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California governor outlines strict guidelines for schools

SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out strict criteria Friday for school reopenings that makes it unlikely the vast majority of districts will have classroom instruction in the fall as ...

Jul 17, 2020

2 men charged in assault on Black man at Indiana lake

INDIANAPOLIS - Two men were charged Friday after a Black man said a group of white men assaulted him and threatened to "get a noose" after claiming that he and his friends had trespassed on private pr...

Jul 17, 2020

Justice Ginsburg says cancer has returned, but won't retire

WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court. The 87-year-old Ginsburg, who spent ti...

Jul 17, 2020

Person in custody in killing of tech CEO found dismembered

NEW YORK - A person was taken into custody in the killing of a 33-year tech entrepreneur who was found dismembered inside his luxury Manhattan condo, a law enforcement official said Friday. The person...

Jul 17, 2020

Princess Beatrice marries in private ceremony at Windsor

LONDON - Princess Beatrice got married in a private ceremony Friday, with her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, in attendance, Buckingham Palace said Friday. Beatrice married Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi at T...

Jul 17, 2020

US home construction jumps 17.3% in June

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Construction of U.S. homes jumped 17.3% in June as some states reopened, but the pace still lags last year after this spring's massive slowdown in building activity due to the cor...

Jul 17, 2020

Oakland to pay $32.7M to settle deadly warehouse fire suits

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland will pay $32.7 million to settle lawsuits filed over a 2016 fire at an illegally converted warehouse dubbed the Ghost Ship that killed 36 people, the city announced Thursday....

Jul 16, 2020

CDC extends US ban on cruise ships through September

WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are extending the U.S. ban on cruise ships through the end September as coronavirus infections rise in most U.S. states, including Florida. The Centers for Diseas...

Jul 16, 2020

Netflix promotes content chief to co-CEO; adds 10M new subs

NEW YORK - Netflix added a flood of new subscribers amid the coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company's chi...

Jul 16, 2020

Police capture kangaroo hopping through Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighbourhood Thursday morning. After receiving a call about a kangaroo running loose, Fort Lauderdale p...

Jul 16, 2020