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Apple overcomes iPhone slump with strong fiscal 4Q showing

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is still running a well-oiled moneymaking machine despite cooling demand for its hottest product, the iPhone. Sales and revenue in the July-September quarter exceeded analyst est...

Oct 30, 2019

Wildfire forces residents, celebrities to flee

LOS ANGELES - A wildfire swept through the star-studded hills of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying several large homes and forcing LeBron James and thousands of others to flee. Meanwhile, a blaze in N...

Oct 30, 2019

Wildfires outside L.A. threaten homes, spare Reagan library

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - A wind-whipped outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of homes and horse ranches, forced the smoky evacuation of elderly patients in wheelcha...

Oct 30, 2019

Guilty plea in newspaper shootings; insanity hearing is next

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A Maryland man pleaded guilty Monday in the slayings of five employees at an Annapolis newspaper, and a jury is expected to hear testimony next month about whether he was not responsi...

Oct 30, 2019

Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires

SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Monday its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. The fires described in PG&E reports to sta...

Oct 30, 2019

Texas man guilty of stalking, threatening Taylor Swift

NASHVILLE - A 27-year-old Austin, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to stalking and sending threatening letters and emails to pop star Taylor Swift's former record label. Federal prosecutors in Nashville,...

Oct 30, 2019

Fiat Chrysler eyes Peugeot merger, seeking strength in size

MILAN - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Wednesday it is in talks with French rival PSA Peugeot in its second bid this year to reshape the global auto industry at a time of heightened uncertainty for th...

Oct 30, 2019

Former North Carolina US Sen. Kay Hagan dies at age 66

RALEIGH, N.C. - Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who stepped away from a banking career to be a stay-at-home mom and then ventured into politics, died Monday after a prolonged illness. She was 66. Hagan di...

Oct 30, 2019

Charges against Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker dropped

UNIONTOWN, Pa. - Misdemeanour charges have been dropped against a Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker who had been accused of injuring his girlfriend during a fight in their western Pennsylvania hotel room...

Oct 30, 2019

1 killed when plane crashes into townhome in Atlanta area

ATLANTA - At least one person was killed Wednesday morning when a small plane crashed into a townhome in the Atlanta area, authorities said. A second person who was on the plane was unaccounted for, D...

Oct 30, 2019