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Survey: Companies add fewest jobs in 9 years in May

WASHINGTON - U.S. companies added the fewest jobs in nine years, a private survey found, as manufacturers, construction firms and mining companies cut workers. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday tha...

Jun 07, 2019

Spike Lee calls for Hollywood to 'shut it down' in Georgia

LOS ANGELES - Director Spike Lee is calling for Hollywood production companies to leave Georgia over a law that would ban abortions as early as six weeks, upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. Most stu...

Jun 07, 2019

Enbridge seeks court ruling on Great Lakes oil pipeline deal

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Enbridge Inc. said Thursday it will go to court after failing to strike a deal with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on building an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel that co...

Jun 06, 2019

'Dr. John,' funky New Orleans 'night-tripper' musician, dies

NEW ORLEANS - Dr. John, the New Orleans musician who blended black and white musical styles with a hoodoo-infused stage persona and gravelly bayou drawl, died Thursday, his family said. He was 77. In ...

Jun 06, 2019

Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat beats forecasts in 1Q

Beyond Meat's shares soared after the plant-based meat company beat Wall Street's expectations in its first earnings report since its IPO in May. The El Segundo, California-based company lost $6.6 mil...

Jun 06, 2019

US and Mexico: More talks, no deal yet to avert tariffs

WASHINGTON - U.S. and Mexican officials laboured for a second day Thursday to avert import tariffs that President Donald Trump is threatening to impose as he tries to strong-arm Mexico into stemming t...

Jun 06, 2019

Agency watchdog slams conditions at ICE detention facilities

WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog says rotting food, mouldy and dilapidated bathrooms and agency practices at immigration detention facilities may violate detainees' ri...

Jun 06, 2019

Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. ...

Jun 06, 2019

Emails show chaos before Kansas player's death

WICHITA, Kan. - The assistant football coach at a Kansas community college told officials a 300-pound defensive lineman who died of heatstroke after practice was "making a stressful moan" when he arri...

Jun 06, 2019

Trump eases up, makes nice with May before she steps down

LONDON - Making nice at the end, President Donald Trump eased up Tuesday on his frequent criticisms of outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May over her handling of the tortured Brexit deal, declar...

Jun 06, 2019