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Trump suggests he might not sign COVID relief bill

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is blasting the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress just passed and is suggesting that he may not sign it. Trump complained in a video tha...

Dec 22, 2020

In South Africa, child homicides show violence 'entrenched'

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - At night, Amanda Zitho worries her little boy is shivering and cold in his coffin and yearns to take him a blanket. She knows Wandi's dead and gone and it's senseless, but th...

Dec 22, 2020

Performing in the pandemic, by zoom, drive-in and doorstep

NEW YORK - A good way to hear what we've missed this year is to listen to Sam Cooke's landmark live album, "Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963." On a warm January night in downtown Miami, Cooke was ...

Dec 22, 2020

Trump pardons 15, including Republican allies

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2...

Dec 22, 2020

Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said. The derailment occurred in the downtown C...

Dec 22, 2020

Louis Vuitton yoga mat made of leather draws Hindu complaint

BOSTON - A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga mat made partly from cowhide leather, calling it "hugely insensitive." Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Soc...

Dec 22, 2020

Congress approves bill to crack down on racehorse doping

WASHINGTON - A bill to ban race-day doping of horses and set national medication and track-safety standards for the horse-racing industry is nearing the finish line. Lawmakers gave final approval to t...

Dec 22, 2020

AP source: Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America, a person fam...

Dec 22, 2020

Newsom taps California election chief Padilla for US Senate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state's next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice-President-elect Kamala Ha...

Dec 22, 2020

South Carolina governor tests positive for the coronavirus

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has tested positive for the coronavirus and was slated to receive outpatient antibody treatment for "mild symptoms," his office said Tuesday. McMast...

Dec 22, 2020