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Young people lead global climate change protests

BERLIN - In Canberra and Kabul, Cape Town and Berlin, and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N....

Greg Fry Sep 19, 2019

Auction: Bonnie Parker's poetry book, Clyde Barrow's watch

DALLAS - A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction. RR Auction will offer the items Satu...

Sep 20, 2019

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) says he's ending his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. De Blasio struggled to gain traction in a sprawling field of Democr...

Sep 20, 2019

Harry and Meghan make 1st official tour as family in Africa

JOHANNESBURG - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, along with their infant son, Archie, are making their first official tour as a family, starting Monday in a troubled South Africa whose president says...

Sep 20, 2019

Johnson faces Brexit flak from EU lawmakers and top UK court

STRASBOURG, France - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accused by European Union officials Wednesday of failing to negotiate seriously and branded the "father of lies" by a lawyer in the U.K. S...

Sep 20, 2019

US says attack on Saudi oil site was an Iranian 'act of war'

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil installations an "act of war" against the kingdom by Iran, as the Saudis displayed missi...

Sep 19, 2019

AP Source: GM's offer to UAW would add lower-paying jobs

DETROIT - A General Motors offer to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities includes $2 billion from joint ventures and suppliers for new plants that would pay workers less than the top union wage, a per...

Sep 19, 2019

Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Gun-maker Colt is suspending its production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15, the company said Thursday in a shift it attributed to changes in consu...

Sep 19, 2019

Trump gets victory in bid to block California tax return law

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal judge on Thursday handed President Donald Trump a victory in his effort to keep his financial information secret, siding with his campaign's effort to block a California...

Sep 19, 2019

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