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Documents: Epstein ducked sex abuse questions in deposition

NEW YORK - Newly released court documents show that financier Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly declined to answer questions about sex abuse as part of a lawsuit. A partial transcript of the September 2016 d...

Aug 09, 2019

US stocks erase most of an early loss as volatility surges

Stocks overcame a big loss on Wall Street Wednesday, though the market's recovery left plenty of signs of worry among investors that the fallout from the trade war between the U.S. and China will spre...

Aug 09, 2019

El Paso, with deep Mexican American past, rallies amid pain

EL PASO, Texas - The massacre that killed 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso struck a city that has long been the cradle of Mexican American culture and immigration and suffered through bloody episodes...

Aug 09, 2019

Protesters chant against Trump as he visits Dayton, El Paso

EL PASO, Texas - Aiming to play the traditional role of healer during national tragedy, President Donald Trump paid visits to cities reeling from mass shootings that left 31 dead and dozens more wound...

Aug 09, 2019

US wholesale prices rise just 0.2% in July

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices ticked up just 0.2% in July, the latest sign that inflationary pressures are largely in check. The Labor Department said Friday that the producer price index - which...

Aug 09, 2019

Richard Gere visits migrants stuck at sea in Mediterranean

Actor Richard Gere is visiting rescued migrants on board a humanitarian ship that has been stuck in the Mediterranean Sea for over a week. The Hollywood star took food and supplies by boat Friday to 1...

Aug 09, 2019

UK economy shrinks by 0.2% in second quarter

LONDON - Official figures show that the British economy shrank by a quarterly rate of 0.2% in the second quarter of the year. The decline reported Friday by the Office for National Statistics was unex...

Aug 09, 2019

Taliban suicide blast in Kabul kills 14 people, 145 wounded

KABUL - A Taliban car bomb aimed at Afghan security forces ripped through a busy Kabul neighbourhood on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 145 - most of them women, children and other civilians...

Aug 09, 2019

Casting director David Rubin elected film academy president

LOS ANGELES - Casting director David Rubin has been elected the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that bestows the Oscars. He is the first casting dire...

Aug 08, 2019

China bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards

BEIJING - China said Wednesday that it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious honours, as Beijing r...

Aug 08, 2019