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Japan resumes commercial whaling, seen as face-saving end

TOKYO - Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that's seen as a largely lost cause. Whaling boats embarked Monday on their first commerci...

Jul 02, 2019

Clarification: Trump-North Korea story

In a story June 30, The Associated Press reported that President Donald Trump was joined in his Freedom House conversation with North Korea's Kim Jong Un by his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump a...

Jul 02, 2019

Morgan scores and Naeher saves in 2-1 victory over England

LYON, France - With Alex Morgan's cheeky tea-sipping celebration and a postgame mobbing of goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, the United States has moved a step closer to successfully defending its latest Wome...

Jul 02, 2019

Trump chooses Waller and Shelton for 2 Fed board vacancies

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday on Twitter that he will nominate economists Christopher Waller and Judy Shelton to fill two influential positions on the Federal Reserve Board of Gover...

Jul 02, 2019

Data scientist drops Facebook defamation suit

Aleksandr Kogan, the data scientist at the centre of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, said he is dropping a defamation lawsuit against the social network rather than engage in an expens...

Jul 02, 2019

Kaepernick stirs new controversy for Nike

NEW YORK - Nike's sales have only grown since it seized attention with its ad campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. So, the shoemaker deferred to its star endorser when he raised...

Jul 02, 2019

River flooding in Tennessee ruins cotton, soybean crops

RIPLEY, Tenn. - Wearing wading boots and a wide-brimmed hat, Derrick Currie casts his green fishing line into a pool of brown water along a rural Tennessee road. In a couple of minutes, he reels in hi...

Jul 02, 2019

Kevin Durant to sign with Brooklyn Nets

NEW YORK - Kevin Durant is headed to the Brooklyn Nets, leaving the Golden State Warriors after three seasons. His decision was announced Sunday at the start of the NBA free agency period on the Insta...

Jul 02, 2019

2020 Census being printed without citizenship question

WASHINGTON - Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday started printing the questionnaire without the contro...

Jul 02, 2019

Showtime's Ailes series has modest start, but it's early

NEW YORK - Intensely loyal viewers routinely make Fox News Channel the most-watched cable network each week. So how many people want to watch a miniseries about Roger Ailes, the man who developed and ...

Jul 02, 2019