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Nicki Minaj indicates she's now a married woman

NEW YORK - Ms. Minaj wants you to know she's now officially Mrs. Petty. Nicki Minaj - who has dated Kenneth Petty for about a year - seems to confirm her marriage with a video on Instagram on Monday t...

Oct 24, 2019

Outgoing ECB chief defends legacy against stimulus skeptics

FRANKFURT - Mario Draghi ended his eight-year term as head of the European Central Bank by defending his most recent stimulus package and reminding that the eurozone is now in better shape than during...

Oct 24, 2019

The 'Man in Blue'? Sheriff donates Johnny Cash deputy photo

NASHVILLE - A sheriff has presented the Johnny Cash Museum proof that the late musician who famously cultivated an image as an outlaw was in fact granted law enforcement authority decades ago. This we...

Oct 24, 2019

Grounded Boeing plane churns up more turbulence at airlines

DALLAS - The grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has lasted far longer and, as Southwest Airlines and American Airlines can attest, more expensive than airlines ever expected. The CEOs of both airlines sa...

Oct 24, 2019

Actor Alec Baldwin campaigns for Virginia Democrats

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - The actor known for his mocking impersonations of Republican President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" campaigned Tuesday for Democratic legislative candidates in a Virginia el...

Oct 24, 2019

Judge allows Chicago suit against Jussie Smollett to proceed

CHICAGO - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Chicago's lawsuit against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. U.S. District Virginia Kendall's ruling means that Chicago's suit that seeks to...

Oct 24, 2019

Released prisoner: Russian authorities abused other inmates

WARSAW, Poland - A Ukrainian film director recently freed from Russian captivity says prisoners where he was held were routinely abused. Oleg Sentsov was included in a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange...

Oct 24, 2019

Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wall

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state's governor, Democrat Jared Polis. Trump was sp...

Oct 24, 2019

Californians hit with 2nd round of sweeping blackouts

SAN FRANCISCO - Dangerously windy weather sweeping through the state brought power outages to Northern California as the state's largest utility staged blackouts designed to prevent catastrophic wildf...

Oct 24, 2019

US durable goods orders fall 1.1% in September

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods tumbled in September by the largest amount in four months while a closely watched category that tracks business investment fell ...

Oct 24, 2019