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Microsoft returns with smartphone after high-profile flops

NEW YORK - After high-profile flops, Microsoft is getting back into smartphones with a dual-screen Android device that won't be out for another year. Microsoft unveiled the Surface Duo as part of a ne...

Oct 02, 2019

US tariffs on EU goods would include cheese, wine, aircraft

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration plans to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of European imports _ from gouda cheese to single-malt whiskey to large aircraft _ beginning Oct. 18 to retaliate ag...

Oct 02, 2019

3 charged with providing drugs that killed rapper Mac Miller

LOS ANGELES - Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller's deadly overdose last year have now been charged with providing the drugs that killed him, U.S. prosecutors said Wedne...

Oct 02, 2019

Judge denies bail for R. Kelly in NYC sex-abuse case

NEW YORK - A federal judge in New York City has denied bail to R&B singer R. Kelly in his sex-abuse case. Kelly didn't attend the hearing on Wednesday on a defence motion asking for his release on...

Oct 02, 2019

US judge: Injection sites don’t violate federal drug laws

PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled that a supervised injection site designed to thwart drug overdoses would not violate federal drug laws. The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District J...

Oct 02, 2019

'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash charged with domestic battery

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. - An actress known for appearing in the 1990s comedy "Clueless" faces a domestic battery charge in Florida. A Pasco County Sheriff's Office report says 52-year-old Stacey Dash wa...

Oct 02, 2019

Deliberations at gang trial where Tekashi 6ix9ine testified

NEW YORK - Deliberations are underway in the New York trial of two alleged members of the gang that up-and-coming rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine (teh-KAH'-shee sihks-NEYN') joined to give himself street credi...

Oct 02, 2019

Review: Banderas as Almodovar is a triumph of subtlety, wit

"Don't get that storyteller look," film director Salvador Mallo's elderly mother admonishes him at one point in "Pain and Glory." It's hard not to chuckle, because the character is a thinly veiled sta...

Oct 02, 2019

For the 2nd time this year, NYPD gunfire kills 1 of its own

NEW YORK - For the second time this year, a New York City police officer has been killed by friendly fire. Officer Brian Mulkeen was fatally struck by two police bullets while struggling with an armed...

Oct 02, 2019

Singer Lou Gramm will miss 4 Foreigner shows due to illness

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Lou Gramm, the original singer for the classic rock band Foreigner, will miss four upcoming concerts due to illness. He and other original members of the band were set to perform...

Oct 02, 2019