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Photo cropping mistake leads to AP soul-searching on race
NEW YORK - A "terrible mistake" in cropping an African climate activist out of a photo sent to customers of The Associated Press prompted soul-searching and some tense staff conversations over issues ...
Jan 29, 2020
Collins expected to try ousting new GA senator in GOP battle
ATLANTA - Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump and vocal opponent of his impeachment, is expected to announce he will challenge fellow Republican and newly appointed Sen...
Jan 29, 2020
News of Bolton book sends jolt through impeachment trial
WASHINGTON - A single paper copy in a nondescript envelope arrived at the White House on Dec. 30. Four weeks later, news of John Bolton's book manuscript about his time as President Donald Trump's nat...
Jan 29, 2020
Prosecutor: Michael Avenatti saw dollar signs in Nike fraud
NEW YORK - A deep-in-debt Michael Avenatti threatened to deploy his big social media and television presence like a "modern weapon" to try to extort up to $25 million from Nike, a prosecutor claimed W...
Jan 29, 2020
Trump celebrates major rewrite of North American trade rules
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico, celebrating the fulfilment of one of his top campaign promises while decl...
Jan 29, 2020
Facebook reports 4Q profit, user growth despite challenges
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook had a strong fourth quarter as it made more money on advertising and added more users despite challenges around regulation, privacy and efforts to fight election interference....
Jan 29, 2020
Grounded jet sends Boeing to first annual loss in 2 decades
Boeing, an icon of American manufacturing, suffered its first annual financial loss in more than two decades while the cost of fixing its marquee aircraft after two deadly crashes soared to more than ...
Jan 29, 2020
Coach on Bryant helicopter put "heart and soul" in teaching
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Christina Mauser poured her heart and soul into coaching and teaching physical education at the school where young Gianna and her basketball star father Kobe Bryant were an int...
Jan 29, 2020
Countries evaluate evacuation of citizens in virus epicenter
TOKYO - Countries with citizens in the central Chinese city that's the epicenter of a viral outbreak are planning evacuations as the number of illnesses grow and China takes drastic measures to try to...
Jan 29, 2020
2 arrested in SC bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 4
HARTSVILLE, S.C. - Police have arrested two suspects in a weekend shooting that killed two people and wounded several others at a South Carolina bar, authorities said. The suspects were taken into cus...
Jan 29, 2020