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MSNBC's O'Donnell retracts Trump story

NEW YORK - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday retracted his story about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump's finances and apologized for reporting it - just as Trump's lawyer demande...

Aug 30, 2019

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ends once-promising presidential bid

WASHINGTON - Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, abruptly ending a campaign that once looked poised to ride strong #MeToo credentials to formidability but inste...

Aug 30, 2019

Alfred Jackson, half-brother of late rock star Prince, dies

MINNEAPOLIS - A half-brother of the late rock superstar Prince has died, leaving five Prince siblings to share in the musician's fortune. An attorney for Alfred Jackson, Asa Weston, said Friday that t...

Aug 30, 2019

Minnesota man charged with crashing van into bus shelter

MINNEAPOLIS - A prosecutor has filed charges against an 83-year-old man who crashed his van into a Minneapolis bus shelter and injured five people. George Reeves Jensen of Champlin is charged with cri...

Aug 30, 2019

Condemned Tennessee inmate will be spared execution

NASHVILLE - A Tennessee inmate is leaving death row eight months before what would have been his execution date, after a judge approved an agreement Friday to convert his death sentence to life in pri...

Aug 30, 2019

Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary

SZEGED, Hungary - Placido Domingo received a warm reception Wednesday at a concert in Hungary to inaugurate a new soccer stadium for a Catholic diocese, the second of the opera star's European engagem...

Aug 30, 2019

Parts of Vermont Capitol on lockdown after weapon report

MONTPELIER, Vt. - State government buildings in Vermont's Capitol complex in Montpelier are on lockdown after a report of a person with a weapon. State buildings Commissioner Christopher Cole tells WC...

Aug 30, 2019

Documentary looks at political comeback of Imelda Marcos

VENICE, Italy - Documentary filmmaker Lauren Greenfield started interviewing former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos four years ago thinking that it might be a redemption story for the then 85-year...

Aug 30, 2019

Virginia Beach official resigns over mass shooting response

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Three months after a Virginia Beach city employee killed 12 people in a mass shooting , the city's executive resigned Wednesday following criticism from victims' family members a...

Aug 30, 2019

Georgia GOP Sen. Isakson to retire over health issues

ATLANTA - Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson's announcement Wednesday that he will retire at year's end because of health problems instantly raised Georgia's status as a must-watch 2020 battleground by en...

Aug 30, 2019