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Report: Huawei cuts meetings with US, sends US workers home

BEIJING - The Financial Times reported Friday that tech giant Huawei has ordered its employees to cancel technical meetings with American contacts and has sent home numerous U.S. employees working at ...

May 31, 2019

US consumer spending slows to 0.3% gain in April

WASHINGTON - Consumer spending slowed in April while inflation was up, but still far below the target set by the Federal Reserve. The Commerce Department said Friday that spending increased 0.3% in Ap...

May 31, 2019

Canadian tourist recounts aftermath of boat collision on the Danube

BUDAPEST, Hungary - A Canadian tourist who was on the Danube River in Budapest when two boats collided Wednesday says the experience was "surreal and "sobering". Ken Hoffer, of Halifax, says he was on...

May 31, 2019

Stocks slump after US expands trade war to Mexico

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. announced plans to expand its trade war to Mexico. The slump all but guarantees that May will be the first monthly loss for the mark...

May 31, 2019

Mueller declares his Russia report did not exonerate Trump

WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday that charging President Donald Trump with a crime was "not an option" because of federal rules, but he used his first public remarks on the R...

May 31, 2019

Couture Council to honour Louboutin and his red-soled shoes

NEW YORK - From a tiny bottle of nail polish, a luxury fashion empire was born. Designer Christian Louboutin says he was experimenting in his factory one day when he suddenly seized his assistant's bo...

May 31, 2019

Elite 8: National Spelling Bee too easy for octet of champs

OXON HILL, Md. - There were warning signs throughout a marathon day of spelling that this Scripps National Spelling Bee would not conclude like any other in the event's 94-year history. Rishik Gandhar...

May 31, 2019

Judge: Kodak Black should remain jailed until trial

MIAMI - Federal prosecutors in Miami on Wednesday successfully appealed a judge's decision to release rapper Kodak Black on bond after his arrest for a weapons violation. In a hearing in U.S. District...

May 31, 2019

Paris wants a 'Princess Diana Square' at site of her death

Paris City Hall wants to name a small plaza after Princess Diana, at the site of the 1997 car crash that killed the cherished British royal. The site is adjacent to the Alma Tunnel where the accident ...

May 31, 2019

Migos' Offset has charges in phone-slapping case dismissed

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - Police in suburban Atlanta have dropped a felony charge against the rapper Offset, who was accused of knocking a cellphone out of a fan's hands. Sandy Springs police Sgt. Sam Wors...

May 31, 2019