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Wright-designed home sold for nearly $1.7M

PHOENIX - An Arizona house that was the last home architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed before his death sold Wednesday for nearly $1.7 million. Out of nearly 20 bids at a public auction for the Norma...

Oct 18, 2019

Dennis Rodman denies slapping guest at Florida party

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Dennis Rodman is pleading not guilty to a misdemeanour charge of slapping a man who was celebrating the former NBA star's birthday at a Florida bar last May. Rodman's attorney Lor...

Oct 18, 2019

Sutter Health, California settle massive antitrust case

SAN FRANCISCO - One of California's largest hospital systems has reached an agreement to settle a massive class-action lawsuit over allegations that it abused its market power and has been overchargin...

Oct 18, 2019

Climate has Fonda picking up where she left off in the 1970s

WASHINGTON - Stepping briskly into a U.S. Capitol police vehicle Friday, Jane Fonda is returning to civil disobedience after a nearly half-century break, inspired by the climate activism of Swedish te...

Oct 18, 2019

False alarm: Retail tag prompts suspicious package response

ATLANTA - A discarded security tag has caused a scare in downtown Atlanta. An employee reported a beeping sound coming from a trash bin outside a state government building in the heart of downtown Fri...

Oct 18, 2019

Jury reaches decision on sentence for 'Boy Next Door Killer'

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury has decided whether a man prosecutors have dubbed "The Boy Next Door Killer" will get a sentence of death or life in prison for the killings of two women and the attem...

Oct 18, 2019

Trump taps Perry deputy to replace him at Energy Department

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he is nominating a deputy to Energy Secretary Rick Perry to replace him in the top job at the Energy Department. Trump tweeted Friday that Dan Brouillette's ex...

Oct 18, 2019

38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe

WASHINGTON - The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some of whom ...

Oct 18, 2019

IMF, World Bank leaders appeal for an end to trade wars

WASHINGTON - The leaders of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank appealed to their 189 member countries on Friday to resolve widening disagreements on trade and other issues, warning tha...

Oct 18, 2019

'Tarzan' actor Ron Ely's wife killed; son shot by deputies

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - "Tarzan" actor Ron Ely's wife was stabbed to death in their California home by their 30-year-old son, who was then shot and killed by sheriff's deputies, authorities said Wedne...

Oct 18, 2019