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El Salvador's next US envoy met Trump at Miss Universe

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador's next ambassador to Washington is someone President Donald Trump might remember from his days as a beauty pageant boss. A photo circulating on social media Fri...

Sep 26, 2020

Maine lobster business salvaged its summer despite pandemic

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's lobster fishermen braced for a difficult summer this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but then the unexpected happened. They kept catching lobsters, and people kept ...

Sep 26, 2020

As campaign heats up, Trump woos Latino, Black voters

ATLANTA - With fewer than 40 days left before the election, President Donald Trump unveiled his second policy plan in as many days as he tries to chip away at his Democratic rival's support among Blac...

Sep 25, 2020

GOP expecting Trump to tap Barrett for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - Republicans are expecting President Donald Trump to announce Saturday that he is nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as he aims to put a historic stamp on the high cou...

Sep 25, 2020

Probe into 'discarded' ballots becomes campaign outrage fuel

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been "discarded" by the local election office in a swing county of one of t...

Sep 25, 2020

Virus cases rise in US heartland, home to anti-mask feelings

MISSION, Kan. - It began with devastation in the New York City area, followed by a summertime crisis in the Sun Belt. Now the coronavirus outbreak is heating up fast in smaller cities in the heartland...

Sep 25, 2020

Milan Fashion: Marni avenges lockdown with global video

Milan Fashion Week continued in disjointed, discombobulated style for the third day on Friday, veering from the physical to the digital, with an uneasy eye fixed on the economic damage wrought by coro...

Sep 25, 2020

Desk shortage forces people to get creative about workspaces

NEW YORK - First it was toilet paper. Disinfectant wipes. Beans. Coins. Computers. Now, desks are in short supply because of the coronavirus pandemic. Millions of kids logging onto virtual school this...

Sep 25, 2020

Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines

LONDON - A rat has for the first time won a British charity's top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honour for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, a giant African po...

Sep 25, 2020

Demi Lovato, Max Ehrich call off engagement after 2 months

LOS ANGELES - Singer-actors Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich have called off their engagement after two months. Lovato and her former fiance have parted ways, according to a person close to Lovato who spoke...

Sep 25, 2020