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Trump says Press Secretary Sanders to leave White House

WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the month. President Donald Trump announced the news on Twitter Wednesday. He says Sanders...

Jun 13, 2019

Charges dropped against 8 people in Flint water scandal

DETROIT - Prosecutors stunningly dropped all criminal charges Thursday against eight people in the Flint water scandal and pledged to start the investigation from scratch. The defendants include Michi...

Jun 13, 2019

3-year probation for Farruko in case of undeclared $52K

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A judge on Thursday ordered three years' probation for Puerto Rican singer Farruko after he pleaded guilty to not declaring nearly $52,000 in cash discovered in his luggage and...

Jun 13, 2019

Cuba Gooding Jr. surrenders while denying allegations

NEW YORK - Cuba Gooding Jr.'s lawyer said Thursday security video will exonerate the actor from allegations he groped a woman at a New York City night spot. Video from Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lou...

Jun 13, 2019

Judge: Obama centre construction can move forward in Chicago

CHICAGO - Plans to build Barack Obama's $500 million presidential centre on Chicago's lakefront can move forward, a federal judge said Tuesday in dismissing an advocacy group's lawsuit objecting to th...

Jun 13, 2019

Federal agency recommends White House aide Conway by fired

WASHINGTON - A federal watchdog agency is recommending that White House counsellor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits certain political activities of federal employee...

Jun 13, 2019

Lester Holt, colleagues to moderate first Democratic debate

NEW YORK - Lester Holt and four of his NBC News colleagues will share moderating duties for the first debate of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders. The debate, shown on NBC News networks, will un...

Jun 13, 2019

Jessica Biel not against vaccinations, just against bill

LOS ANGELES - Actress Jennifer Biel says she's not opposed to vaccinations, but she does not support a bill in California that would limit medical exemptions. The 37-year-old has drawn criticism after...

Jun 13, 2019

Botswana decriminalizes gay sex in landmark Africa case

JOHANNESBURG - Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex on Tuesday, a landmark case for Africa, as the High Court rejected laws punishing it with up to seven years in prison. Jubila...

Jun 13, 2019

US resident released from Iran custody says it eases tension

BEIRUT - A Lebanese man with permanent U.S. residency who had been imprisoned in Iran for years on charges of espionage said Tuesday that he was subjected to "kidnapping, arbitrary detention and a sho...

Jun 13, 2019