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Clarification: Nicholas Sparks-Lawsuit story

RALEIGH, N.C. - In a story Aug. 21 about a lawsuit against novelist Nicholas Sparks by the former headmaster of the school the author founded, The Associated Press, citing testimony from Sparks, repor...

Aug 23, 2019

Jet catches fire in Northern California; 10 aboard unhurt

OROVILLE, Calif. - All 10 people aboard a small jet escaped injury Wednesday after the aircraft aborted its takeoff at a small Northern California airport, went off the runway and burst into flames, o...

Aug 23, 2019

Illinois patient's death may be first in US tied to vaping

CHICAGO - Health officials said Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a serious lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first death in the United States linked to the...

Aug 23, 2019

Bolsonaro prepares to send army to contain Amazon fires

PORTO VELHO, Brazil - Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he might send the military to battle the mas...

Aug 23, 2019

President Trump offers himself as 'the chosen one'

WASHINGTON - King of Israel? The second coming? The chosen one? President Donald Trump is known to have a healthy ego. But a string of comments Wednesday went to a higher level. First, Trump thanked c...

Aug 23, 2019

Supreme Court: Ginsburg treated for tumour on pancreas

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for a tumour on her pancreas and there is no evidence of the disease remaining. The court said Friday th...

Aug 23, 2019

Fed officials widely divided on rates at July meeting

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials were widely divided at their meeting last month when they decided to cut rates for the first time in a decade, with some arguing for a bigger rate cut while othe...

Aug 23, 2019

Accusers in Ohio State doctor scandal tops 300

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Lawyers for men suing Ohio State University over decades-old alleged sexual misconduct by a team doctor say the growing number of accusers has topped 300. Totals confirmed to The Asso...

Aug 23, 2019

Greenland fallout: Trump scolds Denmark over rejection

COPENHAGEN - Escalating an international spat , President Donald Trump said Wednesday he scrapped his trip to Denmark because the prime minister made a "nasty" statement when she rejected his idea to ...

Aug 23, 2019

5 die in stampede ahead of Algiers rap concert, probe opened

ALGIERS, Algeria - Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the cause of a stampede ahead of a rapper's concert at an Algiers sports stadium that left five youths dead, including a 13-year-old. T...

Aug 23, 2019