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Protests as Spanish king makes key visit to Catalonia

BARCELONA, Spain - About 2,000 protesters wielding Catalan pro-independence symbols and some Spanish republican flags are banging kitchen pots and blocking access to a Barcelona venue where the Spanis...

Nov 04, 2019

NYPD commissioner James O'Neill to step down

New York City's police commissioner is retiring after three years in charge of the nation's largest police department, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. James O'Neill, 61, will be replaced by Chief of...

Nov 04, 2019

NBC's Bell, producer for Fallon and Olympics, departs

NEW YORK - NBC executive Jim Bell, who has produced the last four Olympics for the network and been in charge backstage at Jimmy Fallon's "Tonight" show for the past year, says he's leaving NBC. Bell ...

Nov 04, 2019

Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned over

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's tax returns can be turned over to state criminal investigators by his personal accountant, a federal appeals court in New York ruled Monday. The ruling by the 2nd U...

Nov 04, 2019

Olivia Newton-John's final 'Grease' ensemble fetches $405K

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Two collectors said you're the one that I want to Olivia Newton-John's iconic "Grease" leather jacket and skintight pants at an auction Saturday in Beverly Hills. Julien's Auct...

Nov 04, 2019

Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut novel among Carnegie Medal finalists

NEW YORK - Ta-Nehisi Coates' first novel, "The Water Dancer," is among the nominees for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Coates' narrative of an enslaved person's journey to freedom is a ficti...

Nov 04, 2019

Seoul police investigating BTS member over traffic accident

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Police said Monday they're investigating a member of K-pop superstar group BTS over a traffic accident that left him and a taxi driver with minor injuries. BTS' agency, Big...

Nov 04, 2019

Australian publisher appeals Rush's defamation payout

SYDNEY, Australia - A newspaper publisher appealing Geoffrey Rush's 2.9 million Australian dollar ($2 million) payout for defamation told an Australian court on Monday there was no evidence the Oscar-...

Nov 04, 2019

UK reduces its terror threat level to "substantial"

LONDON - Britain's Home Office chief has downgraded the terrorism threat level from severe to "substantial." Home Secretary Priti Patel's decision Monday means that the U.K. now sees an attack as like...

Nov 04, 2019

Tear gas engulfs Hong Kong as protesters trash China agency

HONG KONG - Anti-government protesters attacked the Hong Kong office of China's official news agency in a show of anger against Beijing after chaos broke out downtown on Saturday, with police firing t...

Nov 04, 2019