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Fighter McGregor settles with fan, charges dropped

MIAMI - Prosecutors have dropped charges against star fighter Conor McGregor after he allegedly smashed a fan's phone outside a Miami hotel. The State Attorney's Office said Monday the victim has stop...

May 13, 2019

Amazon offers to help employees start delivery business

NEW YORK - Amazon, which is racing to deliver packages faster, is turning to its employees with a proposition: Quit your job and we'll help you start a business delivering Amazon packages. The offer, ...

May 13, 2019

Correction: Houston-Missing Girl story

HOUSTON - In a story May 6 about a reported abduction of a 4-year-old Houston girl, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by Houston police, misspelled the name of the man who told pol...

May 13, 2019

PBS film tackles Mexican Americans' role in winemaking

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - For generations, Mexican-born Gustavo Brambila's family has worked in the wine industry of California's Napa Valley in some form. He went to college on a baseball scholarship but t...

May 13, 2019

Houthi rebels claim to begin withdrawal from key Yemen ports

SANAA, Yemen - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday began a long-delayed withdrawal of forces from the port facility in the key city of Hodeida, the group said, following the terms of a December cease-fi...

May 13, 2019

Poland shaken by documentary about pedophile priests

WARSAW, Poland - A new documentary revealing new cases of pedophilia by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic societies, eliciting an apology from the church hierarchy ...

May 13, 2019

'Empire' will go 1 more season, Smollett's future is unclear

NEW YORK - The Fox network says "Empire" will be back this fall for its final season. But Fox executives in announcing the 2019-20 season say that Jussie Smollett's future in the show is unclear. Fox ...

May 13, 2019

UK halts export of 'Lady Chatterley' copy from famous trial

LONDON - The British government has used its powers to preserve the nation's cultural treasures to halt the export of a tattered paperback copy of "Lady Chatterley's Lover." The copy of the once-scand...

May 13, 2019

NBC bets on comedy next year, 'This Is Us" for years to come

NEW YORK - NBC didn't invoke its "must-see TV" 20th-century marketing slogan in announcing a renewed emphasis on sitcoms next season, but it could have. Calling comedy the "heart" of its brand, the ne...

May 13, 2019

'Pillow Talk' to 'Lucky Me': A list of Doris Day's films

The list of Doris Day's films and her leading men: 1948- "Romance on the High Seas" (Jack Carson) 1949- "My Dream Is Yours" (Jack Carson); "It's a Great Feeling" (Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson) 1950- "Yo...

May 13, 2019