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Diaz hits 2 homers, Rays beat A’s 5-1 in AL wild-card game

OAKLAND, Calif. - Yandy Diaz slugged baseball's lowest spender into a matchup with mighty Houston, Charlie Morton silenced the powerful Athletics on the mound, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Oakland at i...

Oct 02, 2019

Gerwig talks ‘Little Women’ for academy’s women initiative

NEW YORK - With a new awards season underway, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences hosted a luncheon Wednesday supporting female filmmakers and celebrating the women behind Greta Gerwig's ...

Oct 02, 2019

Michigan governor signs budget with $1B in line-item vetoes

LANSING, Mich. - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the next state budget Monday hours before the deadline to fund government, while using line-item vetoes to block nearly $1 billion in spending pr...

Oct 02, 2019

California political donor charged in 2 overdose deaths

LOS ANGELES - Wealthy California political donor Ed Buck was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for two overdose deaths in his West Hollywood apartment and charges he provided methamphetamine ...

Oct 02, 2019

Reports say Boeing insider filed safety complaint about Max

A Boeing engineer filed an internal complaint alleging that company managers rejected a backup system that might have alerted pilots to problems linked to two deadly crashes involving the 737 Max jet,...

Oct 02, 2019

Microsoft returns with smartphone after high-profile flops

NEW YORK - After high-profile flops, Microsoft is getting back into smartphones with a dual-screen Android device that won't be out for another year. Microsoft unveiled the Surface Duo as part of a ne...

Oct 02, 2019

US tariffs on EU goods would include cheese, wine, aircraft

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European imports _ from gouda cheese to single-malt whiskey to large aircraft _ beginning Oct. 18 to retaliate ag...

Oct 02, 2019

3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

LOS ANGELES - Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller's deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wedne...

Oct 02, 2019

Judge denies bail for R. Kelly in NYC sex-abuse case

NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York City has denied bail to R&B singer R. Kelly in his sex-abuse case. Kelly didn't attend the hearing on Wednesday on a defence motion asking for his release on...

Oct 02, 2019

US judge: Injection sites don’t violate federal drug laws

PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that a supervised injection site designed to thwart drug overdoses would not violate federal drug laws. The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District J...

Oct 02, 2019