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Lives Lost: Brazilian toddler was saying her first words

RIO DE JANEIRO - Vitoria Gabrielle crawled all the time and was starting to walk this year with a little help, hanging on to her 4-year-old brother's arm while exploring her mother's small apartment o...

Jul 02, 2020

Justices keep hold on secret Russia investigation material

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is denying Congress access to secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation through the November election. The justices agreed o...

Jul 02, 2020

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell arrested

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite who was accused by many women of helping procure underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested in New Hampshire, the FBI said Thursday. Maxwell, who li...

Jul 02, 2020

US trade deficit rises 9.7% in May to $54.6 billion

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit rose for the third straight month in May. Both exports and imports fell as the coronavirus outbreak continued to take a toll on world commerce. The Commerce Departm...

Jul 02, 2020

UK judge rejects tabloid's bid to throw out Depp libel suit

LONDON - A British judge on Thursday rejected an attempt by tabloid newspaper The Sun to quash a libel suit from actor Johnny Depp over an article claiming he abused ex-wife Amber Heard. Judge Andrew ...

Jul 02, 2020

Hirokazu Kore-eda and Catherine Deneuve look for ‘The Truth’

VENICE, Italy - Catherine Deneuve plays an icon of French cinema in "The Truth." She even chose her own middle name, Fabienne, for her character who says things like, "I'd rather have been a bad frien...

Jul 02, 2020

Charlize Theron hopes daughters are represented in Hollywood

NEW YORK - Charlize Theron says she's making choices as a producer and actor to ensure her "two small, beautiful African American daughters" will feel represented on-screen. The Oscar winner said it c...

Jul 02, 2020

British judge denies Venezuela access to gold in bank vault

LONDON - A British judge on Thursday refused to give Venezuela control of over $1 billion in gold sitting in a Bank of England vault, ruling that it is unlawful to give it to the President Nicols Madu...

Jul 02, 2020

'Incident' damages construction near Iran nuclear site

TEHRAN, Iran - An "incident" damaged an under-construction building Thursday near Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, though it did not affect its centrifuge operations or cause any...

Jul 02, 2020

European jobless rise contained by government help

FRANKFURT - The unemployment rate in the 19 countries that use the euro currency inched higher to 7.4 % in May from 7.3% in April as governments used active labour market support programs to cushion t...

Jul 02, 2020