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Manafort's former son-in-law sentenced for multiple scams

LOS ANGELES - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort has been sentenced in Los Angeles to nine years in prison for a series of schemes, including one that bilked $3 million from actor Dustin Hoffman. ...

Nov 09, 2019

Bloomberg opens door to 2020 Democratic run for president

WASHINGTON - Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, is opening the door to a 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, warning that the current field of candidates is ill equip...

Nov 09, 2019

Judge fines Trump $2 million for misusing charity foundation

NEW YORK - A judge Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities as a fine for misusing his own charitable foundation to further his political and business interes...

Nov 09, 2019

Secret Service study: School attackers showed warning signs

WASHINGTON - Most students who committed deadly school attacks over the past decade were badly bullied, had a history of disciplinary trouble and their behaviour concerned others but was never reporte...

Nov 09, 2019

AP Exclusive: Steyer aide offered money for endorsements

DES MOINES, Iowa - A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer in Iowa privately offered campaign contributions to local politicians in exchange for endorsing his White House bid, accor...

Nov 09, 2019

Film probes history of Native Americans in the US military

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A new PBS film, "The Warrior Tradition," seeks to examine the history of Native Americans in the U.S. military since World War I. Through interviews with veterans, the documentary ...

Nov 09, 2019

People of colour make gains in mayoral races across the US

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - People of colour made history this week by winning municipal races in places their families were once ignored or prevented from voting, including a New Mexico mayor whose father wa...

Nov 09, 2019

Hundreds of thousands evacuated ahead of Bangladesh cyclone

DHAKA, Bangladesh - With a strong cyclone approaching Bangladesh on Saturday, authorities used more than 50,000 volunteers and officials to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people to shelters across ...

Nov 09, 2019

UK police ID all 39 Vietnamese victims found in truck

LONDON - UK police say they have formally identified the 39 people found dead in a container truck in southeastern England and notified their families in the apparent people-smuggling tragedy. The aut...

Nov 09, 2019

Court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years for atrocities

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court passed its highest ever sentence Thursday, sending a Congolese warlord known as "The Terminator" to prison for 30 years for crimes including m...

Nov 09, 2019