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The Loyalist: VP Pence preserves own presidential prospects

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence shuttled through the Capitol's empty, drafty hallways one blustery winter day in search of a breakthrough. It was January 2019, and the government had been partl...

Aug 25, 2020

Polanski's request to restore film academy membership denied

LOS ANGELES - A judge on Tuesday denied Roman Polanski's request to restore his membership in the organization that bestows the Academy Awards two years after he was expelled from it for raping a mino...

Aug 25, 2020

Alaska attorney general quits after texts with woman surface

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson resigned Tuesday, shortly after details of text messages that the state's married and socially conservative top law enforcement officer sent ...

Aug 25, 2020

US officials: 1st Israel-UAE commercial flight next week

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is scheduled for next week, carrying American and Israeli delegations to Abu ...

Aug 25, 2020

Falwell says he's resigned from Liberty University

RICHMOND, Va. - Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday that he has resigned as head of evangelical Liberty University because of ongoing controversies about his wife's sexual involvement with a younger busine...

Aug 25, 2020

20 years later, ‘Bring It On’ still gets the cheers

No one expected "Bring It On" to win its opening weekend. The Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union teen cheerleading comedy was facing off against a $60 million Wesley Snipes action film. But on the week...

Aug 25, 2020

Writer Gail Sheehy, author of ‘Passages,’ dies at 83

NEW YORK - Gail Sheehy, the journalist, commentator and pop sociologist whose bestselling "Passages" helped millions navigate their lives from early adulthood to middle age and beyond, has died. She w...

Aug 25, 2020

Dyson's 'Long Time Coming' addresses history of racism in US

NEW YORK - One of the country's most prominent scholars on race has a new book out in December. Michael Eric Dyson's "Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America" will be released Dec. 1, St. Mar...

Aug 25, 2020

July sales of new homes surge 13.9%, far more than thought

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Sales of new homes jumped again in July, rising 13.9% as the housing market continues to gain traction following a spring downturn caused by pandemic-related lockdowns. The Commer...

Aug 25, 2020

US consumer confidence falls for second month in August

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence fell for second straight month in August as a resurgence of virus cases in many parts of the country heightened pessimism about the economy. The Conference Board,...

Aug 25, 2020