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Retail sales in 2019 are a wild ride, slip 0.2% in April

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales declined last month as Americans cut back their spending on clothes, appliances, and home and garden supplies. Sales dropped 0.2% in April, the Commerce Department said ...

May 17, 2019

Poland's church leader says sex abuse reports not an attack

WARSAW, Poland - Contradicting claims by Poland's ruling party leader, the head of Poland's Catholic church says recent revelations about priests abusing minors are not attacks on the church but will ...

May 17, 2019

Alabama governor invokes God in banning nearly all abortions

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's Republican governor has signed the most stringent abortion legislation in the nation, making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases. "To the bill's many suppo...

May 17, 2019

Back to the drawing board: UK Brexit compromise talks fail

LONDON - Talks between Britain's government and opposition aimed at striking a compromise Brexit deal broke down without agreement Friday, plunging the country back into a morass of uncertainty over i...

May 17, 2019

South Korean, 3 Filipinos freed after captivity in Libya

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean and three Filipinos have been freed following months of captivity in Libya, Seoul and Abu Dhabi said Friday. The release of the hostages was mediated by the ...

May 17, 2019

Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's legislature has passed a law allowing same-sex marriage in a first for Asia. The vote Friday allows same-sex couples full legal marriage rights, including in areas such as ta...

May 16, 2019

Cardi B tops BET noms, Nipsey Hussle up for 1

NEW YORK - Hip-hop star Cardi B is walking into the 2019 BET Awards as the most nominated act with seven, while late rapper Nipsey Hussle scored a posthumous nomination. BET tells the Associated Press...

May 16, 2019

'Big Bang Theory' exits TV airwaves with emotional episode

LOS ANGELES - "The Big Bang Theory" is over. CBS aired the sitcom's last two episodes "The Change Constant" then "The Stockholm Syndrome" in an hour-long finale Thursday evening. The comedy about the ...

May 16, 2019

I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, dies at 102

NEW YORK - I.M. Pei (PAY), the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the multi-shaped Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

May 16, 2019

F-16 fighter crashes into California warehouse, pilot ejects

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A pilot ejected moments before an F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday into a warehouse just outside March Air Reserve Base in California, military officials said. The pilot was not h...

May 16, 2019