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'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash charged with domestic battery

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - An actress known for appearing in the 1990s comedy, "Clueless," is facing a domestic battery charge in Florida. A Pasco County Sheriff's Office report says 52-year-old Stacey D...

Sep 30, 2019

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower has book out next week

NEW YORK - The whistleblower at Cambridge Analytica, the data-mining firm linked to using social media for targeted political ads, has a book deal. Christopher Wylie's "Mindf(asterisk)ck: Cambridge An...

Sep 30, 2019

California to let college athletes make money, defying NCAA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Defying the NCAA, California's governor signed a first-in-the-nation law Monday that will let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements - a move that could upe...

Sep 30, 2019

Meghan visits memorial to murdered South African woman

JOHANNESBURG - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has visited a memorial to a young South African woman whose rape and murder inspired thousands of people to protest the country's high rate of sexual viol...

Sep 30, 2019

Forever 21 fashion chain closing all Canadian stores in global restructuring

NEW YORK - Low-price fashion chain Forever 21, a once-hot destination for teen shoppers, will close all 44 of its Canadian stores and up to 178 locations in the United States while restructuring its g...

Sep 30, 2019

Saudi crown prince takes responsibility for journalist death

NEW YORK - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a television interview that he takes "full responsibility" for the grisly killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but he denied allegatio...

Sep 30, 2019

Fraud, misconduct threaten Afghan presidential election

KABUL - Accusations of fraud and misconduct, more than scores of Taliban attacks, threatened to overwhelm the results of Saturday's vote for the next president of Afghanistan, denying the winner legit...

Sep 29, 2019

Director promises dank thrills in Thai cave boys rescue saga

BANGKOK - Their story gripped the world: determined divers racing against time and water to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped for more than two weeks in a flooded cave deep inside a northe...

Sep 29, 2019

Cause of deadly boat fire still a mystery

LOS ANGELES - Investigators completed a two-week examination of the charred wreckage of a scuba diving boat and could not determine what ignited the fire that killed 34 people off the Southern Califor...

Sep 29, 2019

At UN, Africa balances highlighting its progress and poverty

At the modernist U.N. building on New York's East Side, "United Nations" means the trappings of protocol, the gravitas and pettiness of diplomatic relations, the grandiose speeches and agendas of head...

Sep 29, 2019