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Charles Schwab buys TD Ameritrade in brokerage blockbuster

NEW YORK - Charles Schwab is buying rival TD Ameritrade for $26 billion, a blockbuster deal accelerated by massive disruption in the online brokerage industry. Competitive pressure has already forced ...

Nov 25, 2019

Uber loses license to operate in London over safety issues

London's transit operator says it is not renewing Uber's license to operate in the British capital. Transport for London cited "several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk." Uber'...

Nov 25, 2019

Moroccan rapper on trial amid growing rage at powers-that-be

FES, Morocco - Moroccan rapper Gnawi knew the police would come, after he and two friends released a unusually outspoken video exposing their country's problems with migration and drugs and expressing...

Nov 24, 2019

Utah Jazz arena evacuated postgame due to suspicious package

SALT LAKE CITY - Minutes after an NBA game ended Friday night, the Utah Jazz's home arena was evacuated because of a suspicious package. Salt Lake City police said the package turned out to be a toolb...

Nov 24, 2019

New documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo

WASHINGTON - Newly released documents show Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abrup...

Nov 24, 2019

Jessye Norman remembered as force of nature at Met memorial

NEW YORK - Jessye Norman was remembered as a force of nature as thousands filled the Metropolitan Opera House on Sunday for a celebration of the soprano, who died Sept. 30 at age 74. Sopranos Rene Fle...

Nov 24, 2019

Diahann Carroll’s legacy as a trailblazer remembered

NEW YORK - Diahann Carroll was remembered as a brilliant talent, a loving friend and mother and a trailblazer by the likes of Cicely Tyson, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Lenny Kravitz and more a...

Nov 24, 2019

Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper has fired the secretary of the Navy in connection with the controversy over a SEAL whose case has been championed by President Donald Trump. A Pentagon spokes...

Nov 24, 2019

US officials: Don’t eat romaine grown in Salinas, California

NEW YORK - U.S. health officials on Friday told people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, because of another food poisoning outbreak. The notice comes almost exactly one year after...

Nov 24, 2019

Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work

The watch towers, double-locked doors and video surveillance in the Chinese camps are there "to prevent escapes." Uighurs and other minorities held inside are scored on how well they speak the dominan...

Nov 24, 2019