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Grounded Boeing plane churns up more turbulence at airlines

DALLAS - The grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has lasted far longer and, as Southwest Airlines and American Airlines can attest, more expensive than airlines ever expected. The CEOs of both airlines sa...

Oct 24, 2019

Actor Alec Baldwin campaigns for Virginia Democrats

MIDLOTHIAN, Va. - The actor known for his mocking impersonations of Republican President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" campaigned Tuesday for Democratic legislative candidates in a Virginia el...

Oct 24, 2019

Judge allows Chicago suit against Jussie Smollett to proceed

CHICAGO - A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Chicago's lawsuit against former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett. U.S. District Virginia Kendall's ruling means that Chicago's suit that seeks to...

Oct 24, 2019

Released prisoner: Russian authorities abused other inmates

WARSAW, Poland - A Ukrainian film director recently freed from Russian captivity says prisoners where he was held were routinely abused. Oleg Sentsov was included in a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange...

Oct 24, 2019

Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wall

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state's governor, Democrat Jared Polis. Trump was sp...

Oct 24, 2019

Californians hit with 2nd round of sweeping blackouts

SAN FRANCISCO - Dangerously windy weather sweeping through the state brought power outages to Northern California as the state's largest utility staged blackouts designed to prevent catastrophic wildf...

Oct 24, 2019

US durable goods orders fall 1.1% in September

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods tumbled in September by the largest amount in four months while a closely watched category that tracks business investment fell ...

Oct 24, 2019

Oslo police shoot to stop man driving on sidewalk, 3 injured

COPENHAGEN - An armed Norwegian man stole an ambulance and drove it along a sidewalk in Oslo on Tuesday, injuring two toddlers as police tried to stop him by shooting at the tires and ramming the vehi...

Oct 24, 2019

Wildfire forces evacuations in northern California

GEYSERVILLE, Calif. - A wind-driven wildfire has forced evacuations north of San Francisco in Sonoma County. The state firefighting agency Cal Fire says the blaze near Geyserville has grown to 10,000 ...

Oct 24, 2019

Queen Latifah to receive Harvard black culture award

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among the honorees being recognized by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and culture. Harvard is set to award the...

Oct 24, 2019