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April trial scheduled for Avenatti over Stormy Daniels book

NEW YORK - An April trial date was set Tuesday for Michael Avenatti to face charges that he cheated ex-client Stormy Daniels out of proceeds from her book. U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman in Manha...

Nov 10, 2020

Asia Today: Hong Kong, Singapore OK travel, virus in Vanuatu

Hong Kong and Singapore will start an air travel bubble at the end of November, allowing travellers from each city to visit the other without entering quarantine in a first step to stimulate tourism a...

Nov 10, 2020

Dems clinch House control, but majority likely to shrink

WASHINGTON - Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House on Tuesday but with a potentially razor-thin majority, a bittersweet finale to last week's elections that has left them divided ...

Nov 10, 2020

Press groups concerned over killings of Mexican journalists

MEXICO CITY - International press groups expressed concern Tuesday about a spike in the number of journalists killed in Mexico, after three were murdered within the space of 10 days. The Committee to ...

Nov 10, 2020

Lawsuit challenging arrest of NYC transgender woman settled

NEW YORK - The New York Police Department will have to give its force more training on protecting the rights of transgender people as part of a deal announced Tuesday that settles a civil rights lawsu...

Nov 10, 2020

Pompeo brushes aside results of presidential election

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is brushing aside results of last week's presidential election showing that President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term. Pompeo told reporters wit...

Nov 10, 2020

Biden vows to 'get right to work' despite Trump resistance

WILMINGTON, Del. - Vowing "to get right to work," President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as "inconsequential," even as...

Nov 10, 2020

Cunningham concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. - Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Tuesday, saying "the voters have spoken" and it was clear Tillis had won. With Cunni...

Nov 10, 2020

Republican wins back US House seat in Southern California

LOS ANGELES - Republican Michelle Steel defeated first-term Rep. Harley Rouda on Tuesday in a Southern California district, only the second time in more than two decades that a GOP candidate in the st...

Nov 10, 2020

Global rally slows, but optimism over vaccine remains high

NEW YORK - The big rally for markets worldwide is slowing on Tuesday, but optimism remains high that the global economy may still be on track for a return to normal. It's the second straight day that ...

Nov 10, 2020