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Tyra Banks waltzing in as new 'Dancing With the Stars' host

LOS ANGELES - Tyra Banks will be showing off her moves as solo host of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars." The supermodel, actor and businesswoman who co-created "America's Next Top Model" will replace lo...

Jul 14, 2020

Democrat Gideon wins primary, will face GOP Sen Collins

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon beat two other Democrats on Tuesday for the right to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in a race that's critical to the battle for control ...

Jul 14, 2020

Autopsy confirms Naya Rivera's death was accidental drowning

LOS ANGELES - An autopsy confirmed Tuesday that "Glee'' star Naya Rivera died from accidental drowning, officials said, while her family released a statement honouring her "everlasting legacy and magn...

Jul 14, 2020

South Africa surpasses the UK in confirmed coronavirus cases

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa on Tuesday surpassed the U.K. in its number of confirmed coronavirus cases as the country's president warns of "the gravest crisis in the history of our democracy." South A...

Jul 14, 2020

Maxwell denied bail on Epstein-related sex abuse charges

NEW YORK - Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend will remain behind bars until trial after she was denied bail Tuesday on charges she recruited girls for the financier to sexually abuse more than two de...

Jul 14, 2020

Prada headlines Milan's first Digital Fashion Week

MILAN - Prada headlined Day 1 of Milan's first Digital Fashion Week on Tuesday with a series of out-sourced videos and the apt subtitle ''the show that never happened.'' Luxury fashion is adapting to ...

Jul 14, 2020

US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot...

Jul 14, 2020

Federal judge voids Georgia 'heartbeat' abortion restriction

ATLANTA - A federal judge on Monday permanently blocked Georgia's 2019 "heartbeat" abortion law, finding that it violates the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled against the state...

Jul 13, 2020

US budget deficit hits all-time high of $864 billion in June

WASHINGTON - The federal government incurred the biggest monthly budget deficit in history in June as spending on programs to combat the coronavirus recession exploded while millions of job losses cut...

Jul 13, 2020

US to reject nearly all Chinese claims in South China Sea

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say the Trump administration is poised to escalate its actions against China by stepping squarely into one of the most sensitive regional issues dividing them and rejecting...

Jul 13, 2020