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Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's sentence

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Asso...

Jul 11, 2020

Trump commutes longtime friend Roger Stone's sentence

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Asso...

Jul 10, 2020

Judge halts 1st federal execution in 17 years, citing virus

A federal judge in Indiana on Friday halted the first federal execution planned in 17 years scheduled three days from now over COVID-19 concerns. Daniel Lee had been scheduled to die by lethal injecti...

Jul 10, 2020

With new name and album, The Chicks' voices ring loud again

NASHVILLE - The Dixie Chicks are no more. Breaking their ties to the South, The Chicks are stepping into a new chapter in their storied career with their first new music in 14 years. The Texas trio of...

Jul 10, 2020

Wisconsin high court gives mixed ruling on partial vetoes

MADISON, Wis. - The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday overturned three of four partial budget vetoes issued by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, bucking decades of court precedent th...

Jul 10, 2020

Turkish court rules to let Hagia Sophia return as mosque

Turkey's highest administrative court issued a ruling Friday that paves the way for the government to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia - a former cathedral-turned-mosque that now serves as a mus...

Jul 10, 2020

Dutch government to take Russia to European court over MH17

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine six y...

Jul 10, 2020

US wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs plunged

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices fell 0.2% in June as food costs dropped sharply, offsetting a big increase in energy prices. The drop in the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation pressures...

Jul 10, 2020

Authorities search for 'Glee' star believed to have drowned

Authorities planned Friday to renew the search for "Glee" star Naya Rivera, who is believed to have drowned in a Southern California lake while boating with her 4-year-old son. Rivera, 33, disappeared...

Jul 10, 2020

Depp says feces in bed was last straw in marriage to Heard

LONDON - Johnny Depp said in a London court on Friday that ex-wife Amber Heard's claims he abused her turned him from "Cinderella to Quasimodo" in the public eye. He also said the couple's tempestuous...

Jul 10, 2020