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Robert Evans, iconic producer of 'Chinatown,' dies at 89

NEW YORK - Robert Evans, the protean, fast-living Hollywood producer and former Paramount Pictures production chief who backed such seminal 1970s films as "Chinatown," ''The Godfather" and "Harold and...

Oct 28, 2019

Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires

SAN FRANCISCO - The Pacific Gas & Electric Co. utility says its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company reported the incidents near t...

Oct 28, 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 28, 2019

Former North Carolina US Sen Kay Hagan dies

RALEIGH, N.C. - Kay Hagan, a former bank executive who rose from a budget writer in the North Carolina Legislature to a seat in the U.S. Senate, died Monday. She was 66. Hagan died of encephalitis, or...

Oct 28, 2019

Tiger Woods ties Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA Tour wins

INZAI CITY, Japan - For Tiger Woods, it all comes down to consistency. Surgeries on his knee and back and a crisis in his personal life have cost him opportunities to play his best golf over the past ...

Oct 28, 2019

The Latest: Truck driver charged with 39 manslaughter counts

LONDON - The Latest on the deaths of 39 people in a truck in England (all times local): 5:25 p.m. UK police have charged a truck driver with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people ...

Oct 28, 2019

Police say man jumped over 12-foot wall twice during chase

SILVER SPRING, Md. - Police in Maryland say a burglary suspect jumped over a 12-foot (4-meter) wall twice during a chase before being captured. Montgomery County police said in a press release 56-year...

Oct 28, 2019

Boundary-pushing Dave Chappelle receives Mark Twain award

WASHINGTON - Dave Chappelle has built a career on pushing boundaries and challenging social conventions. But his greatest act of defiance may have come Sunday night at Washington's Kennedy Center for ...

Oct 28, 2019

'Seinfeld' star Alexander, Southside Johnny in NJ fame hall

ASBURY PARK, N.J. - New Jersey rock royalty was onstage Sunday night in the state's musical cradle as rocker Jon Bon Jovi brought soulful crooner Southside Johnny Lyon with him into the New Jersey Hal...

Oct 28, 2019

WH official won't testify in impeachment probe without order

WASHINGTON - A former deputy national security adviser expected to testify in the House impeachment inquiry is signalling that he will not appear Monday as scheduled. Charles Kupperman was supposed to...

Oct 28, 2019