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US prisons chief removed from position after Epstein's death

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position Monday, more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life...

Aug 21, 2019

US home sales rose 2.5% in July, aided by low mortgage rates

WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales increased 2.5% in July, a sign that lower mortgage rates have produced a spurt of home-buying. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday homes sold last month at...

Aug 21, 2019

Jury to weigh ex-school head's lawsuit against writer Sparks

RALEIGH, N.C. - A jury will decide whether the former head of a private Christian school that novelist Nicholas Sparks founded in his North Carolina hometown was unjustly fired, then defamed when the ...

Aug 21, 2019

German city offers $1.1M to whoever proves it doesn't exist

BERLIN - A German city that's been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn't really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves that's true. Officials ...

Aug 21, 2019

China says British consulate staffer detained 15 days

HONG KONG - China said Wednesday a staffer at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the city of Shenzhen for violating regulations on public order. T...

Aug 21, 2019

Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president has sent a bill to parliament that would cut four zeroes from value of the nation's sanctions-battered currency, the rial. Semi-official news agencies reported the news...

Aug 21, 2019

Prince Andrew rejects involvement in Epstein sex scandal

LONDON - Britain's Prince Andrew has rejected renewed suggestions he may have been involved in the alleged sex crimes of his one-time friend Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew says in a statement released by Buc...

Aug 21, 2019

Paul Simon plants a tree at Hawaii forest preserve on Maui

KULA, Hawaii - Musician Paul Simon joined environmentalists trying to reinvigorate a Hawaii forest on Maui and planted a tree during a ceremony, a report said. The singer-songwriter visited Auwahi For...

Aug 20, 2019

Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC

NEW YORK - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul's upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can't get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed ...

Aug 20, 2019

Australian court upholds cardinal's child sex convictions

MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian court has upheld convictions against the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of children sex abuse. The Victoria state Court of Appeal by a 2-1 majority ruling...

Aug 20, 2019