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University gets horror filmmaker George Romero's archives

PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh is getting a spooky addition: the archives of late iconic horror filmmaker George A. Romero. Romero's horror flicks date back to the 1968 film "Night of the L...

May 17, 2019

United Airlines to lay off 100 in Houston, outsource jobs

HOUSTON - United Airlines says it will cut about 100 accounting jobs in Houston in July and shift the work to a contractor. The airline reported the layoffs in a letter this week to the Texas Workforc...

May 17, 2019

Prosecutor: Pregnant teen killed while being shown photos

CHICAGO - A prosecutor says a pregnant Chicago teen who was killed and whose baby was cut from her womb was strangled while being shown a photo album of the late son and brother of her attackers. The ...

May 17, 2019

Trump delays imposing tariffs on auto imports and parts

WASHINGTON - Caught in a sprawling trade dispute with U.S. rival China, President Donald Trump decided against declaring commercial war on America's friends: The White House said Friday that he is del...

May 17, 2019

Kansas again keeping foster kids in offices

TOPEKA, Kan. - Abused and neglected children are again sleeping overnight in the offices of Kansas foster care contractors because homes cannot be found for them quickly enough. According to the Depar...

May 17, 2019

No home birth: Harry and Meghan's Archie born in a hospital

LONDON - The birth certificate for the son of Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, reveals that Archie was born in a private hospital in London. The certificate filed Friday makes clear tha...

May 17, 2019

Report: Ohio State team doctor abused 177, leaders knew

COLUMBUS, Ohio - At least 177 men were sexually abused by an Ohio State team doctor who died years ago, the university said Friday as it released findings from a law firm that investigated the accusat...

May 17, 2019

Retail sales in 2019 are a wild ride, slip 0.2% in April

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales declined last month as Americans cut back their spending on clothes, appliances, and home and garden supplies. Sales dropped 0.2% in April, the Commerce Department said ...

May 17, 2019

Poland's church leader says sex abuse reports not an attack

WARSAW, Poland - Contradicting claims by Poland's ruling party leader, the head of Poland's Catholic church says recent revelations about priests abusing minors are not attacks on the church but will ...

May 17, 2019

Alabama governor invokes God in banning nearly all abortions

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's Republican governor has signed the most stringent abortion legislation in the nation, making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases. "To the bill's many suppo...

May 17, 2019