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Philadelphia police commissioner resigning, mayor says

PHILADELPHIA - The mayor of Philadelphia says the police commissioner is resigning over new allegations of sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against others in the department. Mayo...

Aug 20, 2019

Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's governor during Katrina, dies

BATON ROUGE, La. - Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katri...

Aug 20, 2019

Charges dropped against alleged thief of McDormand Oscar

LOS ANGELES - Charges against a man accused of stealing Frances McDormand's Oscar statuette from an Academy Awards after-party have been dropped. The trial for Terry Bryant was to begin Tuesday, but L...

Aug 20, 2019

Jury begins deliberations in Cleaves sex assault trial

FLINT, Mich. - Jurors have begun deliberating in the sexual assault trial of former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves. The panel of nine women and three men received the case Tuesday after...

Aug 20, 2019

Sudan protesters, army announce new ruling body after deal

CAIRO - Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the army have announced a joint ruling body, disbanding the military council that had taken over the country after ousting longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir i...

Aug 20, 2019

Ex-baseball players Dotel, Castillo linked to DR drug ring

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel and are searching for ex-infielder Luis Castillo for their alleged links to a d...

Aug 20, 2019

Area 51 county officials draft emergency plan for big crowds

LAS VEGAS - Officials in Nevada's sparsely populated Lincoln County have drafted an emergency declaration and are planning with neighbouring counties and the state in case crowds arrive for an event n...

Aug 20, 2019

25th Bond movie gets a title: 'No Time to Die'

NEW YORK - The 25th James Bond movie has a title: "No Time to Die." Producers announced the moniker Tuesday for the film that has long been referred to simply as "Bond 25." "No Time to Die" returns Da...

Aug 20, 2019

Clemson QB Lawrence leads AP preseason All-America team

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence headlines The Associated Press preseason All-America team, and he has two teammates from the top-ranked Tigers with him on the first team. Lawrence, the first fresh...

Aug 20, 2019

Earth's future in being written in fast-melting Greenland

HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland - Greenland is where Earth's refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. Scientists are hard at work there, trying to understand the alarm...

Aug 20, 2019