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Judge close to naming special prosecutor in Smollett case

CHICAGO - An Illinois judge seems close to appointing a special prosecutor to look into why state prosecutors abruptly dropped charges against actor Jussie Smollett accusing him of staging a racist, a...

Aug 23, 2019

China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of US products

BEIJING - China on Friday announced tariff hikes on $75 billion of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest planned increase, deepening a conflict over trade and technology tha...

Aug 23, 2019

Polish official: Deadly lightning storm like terror attack

WARSAW, Poland - A Polish emergency official on Friday likened the deadly lightning storm over the Tatra Mountains that killed at least five people and injured more than 150 to a terror attack in term...

Aug 23, 2019

Jury backs Nicholas Sparks in lawsuit by former school head

RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal jury sided Wednesday with novelist Nicholas Sparks and the private Christian school he founded in his North Carolina hometown, dismissing claims by the school's former headma...

Aug 23, 2019

Billionaire David Koch, conservative donor, dies at age 79

WASHINGTON - David H. Koch, executive vice-president of Koch Industries Inc. and a long-time philanthropist, has died at age 79. His older brother, Charles, announced the death on Friday, saying, "It ...

Aug 23, 2019

China says British consulate staffer detained 15 days

HONG KONG - China said Wednesday a staffer at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the city of Shenzhen for violating regulations on public order. T...

Aug 23, 2019

Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's president sent a bill to parliament Wednesday that would cut four zeroes from the value of the Islamic Republic's sanctions-battered currency, the rial, as tensions remain high b...

Aug 23, 2019

Rolling Stones get a little piece of Mars to call their own

PASADENA, Calif. - There is now a "Rolling Stones Rock" on Mars, and it's giving Mick and the boys some serious satisfaction. NASA named the little stone for the legendary rockers after its InSight ro...

Aug 23, 2019

Harvey Weinstein wants to move trial out of NYC

NEW YORK - A lawyer for Harvey Weinstein has asked that the disgraced movie mogul's upcoming criminal trial be moved out of New York City, saying he can't get a fair trial. In a longshot motion filed ...

Aug 22, 2019

Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell

MELBOURNE, Australia - An Australian appeals court Wednesday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a decision ch...

Aug 22, 2019