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Trump moves to end asylum protections for Central Americans

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is moving to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants. A rule published Monday bars migrants from seeking asylum in the United States if they've ...

Jul 15, 2019

Sen. Chris Murphy writing book on gun violence

NEW YORK - One of Washington's leading advocates for gun control, Sen. Chris Murphy, has a book coming out next year. Murphy's "Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy" will...

Jul 15, 2019

Weakened Barry rolls into Louisiana, drenches Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS - Barry rolled into the Louisiana coast Saturday, flooding highways, forcing people to scramble to rooftops and dumping heavy rain that officials had feared could test the levees and pumps...

Jul 15, 2019

Toxic lake in Russia's Siberia becomes selfie sensation

MOSCOW - Residents of a city in Siberia don't need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents - ranging from scantily...

Jul 15, 2019

Judges to decide on bond hearings for R. Kelly indictments

CHICAGO - Federal judges will decide how to proceed with bond hearings in two separate federal indictments against R. Kelly. The 52-year-old singer was arrested Thursday night while walking his dog on...

Jul 14, 2019

Pence tour of migrant centre shows men crowded in cages

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence toured two detention facilities on the Texas border Friday, including a Border Patrol station where hundreds of men were crowded in sweltering cages without cots...

Jul 14, 2019

Remains found in Oregon believed to be actor Charles Levin

SELMA, Ore. - Remains found in a remote area of Oregon are believed to be of missing actor Charles Levin, who played numerous roles on television comedies such as "Seinfeld" and "Night Court." Levin, ...

Jul 14, 2019

'Spider-Man' does victory lap over 'Crawl,' 'Stuber'

LOS ANGELES - "Spider-Man: Far From Home" is celebrating another weekend at No. 1, but non-franchise fare continues to struggle at the box office. Fresh studio-released counterprograming such as the h...

Jul 14, 2019

VW, Ford team up to make autonomous, electric vehicles

NEW YORK - Volkswagen will invest $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous vehicle company that's mostly owned by Ford as the automakers who were once rivals deepen their partnership to develop drive...

Jul 14, 2019

11 years after epic, Federer tops Nadal in Wimbledon semis

WIMBLEDON, England - After waiting 11 years to get another shot against Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, Roger Federer was so, so close to the finish line. One match point slipped away when Federer missed a...

Jul 14, 2019