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Carol Burnett returning to 'Mad About You' revival

LOS ANGELES - Carol Burnett will be among the familiar faces gracing the "Mad About You" revival. Sony Pictures Television announced Monday that Burnett will reprise her Emmy-winning role as the mothe...

Nov 06, 2019

Alaska university taking PB&J as payment for parking tickets

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - What a lip-smacking offer! Anyone with unpaid parking fines at the University of Alaska Anchorage campus has the option to reduce or cover the cost of their tickets with peanut but...

Nov 06, 2019

NYPD commissioner's exit: 'Right time' after tense summer

New York City's police commissioner, who has found himself caught at times between loyalty to his officers and demands from the public and politicians for greater police accountability, announced Mond...

Nov 06, 2019

Tribute to late singer David Cassidy planned in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Two years after the death of former teen idol David Cassidy, the new owners of his Fort Lauderdale home plan to post a plaque honouring him. Thomas L. White, who co-own the hom...

Nov 06, 2019

Gabbard says she won't mount 3rd-party 2020 presidential bid

WASHINGTON - Longshot presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard says she will not launch a third-party bid for the White House if she fails to secure the Democratic nomination. For weeks questions have swirl...

Nov 06, 2019

Family: France's Catherine Deneuve hospitalized with stroke

PARIS - Her family says French cinematic icon Catherine Deneuve has had a mild stroke while filming her latest movie. Denueve's family said in a statement released Wednesday that the 76-year-old actre...

Nov 06, 2019

Judge rejects new federal health rule affecting abortions

NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York has struck down a rule letting health care clinicians object to providing abortions and other services on moral or religious grounds. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ru...

Nov 06, 2019

Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned over

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's tax returns can be turned over to New York prosecutors by his personal accountant, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, leaving the last word to the Supreme Court ...

Nov 06, 2019

Rapper accused of choking, biting woman in Atlanta

ATLANTA - A rapper is accused of choking and biting his girlfriend while in Atlanta. News outlets report Osiris Williams, also known as YK Osiris, was arrested Monday on a felony charge of aggravated ...

Nov 06, 2019

UK reduces its terror threat level to 'substantial'

LONDON - Security officials downgraded Britain's terrorism threat level on Monday from "severe" to "substantial," with officials saying the country now sees an attack as "likely" rather than "highly l...

Nov 06, 2019