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Auto union strike is latest worry in Flint, GM's birthplace

FLINT, Mich. - The birthplace of General Motors has been on an economic roller-coaster ride for more than a century as the automaker rose, crashed and retooled for changing markets. Now, the city of F...

Sep 20, 2019

2 Federal Reserve officials highlight deep divisions

WASHINGTON - Two Federal Reserve officials who dissented from this week's quarter-point rate cut on Friday highlighted the current deep divisions at the central bank. Eric Rosengren, head of the Fed's...

Sep 20, 2019

Trump says he hosted Otto Warmbier's parents over weekend

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump hosted the family and friends of former hostage Otto Warmbier at the White House last weekend. The president says 25 people wer...

Sep 20, 2019

Trump names hostage envoy O'Brien national security adviser

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Robert O'Brien, his chief hostage negotiator and an established figure in Republican policy circles, as his new national security adviser. O'Brie...

Sep 20, 2019

No severe impacts from Imelda as it moves through Texas

HOUSTON - Tropical Depression Imelda has deluged parts of Southeast Texas with rain, but officials in Houston and surrounding communities said Wednesday that so far there have been no severe consequen...

Sep 20, 2019

Humberto brushes Bermuda as new hurricane threatens Mexico

MIAMI - Hurricane Humberto lashed Bermuda with strong winds Wednesday as the powerful Category 3 storm passed just to the north of the British Atlantic territory, while a newly formed hurricane threat...

Sep 20, 2019

Young people lead global climate change protests

BERLIN - In Canberra and Kabul, Cape Town and Berlin, and across the globe, hundreds of thousands of people took the streets Friday to demand that leaders tackle climate change in the run-up to a U.N....

Sep 20, 2019

Auction: Bonnie Parker's poetry book, Clyde Barrow's watch

DALLAS - A book of poetry handwritten by Bonnie Parker and a watch belonging to Clyde Barrow are among items from the outlaw Texas couple being offered at auction. RR Auction will offer the items Satu...

Sep 20, 2019

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) says he's ending his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. De Blasio struggled to gain traction in a sprawling field of Democr...

Sep 20, 2019

Harry and Meghan make 1st official tour as family in Africa

JOHANNESBURG - Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, along with their infant son, Archie, are making their first official tour as a family, starting Monday in a troubled South Africa whose president says...

Sep 20, 2019