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Mueller: No Russia exoneration for Trump, despite his claims

WASHINGTON - Robert Mueller, the taciturn lawman at the centre of a polarizing American drama, bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump's claims of "total exoneration" Wednesday in the federal probe o...

Jul 26, 2019

Judge temporarily blocks new Arkansas anti-abortion laws

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal judge blocked three new abortion restrictions in Arkansas minutes before they were set to take effect Wednesday, including a measure that opponents say would likely force...

Jul 26, 2019

Record Facebook fine won't end scrutiny of the company

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook survived its latest brush with U.S. privacy regulators, at the cost of a record $5 billion fine and other restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission. But it's far fr...

Jul 26, 2019

Uganda's Bobi Wine formally declares his presidential bid

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine formally launched his presidential bid for the 2021 election on Wednesday, calling the country's longtime leader a dictator and urgin...

Jul 26, 2019

John Fogerty pulls out of troubled Woodstock 50 festival

NEW YORK - John Fogerty has pulled out of Woodstock 50 just weeks before the troubled anniversary event is supposed to take place. A representative for the singer tells The Associated Press that Foger...

Jul 26, 2019

Did Facebook data help Trump? 'Great Hack' explores scandal

NEW YORK - The new documentary "The Great Hack" captures how Facebook's cavalier handling of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal posed a threat to democracy. But it doesn't prove claims in th...

Jul 25, 2019

China says US 'power politics' undermines global stability

BEIJING - China on Wednesday accused the United States of undermining global stability with unilateral policies and "power politics" as the Defence Ministry issued the first comprehensive outline of i...

Jul 25, 2019

16 Marines arrested in migrant smuggling investigation

SAN DIEGO - An investigation into Marines accused of helping smuggle migrants into the United States led to the arrest Thursday of 16 of their fellow Marines at California's Camp Pendleton, just north...

Jul 25, 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 25, 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 25, 2019