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Memorials show California community's grief over boat fire

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Just hours after a fire raced through a scuba diving boat, a memorial started sprouting up to commemorate the lives of 34 people who died trapped below decks. Days later, it ha...

Sep 04, 2019

Shattering Taliban attack in Kabul even as US deal nears

KABUL - The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just h...

Sep 04, 2019

China says trade talks with US to take place in October

BEIJING - U.S. and Chinese envoys will meet in early October for talks aimed at ending a tariff war, later than initially planned, China's Commerce Ministry announced Thursday. The announcement came a...

Sep 04, 2019

Administration switches off rule for thriftier light bulbs

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration turned its deregulatory focus Wednesday to light bulbs, scrapping a rule that would have phased out less energy efficient incandescent bulbs. The move slows a yea...

Sep 04, 2019

Judge orders Anheuser-Busch to halt 'corn syrup' labels

Big beer is still duking it out over corn syrup. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop using Bud Light packaging that implies rival brews made by MillerCoors contain corn syrup. ...

Sep 04, 2019

NTSB: Autopilot flaw, driver inattention caused Tesla crash

DETROIT - A design flaw in Tesla's Autopilot semi-autonomous driving system and driver inattention combined to cause a Model S electric car to slam into a firetruck parked along a California freeway, ...

Sep 04, 2019

Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat

RIO DE JANEIRO - A conservation group says one of Latin America's key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia. The South America director for the New York-based Pan...

Sep 04, 2019

Harry Potter removed from Tennessee Catholic school library

NASHVILLE - A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school's priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. In an email obtained...

Sep 04, 2019

911 audio details scene after crash that injured Kevin Hart

LOS ANGELES - A 911 call released Wednesday describes the moments after Kevin Hart was seriously injured after his muscle car crashed on a mountainous Southern California roadway. The witness describe...

Sep 04, 2019

Feds: Man sold rapper Mac Miller drugs before overdose death

LOS ANGELES - A man has been charged with selling counterfeit opioid pills to Mac Miller two days before the rapper died of an overdose. The Drug Enforcement Agency says in a statement that 23-year-ol...

Sep 04, 2019