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California governor signs fur sale, circus animal bans

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Satu...

Oct 12, 2019

Uber driver not guilty in death of passenger in Denver

DENVER - A jury on Thursday found an Uber driver not guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of a passenger he said attacked him while driving on a freeway in Denver. Jurors sided with Michael Hancock,...

Oct 12, 2019

Cuba Gooding Jr. faces new charge in NYC sex misconduct case

NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr. learned on Thursday that he's facing a new undisclosed charge in his sexual misconduct case, a development that came as jury selection was set to begin for his trial. At a ...

Oct 12, 2019

Simone Biles wins vault to tie worlds medal record

STUTTGART, Germany - Simone Biles has won the women's vault competition at the gymnastics world championships to tie the record for most world medals by any gymnast. Biles successfully defended her ti...

Oct 12, 2019

US to hand over to Iraq IS members evacuated from Syria

BAGHDAD - The U.S. will hand over to Iraqi authorities nearly 50 Islamic State members who were transferred from Syria in recent days, two Iraqi intelligence officials said Thursday. The officials sai...

Oct 12, 2019

Nobel literature pick heartens liberal Poles in populist era

WARSAW, Poland - The Swedish Academy's decision to bestow the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature on Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has given a rare morale boost to liberal Poles only three days before a nat...

Oct 12, 2019

Florida men tied to Giuliani, Ukraine probe arrested

WASHINGTON - Two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump's lawyer and the Ukraine impeachment investigation were charged with federal campaign finance violations. The charges Thursday relat...

Oct 12, 2019

For opera legend Placido Domingo, the show goes on in Europe

MILAN - Even as his U.S. career seemingly winds down amid accusations of sexual harassment, opera legend Placido Domingo remains on the bill of a host of European opera houses. But cracks, even if sli...

Oct 12, 2019

Iran women freely at FIFA soccer match, 1st time in decades

TEHRAN, Iran - Flag-draped Iranian women watched a FIFA soccer match from inside a Tehran stadium Thursday, the first time they've been freely allowed into a stadium in decades. The 2022 World Cup qua...

Oct 12, 2019

Suspect in rapper Mac Miller's drug death pleads not guilty

LOS ANGELES - A man charged with selling rapper Mac Miller the drugs that killed him last year pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles. Cameron Pettit stood alongside his attorney ...

Oct 12, 2019