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Powell says financial crisis accelerated economic changes

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the 2008 financial crisis accelerated major changes in the U.S. and global economies, leading to slower growth, lower inflation an...

Jul 16, 2019

Lawyer sentenced to 5 years for scamming Barkley, others

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A lawyer convicted of swindling NBA star Charles Barkley and using the name of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to bolster an investment scam was sentenced to five years i...

Jul 16, 2019

Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo arrested in US

LIMA, Peru - Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, who faces corruption charges in his homeland, was arrested in the United States following an extradition request, U.S. and Peruvian authorities...

Jul 16, 2019

South African musician Johnny Clegg dies at 66 after cancer

JOHANNESBURG - Johnny Clegg, a South African musician who performed in defiance of racial barriers imposed by the apartheid system decades ago and celebrated its new democracy under Nelson Mandela, di...

Jul 16, 2019

Emails show Iowa official's Tupac fixation before his ouster

IOWA CITY, Iowa - The director of Iowa's social services agency was a huge fan of the late rapper Tupac Shakur, and he frequently let his subordinates know it. Emails obtained by The Associated Press ...

Jul 16, 2019

Anxious immigrants wait to learn effect of new asylum policy

Dozens of immigrants lined up Tuesday at a major Mexico border crossing, waiting to learn how the Trump administration's plans to end most asylum protections would affect their hopes of taking refuge ...

Jul 16, 2019

Boeing jet trouble leads to cuts at Europe's busiest airline

LONDON - Europe's biggest airline, budget carrier Ryanair, will cut flights and close some of its bases beginning this winter because of the delay to deliveries of the Boeing 737 Max plane, which has ...

Jul 16, 2019

Retail rivals crash Amazon's Prime Day party

NEW YORK - The gravitational pull of Amazon Prime Day is so strong on shoppers it's benefiting other retailers as well, according to an early analysis from a key data group. On Monday, the first day o...

Jul 16, 2019

2 people dead, dozens of homes damaged in Indonesian quake

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong earthquake in eastern Indonesia killed two people and damaged at least dozens of homes, a disaster official said Monday, as the government declared a seven-day emergency ...

Jul 16, 2019

Apollo 11 astronaut returns to launch pad 50 years later

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he and two other astronauts flew to the moon 50 years ago. At NASA's invitation, Michael Collins spe...

Jul 16, 2019