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Murakami holds rare public reading to mark debut anniversary

TOKYO - A monkey that confesses he steals women's identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, starred Tuesday as author Haruki Murakami marked 40 years since his debut as a noveli...

Dec 19, 2019

Senate advances $1.4T spending deal in drive to adjourn

WASHINGTON - The Senate has voted to advance a $1.4 trillion government spending package in a last, bipartisan burst of legislating before bolting for the holidays from a Capitol that's toxic with imp...

Dec 19, 2019

Ford to add 3,000 jobs in the Detroit area, invest $1.45B

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said ...

Dec 19, 2019

Halting 737 Max production will hit suppliers, airlines

As Boeing prepares to shutter much of a huge factory near Seattle that builds the grounded 737 Max jet, the economic hit is reverberating across the United States in places such as Wichita, Kansas, St...

Dec 19, 2019

Employers post more jobs in October in sign of solid economy

WASHINGTON - The number of available jobs jumped in October after hitting an 18-month low the previous month, a sign the job market remains strong. The Labor Department said Tuesday that the number of...

Dec 19, 2019

German parliament calls for full ban of Hezbollah activities

BERLIN - Germany's parliament passed a resolution Thursday calling for a national ban on the activities of Hezbollah and for the Lebanese militant group to be put on the European Union's terrorist lis...

Dec 19, 2019

Lawyer: US charges against WikiLeaks' Assange 'political'

LONDON - Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court Thursday that he should not be extradited to the United States to face spying charges because the offences he is accused of ar...

Dec 19, 2019

McConnell blasts House impeachment, pledges Senate stability

WASHINGTON - The top Senate Republican on Thursday denounced the "most unfair" House impeachment of President Donald Trump and reassured Trump and his supporters that "moments like this are why the Un...

Dec 19, 2019

Indian police ban protests amid citizenship law outrage

NEW DELHI - Police detained several hundred protesters in some of India's biggest cities Thursday as they defied bans on assembly that authorities imposed to stop widespread demonstrations against a n...

Dec 19, 2019

Just 7 Democrats on stage for the latest presidential debate

LOS ANGELES - A winnowed field of Democratic presidential contenders takes the debate stage for a sixth and final time in 2019, as candidates seek to convince anxious voters that they are the party's ...

Dec 19, 2019