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Screenwriters honoured with film academy's Nicholl award

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Five emerging screenwriters gained the film academy's stamp of admission into Hollywood with help from an ensemble of actors that included Tyrese Gibson and Rosa Salazar. The A...

Nov 08, 2019

Liberal Tucson, Arizona, rejects push to be sanctuary city

TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona's second-largest city wanted to send a message after the state passed a law that required local police to check the immigration status of people suspected of being in the count...

Nov 08, 2019

Greece: New bid to understand prehistoric engineering feat

ATHENS, Greece - New excavations at an unusual prehistoric fortress northwest of Athens could hold the key to understanding one of ancient Greece's most impressive engineering feats, which converted a...

Nov 07, 2019

Suspected rebels kill 15 at southern Thailand security posts

YALA, Thailand - Gunmen in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand killed 15 village defence volunteers and wounded five security personnel in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on government fo...

Nov 07, 2019

Google digitizes artworks in Puerto Rico for 1st time

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The 1953 painting by Rafael Tufio Figueroa features his mother with a red scarf on her head, a determined look on her face and heavy expression lines, a depiction of a working-...

Nov 07, 2019

Gap CEO steps down amid slumping sales

NEW YORK - Gap's announced Thursday that CEO Art Peck is stepping down as the company struggles to turn around a long-standing sales slump. The San Francisco-based retailer also slashed its earnings o...

Nov 07, 2019

Hopes rise that lifting tariffs could allow US-China accord

BEIJING - The prospects for a preliminary breakthrough in the U.S.-China trade war improved Thursday after the two sides agreed to reduce some punitive tariffs on each other's goods, though the full e...

Nov 07, 2019

Interior proposes coveted deal to ex-client of agency head

WASHINGTON - The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural water district that had employed Secretary David Bernhardt as ...

Nov 07, 2019

Michael Bloomberg opens door to 2020 presidential campaign

WASHINGTON - Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 presidential campaign. Bloomberg announced earlier this year that he would not seek the Dem...

Nov 07, 2019

Potential McConnell opponent goes off air after complaint

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky radio host who is considering a run against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is off the air after Republicans accused him of campaign violations. Matt Jones, ho...

Nov 07, 2019