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Back at US Open, Serena beats Sharapova for 19th time in row

NEW YORK - Serena Williams was not about to let Maria Sharapova make a match of this. So facing a break point early in the second set, Williams conjured up a backhand passing shot so good, so powerful...

Aug 28, 2019

MSNBC's O'Donnell: I shouldn't have reported Trump story

NEW YORK - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell says he made an "error in judgment" in reporting a story about President Donald Trump's finances based on a single source. O'Donnell's tweet on Wednesday came aft...

Aug 28, 2019

PR firm: 'Every iota' of Smollett claim true; police differ

CHICAGO - Jussie Smollett's PR team says "every iota" of his account of being the victim of a racist, anti-gay attack in Chicago is supported by police evidence despite police repeatedly saying it was...

Aug 28, 2019

Sen. Gillibrand says she's ending 2020 presidential bid

WASHINGTON - Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) is dropping out of the presidential race. The 52-year-old New York senator announced her decision Wednesday on Twitter as her campa...

Aug 28, 2019

Viola Davis set to play Michelle Obama in proposed series

LOS ANGELES - Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in a Showtime series under development about America's first ladies. Davis also is an executive producer on the project, which Showtime said ...

Aug 28, 2019

Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary

SZEGED, Hungary - Opera legend Placido Domingo was set to appear Wednesday at a concert in southern Hungary to inaugurate a sports and youth complex for a local Catholic diocese, continuing his calend...

Aug 28, 2019

Actor McConaughey named professor at University of Texas

AUSTIN, Texas - Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university's Department of Radio-Television-Film. McConaughey h...

Aug 28, 2019

Florida nursing home employees charged in patient deaths

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Four employees of a Florida nursing home where 12 people died in sweltering heat after a hurricane cut power were charged Monday, at least three of them with aggravated manslau...

Aug 28, 2019

GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress

MADISON, Wis. - Republican Rep. Sean Duffy, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who was on the cast of MTV's "The Real World" before he went into politics, announced Monday that he is resign...

Aug 28, 2019

Judge approves plea deal for 'The Bachelor' star

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa - A judge has approved a plea deal that imposes two years' probation and a suspended prison term for an Iowa farmer who appeared on "The Bachelor." Buchanan County District Court re...

Aug 28, 2019