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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison again

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release a b...

Jul 24, 2020

Court orders 4th sentencing for actress in 2010 fatal crash

A former "Melrose Place" actress who has already served a sentence for a fatal drunken driving crash could go back to prison. The complicated legal history of the case against Amy Locane includes thre...

Jul 24, 2020

Mel Gibson has recovered after coronavirus hospitalization

LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson spent a week in a Los Angeles hospital in April after testing positive for COVID-19, his representative said Friday. The 64-year-old actor and director has completely recovere...

Jul 24, 2020

US new home sales jump 13.8% in June

WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes rose a sharp 13,8% in June, the second straight increase after two months when sales plunged as the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus. The Commerce ...

Jul 24, 2020

Barack Obama to appear on Michelle Obama's podcast debut

LOS ANGELES - The first guest of Michelle Obama's new podcast will have a familiar presidential voice: Barack Obama. The former United States president is expected to appear on "The Michelle Obama Pod...

Jul 24, 2020

AP-NORC poll: Optimism fades jobs lost to virus will return

WASHINGTON - Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, as temporary cutbacks give way to s...

Jul 24, 2020

Goldman Sachs in $3.9B settlement with Malaysia over 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Goldman Sachs has reached a $3.9B settlement with Malaysia over the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund that was used to launder money. Malaysian and U.S. prosecutors had alleged that ...

Jul 24, 2020

Charges against Thai Red Bull heir dropped from fatal crash

BANGKOK - Charges have been dropped against a Thai heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who was accused in a 2012 car crash that killed a Bangkok police officer, police in Thailand said Friday. L...

Jul 23, 2020

Malaysia denies media harassment in row over Al-Jazeera film

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia has denied it was clamping down on social media after an outcry over an announcement that all video production must be licensed amid a row with news broadcaster Al-Ja...

Jul 23, 2020

China tells US to close consulate in Chengdu in growing spat

BEIJING - China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu in an increasingly rancorous diplomatic conflict. The order followed the U.S. closure of the C...

Jul 23, 2020