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Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The U.S. Census Bureau for now must stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in order to finish the 2020 census at the end of September, according to a federal ...

Sep 06, 2020

Cohen memoir casts him as 'star witness' against Trump

NEW YORK - Michael Cohen's tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is "guilty of the same crimes" that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of ...

Sep 05, 2020

Deposed president evacuated from Mali for medical treatment

BAMAKO, Mali - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted by a military coup in August, was evacuated late Saturday to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment, a diplomat said. The 75-...

Sep 05, 2020

Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ piece

HALBERSTADT, Germany - Hundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening Saturday at a church in Germany: a chord change in an organ piece that is supposed to last for an entirety of 639 y...

Sep 05, 2020

Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kamala Harris told a friendly crowd of Hollywood donors on Thursday they'd be surprised by how many states she's visiting daily, if only virtually. Earlier in the week, she'd camp...

Sep 05, 2020

Quarantine a small price to pay for Australian in Venice

VENICE, Italy - Roderick MacKay had to get government approval to leave Australia, spent two weeks in preventive coronavirus quarantine in Rome and will be locked up in a hotel back in Australia for a...

Sep 05, 2020

Gas pipeline blast kills 11 praying at Bangladesh mosque

DHAKA, Bangladesh - An underground gas pipeline near a mosque exploded during evening prayers outside the capital of Bangladesh, leaving at least 11 Muslim worshipers dead and dozens injured with crit...

Sep 04, 2020

India's coronavirus caseload crosses 4 million

NEW DELHI - India's coronavirus cases crossed 4 million on Saturday, leading the world in new infections and closing in on Brazil's total as the second-highest in the world. The 86,432 cases added in ...

Sep 04, 2020

No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019

JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi man freed last year after 22 years in prison will not be tried a seventh time in a quadruple murder case, a judge ruled Friday after prosecutors told him they no longer ...

Sep 04, 2020

Kelly's lawyers want to question gang member in cell attack

CHICAGO - Attorneys for R. Kelly want to question a convicted member of the Latin Kings gang who says he beat up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago cell. Kelly's lawyers filed a motion Friday in f...

Sep 04, 2020