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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 the filmmake...

Jul 23, 2019

Israeli crews demolish Palestinian homes in east Jerusalem

JERUSALEM - Israeli work crews on Monday began demolishing dozens of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of an east Jerusalem neighbourhood, in one of the largest operations of its kind in years. The d...

Jul 23, 2019

Stevens and ex-colleagues took different paths in retirement

WASHINGTON - Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens never really put down his pen. Without opinions and dissents to write following his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2010, Stevens chos...

Jul 23, 2019

China says it won't rule out using force to reunify Taiwan

BEIJING - China said it will not renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taiwan with the mainland and vowed to take all necessary military measures to defeat "separatists." In a national defen...

Jul 23, 2019

Margaret Atwood on Booker Prize longlist for 'The Handmaid's Tale' sequel

LONDON - Canadian Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood is a contender again for the coveted fiction trophy. Atwood won in 2000 for "The Blind Assassin" and is nominated for "The Testaments," ...

Jul 23, 2019

Puerto Rico gov will not seek reelection, but won't resign

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossell said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelec...

Jul 23, 2019

With a wide smile for his mom, Prince George turns 6

LONDON - Kensington Palace has released three new photographs before Prince George's birthday. The future king turns 6 on Monday. It's become a tradition for the palace to release snapshots taken by h...

Jul 23, 2019

Another son says he should guide Aretha Franklin estate

PONTIAC, Mich. - Aretha Franklin's sons disagree about who should manage what could be a multimillion-dollar estate. Attorneys for Theodore White II last week told a Michigan judge in a court filing t...

Jul 23, 2019

'The Lion King' rules and 'Endgame' scores all-time record

LOS ANGELES - If there was any doubt that the 2019 box office belonged to the Walt Disney Co., this weekend put an end to it. Not only did its photorealistic remake of "The Lion King" devour opening w...

Jul 23, 2019

Herb Alpert sculptures make stop at Wyoming museum

JACKSON, Wyo. - It seems like every once in a while you run into someone who can do anything. When that person seems to do it with ease, it's another thing entirely. "I never tried to make a hit recor...

Jul 23, 2019