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EU grants new Brexit delay to Jan. 31

BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 next year on Monday - just three days before it was due to take place. European Council president Donald Tusk said on Twitter that th...

Oct 28, 2019

Russian agent Butina returns to Moscow, wants no part of US

MOSCOW - The Russian woman convicted in the United States of being a Russian agent returned to Moscow on Saturday and declared that she has no desire to go back to America. Maria Butina was deported F...

Oct 28, 2019

Stars advocate for progress at honorary Oscars event

LOS ANGELES - Inequality in the film industry got a high-profile spotlight at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 11th annual Governors Awards, where Cherokee actor Wes Studi, Italian dir...

Oct 28, 2019

Altuve, Astros show up in World Series, win Game 3 in DC 4-1

WASHINGTON - From the moment George Springer jumped on the game's third pitch for a single, then quickly swiped a base, to the way he and his teammates sprinted off the field after the final out a lit...

Oct 27, 2019

Washington banning US flights to all Cuban cities but Havana

MIAMI - The Trump administration is banning U.S. flights to all Cuban cities except Havana in the latest move to roll back the Obama-era easing of relations, officials said Friday. Supporters of the b...

Oct 27, 2019

Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian investigators found plenty of blame to go around for a Boeing 737 Max crash that killed 189 people a year ago. They faulted design decisions by Boeing that made the pla...

Oct 27, 2019

John Conyers, longest serving black congressman, dies at 90

DETROIT - Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in ...

Oct 27, 2019

House Democrats get a legal victory in impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON - A judge has ordered the Justice Department to give the House secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, handing a victory to Democrats as they...

Oct 27, 2019

Paul Barrere, guitarist-singer for Little Feat, dies at 71

NEW YORK - Paul Barrere, guitarist and singer for the rock group Little Feat, has died. He was 71. Barrere's passing was announced Saturday by surviving members of the band, who honoured his contribut...

Oct 27, 2019

US deficit hits nearly $1 trillion. When will it matter?

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration reported a river of red ink Friday. The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year surged 26% from 2018 to $984.4 billion - its highest point in seven years. The ga...

Oct 27, 2019