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Taliban reject talk of direct negotiations with government

KABUL - An Afghan official said Sunday that the government would hold its first-ever direct talks with the Taliban within two weeks, but the insurgents quickly denied any such meeting was planned and ...

Jul 28, 2019

AP Source: Jay-Z pulls out of Woodstock 50 performance

NEW YORK - Jay-Z's got 99 problems but Woodstock isn't one: The rap king has pulled out of the 50th anniversary Woodstock festival just weeks before the troubled event is supposed to take place. Jay-Z...

Jul 28, 2019

Indian police say they killed a top militant in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India - A top commander of a Pakistan-based militant group was killed Sunday during an operation in the southern part of the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, the region's police chief sa...

Jul 28, 2019

Trump attacks majority-black district represented by critic

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday denigrated a majority-black district represented by a congressional nemesis as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess," broadening a campaign again...

Jul 28, 2019

Hong Kong protesters occupy major shopping district

HONG KONG - A large group of protesters took over a major street in a Hong Kong shopping district late Sunday afternoon, setting up barricades to block off the area and defend it against police. The u...

Jul 28, 2019

Smugglers offer cash to troops, others to drive migrants

SAN DIEGO - On the surface, it seemed like a simple task: Drive to a spot a few miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, pick up people and then drop them off at a McDonald's or other spot past the city...

Jul 27, 2019

Tyson keeps museum post after sexual misconduct probe

NEW YORK - Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will keep his job as head of the Hayden Planetarium at New York's American Museum of Natural History after the museum concluded its investigation into sex...

Jul 27, 2019

Remains ID'd as those of Colorado girl missing 34 years

GREELEY, Colo. - The disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews shortly after singing "Jingle Bells" with classmates at a 1984 Christmas concert stunned this rural town in northern Colorado. Her ca...

Jul 27, 2019

SAG Awards shift date, avoid schedule conflict with Grammys

LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild Awards will shift a week earlier than planned and avoid airing at the same time as the Grammy Awards. Organizers announced the shift Thursday and that the show, w...

Jul 27, 2019

"Transparent" musical finale gives cast a chance to heal

LOS ANGELES - Wrapping up five seasons of an award-winning series with a musical is a risk that only Amazon's "Transparent" could take. Risks are part of the show's DNA, said series creator Jill Solow...

Jul 27, 2019