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US vaping illnesses top 1,000, death count is up to 18

NEW YORK - The outbreak of U.S. vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that 1,080 confirmed and probable cases have been repor...

Oct 03, 2019

Federal judge temporarily blocks Georgia abortion law

ATLANTA - A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Georgia's restrictive new abortion law from taking effect, following the lead of other judges who have blocked similar measures in other states...

Oct 03, 2019

Actor Robert De Niro in real-life drama with ex-worker

NEW YORK - Robert De Niro has found himself in a real-life court drama, trading dueling lawsuits with his former assistant after their decade-long working relationship went dreadfully sour. He's accus...

Oct 03, 2019

Pompeo, Democrats trade intimidation charges in Trump probe

WASHINGTON - Setting a defiant tone, the Trump administration resisted Congress' access to impeachment witnesses Tuesday, even as House Democrats warned such efforts themselves could amount to an impe...

Oct 03, 2019

Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbour found guilty of murder

DALLAS - A white former Dallas police officer who shot her black unarmed neighbour to death after, she said, mistaking his apartment for her own was convicted of murder Tuesday in a verdict that promp...

Oct 03, 2019

Ukraine's leader: Trump didn't use US military aid as lever

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's president said Tuesday that no one explained to him why millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to his country was delayed, dismissing suggestions that President Donald Trum...

Oct 03, 2019

Studio behind ‘Sesame Street’ is making an Elmo talk show

NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel... and Elmo? Sesame Workshop is developing a talk show starring the squeaky-voiced puppet, called "The Not Too Late Show with Elmo," where he wil...

Oct 03, 2019

Dazed and confused deer gets trapped in Italy's resort shop

ROME - A dazed and confused deer has stormed into a clothing store in the fashionable mountain resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, on the Italian Dolomites, blocking the local shopping street for a few hours...

Oct 03, 2019

Drop in US service sector activity raises economic concerns

WASHINGTON - Growth in the U.S. services sector slowed sharply in September to its lowest level in three years, suggesting that the Trump administration's trade conflicts and rising uncertainty are we...

Oct 03, 2019

US construction spending up slight 0.1% in August

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending edged up a disappointing 0.1% in August as continued weakness in nonresidential construction offset the best gain in home building in nine months. The latest fi...

Oct 03, 2019