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Official: Trump to challenge California mileage authority

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California's authority to set its own automobile gas mileage standards, a government official said Thursday, c...

Sep 07, 2019

No conviction in California warehouse fire stuns families

OAKLAND, Calif. - A jury on Thursday didn't convict two men charged after flames tore through a party at a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse that had been converted into a mazelike artist space, stunni...

Sep 07, 2019

Dark 'Joker' wins top Venice Film Festival prize

Todd Phillips' dark comic book film "Joker" has won the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. Jury president Lucretia Martel on Saturday announced this year's winners of th...

Sep 07, 2019

Sudan PM names first Cabinet since removal of al-Bashir

CAIRO - Sudan's newly appointed prime minister on Thursday announced his Cabinet, the first since the military ousted autocratic President Omar al-Bashir in April. The new members include Sudan's firs...

Sep 07, 2019

Raiders cut Antonio Brown before playing a game with team

ALAMEDA, Calif. - The Oakland Raiders have released disgruntled star receiver Antonio Brown before he ever played a game for the team. The Raiders announced the decision Saturday, hours after he reque...

Sep 07, 2019

Michigan State University fined $4.5 million in Nassar case

WASHINGTON - The government on Thursday ordered Michigan State University to make sweeping changes and pay a $4.5 million fine after determining that it failed to adequately respond to sexual assault ...

Sep 07, 2019

Sarah Huckabee Sanders memoir coming in 2020

NEW YORK - Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a book deal. St. Martin's Press announced Thursday that her memoir, currently untitled, will come out in Fall 2020. Sanders wil...

Sep 07, 2019

This time it's Boris Johnson's younger brother jumping ship

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bad week got even worse Thursday when younger brother Jo walked away from his government post over their differing stances on Brexit. It was clearly a d...

Sep 07, 2019

Johnson seeks UK election bid as political foes push back

LONDON - Boxed in by opponents and abandoned politically even by his own brother, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson struggled Thursday to keep his Brexit plans on track, and he accused lawmakers of...

Sep 07, 2019

Dorian grazes Carolina coast, aims for Outer Banks

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the Carolinas with shrieking winds, tornadoes and sideways rain Thursday as it closed in for a possible direct hit on the dangerously exposed Outer Banks...

Sep 07, 2019