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Judge rejects Avenatti request to move case to California

NEW YORK - California attorney Michael Avenatti will face charges that he ripped off porn star Stormy Daniels of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds in New York rather than Los Angeles, ...

Sep 26, 2019

Domingo withdraws from Met Opera after harassment reports

NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera announced Tuesday that Plcido Domingo had agreed to withdraw from his slate of scheduled performances at the opera house following allegations of sexual harassment ma...

Sep 26, 2019

Trump administration proposes historically low refugee limit

NEW YORK - The Trump administration wants to cap the number of refugees admitted into the United States to the lowest number since the resettlement program was created in 1980. A State Department prop...

Sep 26, 2019

Amazon offers a way to delete Alexa recordings automatically

NEW YORK - Users of Amazon's Alexa digital assistant can now request that recordings of their voice commands delete automatically. Amazon says it saves such commands to improve the service. But the pr...

Sep 26, 2019

Nancy Pelosi is subject of book by daughter Christine Pelosi

NEW YORK - An upcoming book on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi comes from someone who knows her well, daughter Christine Pelosi. "The Nancy Pelosi Way" will be released Nov. 26, Skyhorse Publishing announc...

Sep 26, 2019

Third man charged with drug counts in Mac Miller's death

LOS ANGELES - A third man has been arrested and charged with drug offences in connection with the overdose death of rapper Mac Miller. Court documents show Steven Walter is suspected of selling counte...

Sep 26, 2019

Forced sell-off of 'Codfather' assets begins

A father-and-son team from Massachusetts and other buyers are acquiring scallop fishing boats owned by a disgraced fishing magnate nicknamed the Codfather, signalling the beginning of the former mogul...

Sep 26, 2019

Trump administration to triple democracy aid to Venezuela

NEW YORK - The Trump administration is more than tripling U.S. support for pro-democracy work in Venezuela and for the first time directly funding opposition leader Juan Guaid as he attempts to set up...

Sep 26, 2019

Model wins $15M lawsuit over Grammy-winning music producer

LOS ANGELES - A court has awarded $15 million to a model and aspiring singer who alleged in a lawsuit that she was sexually and emotionally abuse by Grammy-winning music producer Detail. A Los Angeles...

Sep 26, 2019

Pelosi orders impeachment probe: 'No one is above the law'

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divid...

Sep 26, 2019