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'Our bigger enemy': Trump escalates attack on Fed chief

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump launched a furious and highly personal Twitter attack Friday against the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell, fuming that the Fed once more "did NOTHING!" an...

Aug 23, 2019

Domingo to return to the stage amid harassment allegations

MILAN - Placido Domingo is returning to the stage at the Salzburg Festival this weekend to perform for the first time since multiple women accused the opera legend of sexual harassment in allegations ...

Aug 23, 2019

Judge orders woman in Capital One case to remain in custody

SEATTLE - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered a woman accused of hacking Capital One and at least 30 other organizations to remain in custody pending trial because she is a flight risk and poses a physical...

Aug 23, 2019

Taylor Swift says she plans to re-record her songs' masters

NEW YORK - Taylor Swift plans to re-record her songs after her catalogue was purchased by popular music manager Scooter Braun. "CBS Sunday Morning" previewed some of its pre-taped interview with Swift...

Aug 23, 2019

Clarification: Nicholas Sparks-Lawsuit story

RALEIGH, N.C. - In a story Aug. 21 about a lawsuit against novelist Nicholas Sparks by the former headmaster of the school the author founded, The Associated Press, citing testimony from Sparks, repor...

Aug 23, 2019

Jet catches fire in Northern California; 10 aboard unhurt

OROVILLE, Calif. - All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, o...

Aug 23, 2019

Illinois patient's death may be first in US tied to vaping

CHICAGO - Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States linked to the...

Aug 23, 2019

Bolsonaro prepares to send army to contain Amazon fires

PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he might send the military to battle the mas...

Aug 23, 2019

President Trump offers himself as 'the chosen one'

WASHINGTON - King of Israel? The second coming? The chosen one? President Donald Trump is known to have a healthy ego. But a string of comments Wednesday went to a higher level. First, Trump thanked c...

Aug 23, 2019

Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumour on pancreas

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a tumour on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining. The court said Friday th...

Aug 23, 2019