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Celebs, members push for gym boycott over Trump fundraiser

Luxury gym Equinox and indoor cycling studio SoulCycle are facing a backlash from some members and celebrities over a fundraiser being held for President Donald Trump by a company executive. Stephen R...

Aug 10, 2019

El Paso crowd decries racism week after mass shooting

EL PASO, Texas - More than 100 people marched through the Texas border city of El Paso on Saturday, denouncing racism and calling for stronger gun laws one week after 22 people were killed in a mass s...

Aug 10, 2019

California 'First Partner' puts focus on gender equality

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom was wrapping up a meeting with the president of El Salvador in April when his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, spoke up in fluent Spanish. What, she aske...

Aug 10, 2019

Officials: Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide in jail cell

NEW YORK - Financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, officials said Saturday. Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell at the Manhattan Co...

Aug 10, 2019

Willie Nelson comes off tour, cites 'breathing problem'

NEW YORK - Willie Nelson has come off his tour because of a "breathing problem." The 86-year-old singer apologized on Twitter late Wednesday, writing "I need to have my doctor check out." Nelson had j...

Aug 10, 2019

McConnell wants to consider gun background checks in fall

WASHINGTON - Shifting the gun violence debate, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he now wants to consider background checks and other bills, setting up a potentially pivotal moment when lawm...

Aug 10, 2019

Police say 62 killed in Tanzania fuel tanker explosion

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania as people were trying to siphon fuel out of it Saturday, killing at least 62 in one of the worst incidents of its kind in ...

Aug 10, 2019

Hundreds attend funeral of Israeli soldier stabbed to death

JERUSALEM - Hundreds of people attended Thursday's funeral of an 18-year-old Israeli soldier who was found dead hours earlier with stab wounds near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. Prime Minister...

Aug 10, 2019

New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy

LOS ANGELES - What if alternative energy isn't all it's cracked up to be? That's the provocative question explored in the documentary "Planet of the Humans," which is backed and promoted by filmmaker ...

Aug 09, 2019

Walmart pulls violent game displays but will still sell guns

NEW YORK - Walmart has ordered workers to remove video game signs and displays that depict violence from stores nationwide after 22 people died in a shooting at one of its Texas stores, but the big bo...

Aug 09, 2019