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GOP governor urges gun sale background checks after shooting

DAYTON, Ohio - Facing pressure to take action after the latest mass shooting in the U.S., Ohio's Republican governor urged the GOP-led Legislature on Tuesday to pass laws requiring background checks f...

Aug 06, 2019

Cyntoia Brown, soon to be freed from prison, has book deal

NEW YORK - Cyntoia Brown, whose imprisonment for murder when she was 16 inspired a public campaign for her freedom, has a book out this fall. Brown's "Free Cyntoia" will be published Oct. 15, Atria Bo...

Aug 06, 2019

El Paso deaths climb to 22 as mayor prepares for Trump visit

EL PASO, Texas - The Texas border city jolted by a weekend massacre at a Walmart absorbed more grief Monday as the death toll climbed to 22 and prepared for a visit from President Donald Trump over an...

Aug 06, 2019

US job openings flat in June at 7.35 million

WASHINGTON - The number of open U.S. jobs was largely unchanged in June and hiring slipped, suggesting the job market has cooled a bit. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of available j...

Aug 06, 2019

Ugandan activist Bobi Wine condemns killing of his supporter

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan musician and opposition leader Bobi Wine is urging police to investigate the death of one of his supporters who died from injuries sustained during torture by unknown abducto...

Aug 06, 2019

Meek Mill retrial decision rescheduled to later this month

PHILADELPHIA - A decision on whether Meek Mill will be retried in a drug and gun case has been delayed until later this month. The 32-year-old rapper has been on probation most of his adult life over ...

Aug 06, 2019

As death count rises in 2 US shootings, a familiar aftermath

EL PASO, Texas - Anguished families planned funerals in two U.S. cities, politicians pointed fingers and a nation numbed by gun violence wondered what might come next Monday as the death toll from two...

Aug 06, 2019

Thai dissident musicians celebrate getting French haven

BANGKOK - Members of a Thai folk music group who feared for their lives because of their fiercely antiestablishment songs are celebrating this week after being admitted to France to seek refugee statu...

Aug 06, 2019

Neil deGrasse Tyson apologizes for weekend tweet about death

Neil deGrasse Tyson has learned after a tweet that pointing out truths is not always helpful. The astrophysicist and author apologized Monday for a Sunday tweet in which he noted more people died in l...

Aug 06, 2019

Cobie Smulders draws on cancer survival for new character

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Cobie Smulders is drawing on her experience as a cancer survivor for her role in ABC's "Stumptown." The 37-year-old actress has been in remission since being diagnosed with ova...

Aug 06, 2019