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Mugabe dies; liberated Zimbabwe, then held it for 37 years

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, an ex-guerrilla chief who took power when the African country shook off white minority rule and presided for decades while economic turmoil a...

Sep 07, 2019

'Lucky, no?' Nadal fights past Berrettini into US Open final

NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal was down 4-0 in a first-set tiebreaker against a bigger, younger opponent finding ways to cause trouble in their U.S. Open semifinal. So, a reporter wanted to know later, was N...

Sep 07, 2019

Trump calls off secret meeting with Taliban, Afghan leaders

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Saturday he cancelled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban and Afghanistan leaders after a bombing this week in Kabul that killed 11 people, inc...

Sep 07, 2019

Siriano brings art to the runway in glittery pop-art party

NEW YORK - Fashion lovers contend that it's not just a business, but also a true art. Christian Siriano made that argument in a literal way Saturday by bringing an actual artist to his runway, putting...

Sep 07, 2019

Boat owners seek to head off lawsuits after 34 die in fire

LOS ANGELES - The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off Southern California filed a lawsuit Thursday to head off potentially costly litigation, a move condemned by some observ...

Sep 07, 2019

Nicki Minaj tweets that she's retiring to 'have my family'

LOS ANGELES - Is Nicki Minaj really hanging up the mic? The chart-topping rapper announced Thursday on Twitter that she "decided to retire & have my family." Her announcement comes as a surprise a...

Sep 07, 2019

Opioid talks at impasse; Purdue bankruptcy filing expected

CLEVELAND - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to file for bankruptcy after settlement talks over the nation's deadly overdose crisis hit an impasse, attorneys general involved in the talks sai...

Sep 07, 2019

Official: Trump to challenge California mileage authority

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California's authority to set its own automobile gas mileage standards, a government official said Thursday, c...

Sep 07, 2019

No conviction in California warehouse fire stuns families

OAKLAND, Calif. - A jury on Thursday didn't convict two men charged after flames tore through a party at a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse that had been converted into a mazelike artist space, stunni...

Sep 07, 2019

Dark 'Joker' wins top Venice Film Festival prize

Todd Phillips' dark comic book film "Joker" has won the Golden Lion Award at the 76th Venice International Film Festival. Jury president Lucretia Martel on Saturday announced this year's winners of th...

Sep 07, 2019