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Sharon Stone's dating profile restored after being blocked

LOS ANGELES - Sharon Stone can now return to mingling on Bumble without being kicked off the dating app. A Bumble spokesperson said in a statement Monday that Stone's profile has been restored after i...

Dec 31, 2019

US home prices gains accelerate in October for 2nd month

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose faster in October than the previous month as many would-be buyers competed for a limited supply of available properties. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city h...

Dec 31, 2019

Trump signs law to reduce robocalls, though they won't end

NEW YORK - An anti-robocalls measure signed into law Monday by President Donald Trump should help reduce the torrent of unwanted calls promising lower interest rates or pretending to be the IRS, thoug...

Dec 30, 2019

North Korean leader calls for 'military countermeasures'

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for active "diplomatic and military countermeasures" to preserve the country's security in a lengthy speech at a key political co...

Dec 30, 2019

European money spawns more misery for migrants in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - When the European Union started funneling millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, the money came with EU promises to improve detention ce...

Dec 30, 2019

China has pain pill addicts too, but no one's counting them

SHANGHAI - Wu Yi was supposed to die. At age 26, his cancer was spreading. His doctor gave him five years to live and a prescription for OxyContin. Six years later, he was still alive. And still takin...

Dec 30, 2019

Brazil's Bolsonaro keeps far-right entering tough 2nd year

SAO PAULO - Heading into his second year as Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding with critics at home and abroad - an approach that ...

Dec 30, 2019

Firearms instructor took out gunman at Texas church service

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas - Alarms went off in Jack Wilson's head the moment a man wearing a fake beard, a wig, a hat and a long coat walked into a Texas church for Sunday services. By the time the man ...

Dec 30, 2019

Doctors: Sanders fit enough for presidency post-heart attack

Bernie Sanders suffered "modest heart muscle damage" during his recent heart attack but has since recovered well and is fit enough for the rigours of the presidential campaign trail and the White Hous...

Dec 30, 2019

Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board

FORT MADISON, Iowa - Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he "would not have wanted to see" his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company while he was leading anti-corruption efforts in t...

Dec 30, 2019