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Pentagon: US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says the U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East region to counter threats from Iran. The department provided no details, but a defence official says th...

May 10, 2019

House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump tax returns

WASHINGTON - A top House Democrat has issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of...

May 10, 2019

Pence slams district court rulings against Trump policies

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue rulings blocking nationwide policies, arguing tha...

May 10, 2019

Judge transferring decision on Smollett special prosecutor

CHICAGO - A judge in Chicago says another judge will decide if a special prosecutor is needed to investigate why the state prosecutor's office dropped charges accusing Jussie Smollett of staging a rac...

May 10, 2019

Wool wrap for royal baby suggests tradition will win out

LONDON - Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor slept through his first press conference, but royal experts say the merino wool wrap in which he snuggled said a lot about how his parents, Prince Harry an...

May 10, 2019

Guns N' Roses sues brewery over its 'Guns 'N' Rosé' beer

LOS ANGELES - The rock band Guns N' Roses is accusing a Colorado brewery of piggybacking off their fame to sell beer and merchandise. The band filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Thursday against C...

May 10, 2019

Mel Gibson to play Santa Claus in 'Fatman' comedy

NEW YORK - Mel Gibson is to play Santa Claus in "Fatman," a comedy that will be shopped at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Gibson is attached as Kris Kringle in the film to be directed by Ian and E...

May 10, 2019

Witness says she was forced into sex act with self-help guru

NEW YORK - A woman testified on Wednesday that she became a "slave" under the control of a self-help guru who counted her calories, preached that women too often play victim and, ultimately, used her ...

May 10, 2019

Kidnap claim unravels: Baby thrown down hill, mom charged

A mother's claim that her 7-week-old baby was kidnapped quickly unraveled after her infant was found at the bottom of a 75-foot ravine in the North Carolina mountains, law enforcement officials said F...

May 10, 2019

R. Kelly judgment withdrawn after lawyers say he can't read

CHICAGO - R. Kelly spent much of Wednesday in court, with his lawyer explaining to one judge that the singer didn't respond to a lawsuit brought by one of his sexual abuse accusers because he is illit...

May 10, 2019