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Justices rule states can bind presidential electors' votes

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that states can require presidential electors to back their states' popular vote winner in the Electoral College. The ruling, just under four mo...

Jul 06, 2020

Singer Tom Meighan leaves Kasabian amid 'personal issues'

LONDON - Frontman Tom Meighan has left British rockers Kasabian to deal with "personal issues," the band said Monday. Kasabian said in a statement that Meighan "is stepping down from the band by mutua...

Jul 06, 2020

Uber buys Postmates in $2.65 billion all-stock deal

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Uber finally got its food delivery company, acquiring Postmates in a $2.65 billion all-stock deal, the ride-hailing giant confirmed Monday. Uber and its Uber Eats food-delivery di...

Jul 06, 2020

As Paris Fashion Week is streamed, critics look to future

PARIS - The coronavirus pandemic has instilled extra unpredictability into the already fickle Paris Fashion Week. After first cancelling the July shows for menswear and Haute Couture, the French fashi...

Jul 06, 2020

Spaghetti Western movie composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

ROME - Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and the soundtracks such classic Hollywood gangster movies ...

Jul 06, 2020

1 ad, 3 accents: How Democrats aim to win Latino votes

WASHINGTON - The Spanish-language ads for Joe Biden used the same slogan to contrast him with President Donald Trump - "los cuentos no pagan las cuentas," a play on words that roughly means "telling s...

Jul 05, 2020

NHL, NHLPA agree on protocols to resume season

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press on Sunday that the NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season. Daly said the sides are still negotiating an ...

Jul 05, 2020

Sheriff: 2 dead, 8 hurt in South Carolina nightclub shooting

GREENVILLE, S.C. - A shooting at a nightclub early Sunday left two people dead and eight wounded in South Carolina, a sheriff's official said. Two Greenville County sheriff's deputies noticed a distur...

Jul 05, 2020

Lawyer: Remains of missing Texas soldier identified

DALLAS - Army investigators have identified the body of a soldier who vanished more than two months ago from a base in Texas, according to a lawyer for the soldier's family. Remains found last week bu...

Jul 05, 2020

Developers cancel long-delayed, $8B Atlantic Coast Pipeline

RICHMOND, Va. - The developers of the long-delayed, $8 billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline announced the cancellation of the multi-state natural gas project Sunday, citing uncertainties about costs, permi...

Jul 05, 2020