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Crews make progress on large Southern California wildfire

LOS ANGELES - Authorities lifted evacuation orders for a farm community Saturday as firefighters make progress on a large wildfire in Southern California that continues to threaten about 2,500 homes a...

Nov 04, 2019

Prosecutors retry ex-NFL player Winslow on rape charges

SAN DIEGO - Five months after a jury convicted Kellen Winslow Jr. of raping a homeless woman, the former NFL player is returning to court to be retried on rape charges involving other women, including...

Nov 03, 2019

Correction: Homeland Security Secretary story

WASHINGTON - In a stories Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 about the official who will be the acting head of the Homeland Security Department, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Chad Wolf had worked in b...

Nov 03, 2019

Lacking magic of Senate run, O'Rourke drops presidential bid

WASHINGTON - Beto O'Rourke, the former Texas congressman, announced Friday that he was ending his Democratic presidential campaign, which failed to recapture the enthusiasm, interest and fundraising p...

Nov 03, 2019

Ellen Burstyn talks women in film, Pacino interview, #MeToo

NEW YORK - Ellen Burstyn hoped her Oscar-winning performance in the 1974 film in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" would lead to more Hollywood stories told from a woman's perspective. It didn't happe...

Nov 03, 2019

'Terminator: Dark Fate' is No. 1, but it's no winner

LOS ANGELES - It might be judgment day for the Terminator franchise. Despite generally favourable reviews and the return of star Linda Hamilton and producer James Cameron, "Terminator: Dark Fate" has ...

Nov 03, 2019

Flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado dies at 88

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Walter Mercado, a flamboyant astrologer and television personality whose daily TV appearances entertained many across Latin America for more than a decade, has died. He was 88....

Nov 03, 2019

UN confirms Madrid as new location for climate summit

BERLIN - The United Nations global climate meeting next month will take place in Madrid after previous host Chile cancelled at short notice, officials said Friday. U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa...

Nov 03, 2019

Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of state-run oil firm

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, which will see a sliver of the firm offered on a l...

Nov 03, 2019

Germany's president wraps up US charm offensive in Boston

BOSTON - Germany's president on Thursday called for shifting focus away from "tweets and tirades" and toward upholding democracy and strengthening the relationship between his country and the United S...

Nov 02, 2019