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'One Day At a Time' rescued from cancellation by Pop TV

LOS ANGELES - There are more days ahead for "One Day at a Time." The CBS Corp.-owned cable channel Pop TV says Thursday it's greenlighted a new season of the reboot cancelled by Netflix. In a statemen...

Jun 28, 2019

Lawsuit seeks to block Georgia law that bans most abortions

ATLANTA - A federal lawsuit filed Friday in Atlanta is the latest effort by abortion providers and advocacy groups to challenge a wave of restrictive abortion laws passed in conservative states. Lawye...

Jun 28, 2019

US consumers increase spending a modest 0.4% in May

WASHINGTON - Consumer spending increased 0.4% in May, a modest gain that suggests Americans remain confident enough about the economy's outlook to keep shopping. The Commerce Department said Friday th...

Jun 28, 2019

Justices won't revive Alabama ban on abortion procedure

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court won't revive Alabama's ban on the most commonly used procedure in second-trimester abortions. The measure has been blocked by lower courts. The justices on Friday reject...

Jun 28, 2019

France fries: Record heat hits tourists, schools, hospitals

PARIS - Schools are dousing kids with water and nursing homes are equipping the elderly with hydration sensors as France and other nations battle a record-setting heat wave baking much of Europe. Seve...

Jun 28, 2019

Eric Trump says he was spit on at Chicago cocktail lounge

CHICAGO - President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump said the U.S. Secret Service took an employee of a Chicago cocktail lounge into custody after she spit on him. Eric Trump told Breitbart News in a tel...

Jun 28, 2019

Seoul: US, N. Korea in talks to set up 3rd Trump-Kim summit

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korean and U.S. officials are holding "behind-the-scenes talks" to arrange a third summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the fa...

Jun 28, 2019

Democrats hope Mueller testimony will have 'profound impact'

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he expects special counsel Robert Mueller to have "a profound impact" when he testifies before Congress on July 17, even though Mueller ...

Jun 27, 2019

Correction: Wisconsin Fire story

PICKEREL, Wis. - In a story June 25 about a Wisconsin house fire that killed six people, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of the Langlade County coroner. He is Larry Shadick, not Shadlick...

Jun 27, 2019

Protesters storm Bahraini embassy in Iraqi capital Baghdad

BAGHDAD - Protesters stormed the Bahraini embassy compound in Baghdad Thursday night, removing the flag from above the building and replacing it with a Palestinian banner in protest against a conferen...

Jun 27, 2019