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A CGI James Dean is cast in new film, sparking an outcry

NEW YORK - James Dean hasn't been alive in 64 years, but the "Rebel Without a Cause" actor has been cast in a new film about the Vietnam War. The filmmakers behind the independent film "Finding Jack" ...

Nov 07, 2019

Steyer aide offered money for endorsements

DES MOINES, Iowa - A top aide to Tom Steyer in Iowa has privately offered local politicians campaign contributions in exchange for endorsing his White House bid. Multiple people with direct knowledge ...

Nov 07, 2019

People of colour make gains in mayoral race across the US

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - People of colour made history across the U.S. by winning mayoral races and school board seats in places where their families were once ignored or prevented from voting. From Arizon...

Nov 07, 2019

Winfrey picks 'Olive, Again' for her next book club read

NEW YORK - Author Elizabeth Strout, whose "Olive, Again" is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick, has a pretty good idea about how the plainspoken Olive Kitteridge would have responded. "Olive would ...

Nov 07, 2019

UK police ID all 39 victims found in a truck container

LONDON - U.K. police say they have formally identified all the 39 people found dead in a shipping container last month in southeastern England and notified their families. British authorities have bee...

Nov 07, 2019

US trade deficit falls to $52.5 billion in September

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in September to the lowest level in five months as imports dropped more sharply than exports and America ran a rare surplus in petroleum. The Commerce Departme...

Nov 07, 2019

Nigerian firefighters battle huge blazes at market in Lagos

LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigerian firefighters were battling two fires that broke out almost simultaneously Tuesday at a busy market in central Lagos, the country's largest city and commercial centre. Balogun...

Nov 07, 2019

International court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court has sentenced a Congolese warlord known as "The Terminator" to 30 years imprisonment after he was convicted of crimes including murder, rape a...

Nov 07, 2019

Iran to fuel centrifuges in new step away from nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will start injecting uranium gas into over a thousand centrifuges at a fortified nuclear facility built inside a mountain, the country's president announced Tuesday in Tehran's lat...

Nov 06, 2019

South Korea deports North Koreans who fled after killing 16

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea deported two North Koreans on Thursday after finding they had killed 16 fellow fishermen on a boat and fled to South Korea across the sea border over the weeken...

Nov 06, 2019