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Sheriff: 2 dead, 8 wounded in South Carolina bar shooting

LANCASTER, S.C. - Two men were fatally shot early Saturday at a South Carolina sports bar and eight other people were wounded in the gunfire, authorities said. A suspect was being sought. The shooting...

Sep 21, 2019

Officials detail drug overdose case against political donor

LOS ANGELES - Gemmel Moore had moved back home with his mother in Texas two years ago and was missing Los Angeles when he texted a photo of syringe in an arm to a wealthy gay man he knew in California...

Sep 21, 2019

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says she is being treated for cancer

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday that she will receive radiation treatments for a cancerous spot on her lung. The 74-year-old Republican governor said the spot was discovere...

Sep 21, 2019

Hurricane rips roofs, cuts power in Bermuda, but no deaths

MIAMI - Hurricane Humberto blew off rooftops, toppled trees and knocked out power as it blew past the British Atlantic island of Bermuda. But officials said Thursday that the Category 3 storm caused n...

Sep 21, 2019

2 dead as Imelda strands drivers, floods homes in Texas

CHINA, Texas - The slow-churning remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda flooded parts of Texas on Thursday, leaving at least two people dead and rescue crews with boats scrambling to reach stranded drivers...

Sep 21, 2019

Rose Garden setting for Trump's second state dinner

WASHINGTON - It'll be an al fresco Rose Garden soiree for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as the White House throws its first state dinner in more than a year. President Donald Trump and firs...

Sep 21, 2019

'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep' make last Emmy Awards stand

LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" has dominated the Emmy Awards with the formidable power of, say, your average fearsome, flame-belching dragon. Same goes for "Veep," but picture a cutthroat politician ...

Sep 21, 2019

Trump sues Manhattan DA seeking to block tax return subpoena

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump asked a federal court Thursday to block an effort by New York prosecutors to obtain his tax returns as part of a criminal investigation, opening another front in the ...

Sep 21, 2019

Poland's top filmmakers protest festival admission rules

WARSAW, Poland - Academy Award-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski and other top Polish filmmakers are demanding artistic independence for the nation's most prestigious film festival after a politicall...

Sep 21, 2019

Trump says gun bill negotiations going 'very slowly'

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday poured cold water on prospects for a bipartisan compromise on gun legislation, even as Attorney General William Barr circulated a draft plan on Capitol ...

Sep 21, 2019