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Judge won't return R. Kelly bond money to woman who paid it

CHICAGO - A judge in R. Kelly's Illinois sexual assault case has refused to give $100,000 in bail money back to a Kelly friend who paid it in February to secure the singer's release from county jail. ...

Sep 19, 2019

Official: Political donor faces US charge in overdose death

LOS ANGELES - A law enforcement official says political activist Ed Buck will face a federal charge in a drug death at his Los Angeles-area home. The official with knowledge of the investigation said ...

Sep 19, 2019

Alabama Gov. Ivey says she is being treated for malignancy

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says she will receive treatment for a malignancy discovered on her lung. Ivey said Thursday that the cancer is treatable and will not prevent her from serving ...

Sep 19, 2019

B.C. parent charged in alleged admissions scam in the United States

BOSTON - A woman accused of paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit has become the 52nd person charged in a sweeping college admissions ...

Sep 19, 2019

'It's bad': Hundreds of water rescues as Imelda soaks Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas - The remnants of Tropical Depression Imelda unleashed torrential rain Thursday in parts of Texas and Louisiana, prompting hundreds of water rescues, a hospital evacuation and road clo...

Sep 19, 2019

Hurricane rips roofs, cuts power in Bermuda, but no deaths

MIAMI - Hurricane Humberto blew off rooftops, toppled trees and knocked out power as it blew past the British Atlantic island of Bermuda. But officials said Thursday that the Category 3 storm caused n...

Sep 19, 2019

US economy could shrug off oil prices if disruption is brief

DALLAS - The price of gasoline crept higher after a weekend attack devastated Saudi Arabian oil output, but if the disruption to global supplies is short-lived, the impact on the U.S. economy will pro...

Sep 19, 2019

'No path is easy': Black opera singers detail struggles

NEW YORK - More than 60 years after Marian Anderson broke the colour barrier at the Metropolitan Opera, black singers still face unique obstacles in building their careers within the industry. "We've ...

Sep 19, 2019

DreamWorks, Shanghai studio hope 'Abominable' suits China

For the new animated movie "Abominable," bringing a big city in China to life with accuracy means that even the trash has to look right. Chinese animators collaborating with DreamWorks animators urged...

Sep 19, 2019

Airbnb says it will go public in 2020

NEW YORK - Home-sharing company Airbnb Inc. said Thursday it plans to go public in 2020. It's a long-awaited move for the San Francisco company, which was founded in 2008 by Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbi...

Sep 19, 2019