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Comedian Baron Cohen asks judge to dismiss Roy Moore lawsuit

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen asked a federal judge to dismiss Roy Moore's defamation lawsuit over a television segment that lampooned Moore in the wake of sexual misconduct allegation...

Sep 17, 2019

Oil prices drop ahead of update on Saudi oil production

NEW YORK - Oil prices are falling a day after their biggest single-day jump in years due to a weekend attack on a key Saudi Arabia energy facility. U.S. oil fell nearly 5% to $59.96 a barrel Tuesday w...

Sep 17, 2019

Attack on Saudi oil sites raises risks amid US-Iran tension

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom's oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as the U....

Sep 17, 2019

'Jeopardy!' host Trebek says he's resumed chemotherapy

NEW YORK - "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek says he's had a setback in his battle with pancreatic cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy again. Trebek told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday that afte...

Sep 17, 2019

Talks set to carry on but no deal yet in UAW strike vs GM

DETROIT - Talks are set to resume Tuesday after a pause overnight, but there was no end to the strike against General Motors. Brian Rothenberg, spokesman for the UAW, said Tuesday "They are talking, t...

Sep 17, 2019

Celebs to read bedtime story to help fight homelessness

LOS ANGELES - Will Smith and Dame Helen Mirren will read a bedtime story during a one-night fundraising event to help fight global homelessness. Smith and Mirren will each tell their story from differ...

Sep 17, 2019

Weinstein attorney: He's a sinner, but not 'a rapist'

NEW YORK - An attorney for Harvey Weinstein said on Tuesday that her client is not without sin - but he's also not "a rapist." Donna Rotunno, speaking on "CBS This Morning," said she feels strongly th...

Sep 17, 2019

Renzi splits Italy's Democrats, shaking govt coalition

ROME - Former Italian Premier Matteo Renzi has left the ruling Democratic Party to set up a new centrist force, in a risky move that further weakens the already shaky government forged only two weeks ...

Sep 17, 2019

Bombing hits Afghan president's rally in northern province

KABUL - Afghan officials say a sticky bomb attached to a police vehicle went off near a campaign rally by President Ashraf Ghani in the country's northern Parwan province. There was no immediate word ...

Sep 17, 2019

Iran's supreme leader: No talk with the US at any level

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says "there will be no talks with the U.S. at any level" - remarks apparently meant to end all speculation about a U.S.-Iran meeting at the ...

Sep 16, 2019