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Mourners honour Nobel laureate and peace advocate John Hume

LONDON - Mourners remembered activist John Hume on Wednesday, celebrating the visionary politician who devoted his life to peace and forged the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ire...

Aug 05, 2020

US trade deficit drops in June on record rise in exports

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the...

Aug 05, 2020

Survey: US companies cut back sharply on hiring in July

U.S. businesses sharply reduced hiring last month suggesting that the resurgent viral outbreak this summer slowed the economic recovery as many states closed parts of their economies again and consume...

Aug 05, 2020

French president travelling to Lebanon after deadly explosion

PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is travelling to Lebanon on Thursday to offer support for the troubled country after a massive, deadly explosion that has drawn global pledges of medical and h...

Aug 05, 2020

UK judge: Meghan friends can stay anonymous in privacy case

LONDON - A British judge ruled Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex can keep her friends' names secret while she brings a privacy invasion lawsuit against a British newspaper. High Court judge Mark Wa...

Aug 05, 2020

Clay ousted in Missouri primary after 20 years in Congress

Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer's fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay Tuesday in Missouri's ...

Aug 04, 2020

US sending highest rep to Taiwan since 1979 break in ties

TAIPEI, Taiwan - The U.S. says Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days in the highest-level visit by an American Cabinet official since the break in formal diplo...

Aug 04, 2020

Neil Young sues Trump campaign, deriding use of famous tunes

NEW YORK - Neil Young sued President Donald Trump's reelection campaign Tuesday for copyright infringement, saying he doesn't want his music used as a theme song for a "divisive un-American campaign o...

Aug 04, 2020

Virus ravages poor California county along Mexican border

CALEXICO, Calif. - Dr. Tien Vo's last stop of the night is the home of a 35-year-old woman who has diabetes, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and, now, the coronavirus. The virus killed her father six day...

Aug 04, 2020

Husband of DA charged with pulling gun on protesters in LA

LOS ANGELES - The husband of the Los Angeles district attorney has been charged with pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter members who demonstrated outside the couple's home the day before the primary ...

Aug 04, 2020