTON - Rapper Kanye West told parishioners at Joel Osteen's Houston megachurch on Sunday that his recent spiritual awakening has made him realize he's no longer in the service to fame and money but...

Nov 19, 2019

Bei Bei, an American-born panda, leaves Washington for China

WASHINGTON - A specially equipped Boeing 777 jet took off from Dulles International Airport on Tuesday carrying a true Washington celebrity: Bei Bei, a 4-year-old giant panda. Visitors to Washington's...

Nov 19, 2019

Embattled Illinois prosecutor announces bid for re-election

CHICAGO - The top prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois, who was harshly criticized when her office suddenly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett, says she's running for re-election. Cook Count...

Nov 19, 2019

Jury rules for half of 21 plaintiffs in used body parts suit

PHOENIX - The owner of a now-closed Phoenix body donation facility has been found civilly liable for mishandling such donations about half of 21 cases filed by families of the dead. A jury on Tuesday ...

Nov 19, 2019