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Coach on Bryant helicopter put "heart and soul" in teaching

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Christina Mauser poured her heart and soul into coaching and teaching physical education at the school where young Gianna and her basketball star father Kobe Bryant were an int...

Jan 27, 2020

Ruling keeps OJ Simpson casino defamation claim before judge

LAS VEGAS - A court officer says a Nevada judge, not a private arbitrator, should hear O.J. Simpson's defamation lawsuit against the Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino he blames for published accounts that ...

Jan 27, 2020

Bill would add primaries to special Georgia U.S. Senate vote

ATLANTA - Newly appointed U.S. Sen Kelly Loeffler could face an unexpected GOP primary later this year in her quest to hold onto her seat under a bill passed Monday by a Georgia legislative committee ...

Jan 27, 2020

Photo cropping mistake leads to AP soul-searching on race

NEW YORK - A "terrible mistake" in cropping an African climate activist out of a photo sent to customers of The Associated Press prompted soul-searching and some tense staff conversations over issues ...

Jan 27, 2020

2 arrested in SC bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 4

HARTSVILLE, S.C. - Police have arrested two suspects in a weekend shooting that killed two people and wounded several others at a South Carolina bar, authorities said. The suspects were taken into cus...

Jan 27, 2020

Brazil downpour displaces 30,000, bracing for more rain

RIO DE JANEIRO - Over 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil that also killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms in recent days caused floods and landslides, subme...

Jan 27, 2020

China virus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions

Business around the world that have grown increasingly reliant on big-spending tourists from China are taking a heavy hit, with tens of millions of Chinese residents restricted from leaving their coun...

Jan 27, 2020

At Sundance, Clinton warns of voter suppression in election

PARK CITY, Utah - Since losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has released a memoir about that defeat, launched a political action committee and penned another book about "gutsy wo...

Jan 27, 2020

Memoir by Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa coming out in May

NEW YORK - Sen. Joni Ernst has a book coming out May 26. The Iowa Republican, expected to face a competitive race for reelection this fall, is calling her memoir "Daughter of the Heartland: My Ode to ...

Jan 27, 2020

Justices allow enforcement of new green card rule

WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place a policy connecting the use of public benefits with whether immigrants could become permanent residents....

Jan 27, 2020