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US piles up record October budget deficit of $284.1 billion

WASHINGTON - The U.S. is starting the 2021 budget year the way the old year ended, with soaring deficits. The Treasury Department reported Thursday that the federal government ran up a record October ...

Nov 12, 2020

Justice Dept.: 'Poor judgment' used in Epstein plea deal

WASHINGTON - A Justice Department report has found former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised "poor judgment" in handling an investigation into wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein when he was a top fe...

Nov 12, 2020

Georgia secretary of state isolates after wife's virus test

ATLANTA - After his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger plans to get tested and to quarantine just as the state is preparing for a hand tally of the...

Nov 12, 2020

UN: 74 migrants drown after boat breaks down off Libya coast

CAIRO - At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the U.N. migration agency said, in the latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks i...

Nov 12, 2020

The Weeknd to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show

LOS ANGELES - The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the three-time Grammy Award winner will be...

Nov 12, 2020

Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73

ACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy, has died, according to the state's Radio Ghana a...

Nov 12, 2020

Memoir by Sen. Tammy Duckworth coming out March 30

NEW YORK - Sen. Tammy Duckworth has written a memoir, "Every Day Is a Gift," which comes out March 30. Twelve, a Hachette Book Group imprint, announced the deal with Sen. Duckworth on Thursday, the 16...

Nov 12, 2020

Jane Fonda celebrates 25 years of Georgia-based non-profit

ATLANTA - Jane Fonda is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Georgia-based non-profit organization she founded to prevent teenage pregnancies. Fonda, 82, founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent...

Nov 12, 2020

Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions

BOSTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants. Two judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos...

Nov 12, 2020

US consumer prices unchanged in October, lowest in 5 months

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in October, the lowest reading in five months and an indication that a price spike over the summer is beginning to fade as coronavirus cases begin to s...

Nov 12, 2020