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U.S. diplomats' brain scans show differences, add to Cuba mystery

CHICAGO - Advanced brain scans found perplexing differences in U.S. diplomats who say they developed concussion-like symptoms after working in Cuba, a finding that only heightens the mystery of what m...

Jul 23, 2019

Ex-Flynn business partner convicted of illegal lobbying

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A jury on Tuesday convicted a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges he illegally acted as a Turkish agent when he and Flynn undertook...

Jul 23, 2019

Police: Man intending to visit Taylor Swift's home arrested

WESTERLY, R.I. - Police in Rhode Island have arrested an Iowa man they say intended to visit singer Taylor Swift's beachfront mansion in the state and was carrying a backpack containing a baseball bat...

Jul 23, 2019

Miss America pageant leaving Atlantic City for Connecticut

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - There she is. Here she isn't. Miss America is leaving Atlantic City for the second time, trading one casino town for another in a move that caps a whirlwind of change at the near...

Jul 23, 2019

'Art of Self-Defence' examines, satirizes toxic masculinity

LOS ANGELES - Director Riley Stearns says he didn't realize he was making a perfect movie for 2019 when he started writing "The Art of Self-Defence " four years ago. But his darkly comedic riff on tox...

Jul 23, 2019

2nd person announces primary challenge to US Sen. Markey

BOSTON - A business executive who spent his childhood in what he calls unstable, cruel and at times violent foster homes announced a primary challenge Tuesday to Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Edw...

Jul 23, 2019

Lowry wins British Open in celebrated return to Emerald Isle

PORTRUSH, Ireland - Shane Lowry made the 68 years between British Opens in Northern Ireland worth the wait. The silver claret jug is staying on the Emerald Isle. Lowry, the 32-year-old Irishman with s...

Jul 23, 2019

Settlement expands transgender restroom rights in N Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. - A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people's right to use restrooms matching their gender identity in many North Carolina public buildings. The co...

Jul 23, 2019

Senate confirms Army veteran Mark Esper secretary of defence

WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed Army veteran and former defence industry lobbyist Mark Esper as secretary of defence. Esper's confirmation ends a stretch of seven months the Pentagon didn't have...

Jul 23, 2019

Wrongful death suits filed in SC prison riot

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Two federal lawsuits filed Tuesday claim South Carolina corrections officials violated prisoners' constitutional rights by failing to prevent a riot in which seven inmates were killed...

Jul 23, 2019