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OPEC, allied nations extend nearly 10M barrel cut by a month

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - OPEC and allied nations agreed Saturday to extend a production cut of nearly 10 million barrels of oil a day through the end of July, hoping to boost energy prices hard-h...

Jun 06, 2020

Prosecutors: 2 Buffalo police officers charged with assault

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Two Buffalo police officers were charged with assault Saturday, prosecutors said, after a video showed them shoving a protester in recent demonstrations over the death of George Floyd ...

Jun 06, 2020

SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX's debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA's grand plan for commercializing Earth's backyard. Amateur astronauts, private space statio...

Jun 06, 2020

Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented b...

Jun 05, 2020

US will allow limited flights by Chinese airlines, not a ban

The Trump administration said Friday it will let Chinese airlines operate a limited number of flights to the U.S., backing down from a threat to ban the flights. The decision came one day after China ...

Jun 05, 2020

French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander

BAMAKO, Mali - French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate, the France's defence minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for...

Jun 05, 2020

Trump moves to allow commercial fishing in conservation area

BANGOR, Maine - President Donald Trump took action Friday to allow commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast. "We are reopening the Northeast Canyons to commercial fis...

Jun 05, 2020

DC paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House

WASHINGTON - City workers and volunteers painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Colum...

Jun 05, 2020

Twitter disables Trump campaign's George Floyd video tribute

Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most wid...

Jun 05, 2020

Trump defies governor, heads to Maine where protesters await

GUILFORD, Maine - President Donald Trump's first trip to Maine as president was meant to showcase the administration's work to fight the coronavirus but it attracted hundreds of supporters and opponen...

Jun 05, 2020