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Snakebit! Bullmastiff heals, heads to Westminster Dog Show

NEW YORK - Whatever got a piece of gentle Titus in the North Carolina brush, it was trouble. Co-owner Cassandra Carpenter reckons it was a pygmy rattlesnake. Veterinarian Jess Hunter figures it could'...

Feb 07, 2020

Manslaughter charges in hit-and-run accident that killed 2

MOORE, Okla. - A man accused of striking and killing two suburban Oklahoma City high school cross-country runners who were running on a sidewalk was charged Friday with manslaughter in the deaths. Max...

Feb 07, 2020

NY to sue US over its ouster from trusted traveller programs

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York state will file a lawsuit challenging the Department of Homeland Security's decision to block New Yorkers from participating in "trusted traveller programs" in retribution for ...

Feb 07, 2020

Weinstein accuser says he 'trapped' her during hotel assault

NEW YORK - The final accuser at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial testified Wednesday that he stripped off his clothes, pulled down her dress and groped her breast in a hotel bathroom in 2013, all the whi...

Feb 07, 2020

Obit-Roger Kahn

MAMARONECK, N.Y. - Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in "The Boys of Summer," has died. He was 92...

Feb 07, 2020

Dun-dun: Defence witness wrote 'SVU' episode about Weinstein

NEW YORK - Their defence off to a rocky start, Harvey Weinstein's lawyers look to rebound Friday by bringing in a film director in hopes of dashing the credibility of a rape accuser who acknowledged a...

Feb 07, 2020

Prince Andrew's daughter Princess Beatrice to marry in May

LONDON - Britain is set for another royal wedding. Buckingham Palace announced Friday that Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Princess Beatrice will marry in London on May 29. The palace says 31-year-...

Feb 07, 2020

'Pitch Perfect' star Ben Platt picking up honour at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Ben Platt's latest accolades are pitch perfect. The award-winning actor and musician is being honoured by Harvard University's famed Hasty Pudding Theatricals as its 2020 Man of the...

Feb 07, 2020

Pelosi shreds Trump's speech. Right there on the podium.

WASHINGTON - And then she tore up the speech. No sooner had President Donald Trump finished his State of the Union address than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped the paper it was printed on in two. Ri...

Feb 07, 2020

Unknowns of the new virus make global quarantines a struggle

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Health authorities are scrambling to halt the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China, restricting visitors from the country and confining thousands on crui...

Feb 07, 2020