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Ex-CFL player gets 3 months for college admissions scam in United States

A former Canadian Football League player was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for hiring someone take the SATs in place of his two sons. David Sidoo, who played professional football for ...

Jul 15, 2020

Fed survey says economy has picked up but outlook cloudy

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve says economic activity has picked up in most regions of the country but still remains well below pre-pandemic levels with the country facing high levels of uncertainty...

Jul 15, 2020

Oklahoma's governor says he has tested positive for COVID-19

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that he's the first governor in the United States to test positive for the coronavirus and that he is isolating at home. Stitt, 48, said h...

Jul 15, 2020

Ethiopia denies reports government has started filling dam

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia's water minister is denying reports citing him as saying the government had begun filling the massive hydroelectric dam that has caused severe tensions with Egypt. Aft...

Jul 15, 2020

US industrial production surges 5.4% in June

WASHINGTON - Production at America's factories, utilities and mines surged last month, but remained well below pre-pandemic levels. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that U.S. industrial production r...

Jul 15, 2020

Trump looks to scale back environmental reviews for projects

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new federal rule to speed up the environmental review process for proposed highways, gas pipelines and other major infrastructure, a move ...

Jul 15, 2020

Trump trades arenas for Rose Garden in attack on Biden

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump transformed an event that was supposed to highlight his China policy into an impromptu campaign rally, delivering an expansive and often meandering broadside agains...

Jul 15, 2020

Virus resurgence forces countries to reimpose restrictions

PROMACHONAS, Greece - Countries around the world are reimposing lockdowns and implementing new health checks at their borders in an effort to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus before it spins even ...

Jul 15, 2020

Tanker off UAE sought by US over Iran sanctions 'hijacked'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers organization...

Jul 15, 2020

Apple wins EU court case over $15 billion in claimed taxes

BRUSSELS - A European Union high court on Wednesday ruled that technology giant Apple does not have to pay 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, as the EU's executive commission wan...

Jul 15, 2020