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Judge: Cosby accusers' testimony points to 'signature' crime

PHILADELPHIA - The judge who presided over Bill Cosby's criminal case said he let five other accusers testify at the sex-assault trial because their accounts had "chilling similarities" that pointed t...

May 16, 2019

Trump administration pulls $1B from California rail project

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Trump administration cancelled nearly $1 billion Thursday in federal money for California's high-speed rail project, further throwing into question the future of the ambitious...

May 16, 2019

Eurovision Song Contest decides this year's final lineup

TEL AVIV, Israel - The Eurovision Song Contest has decided the final 10 contestants who will battle to be crowned Europe's best pop act, following the event's second semifinal Thursday. The countries ...

May 16, 2019

Texas officer shoots and kills woman after stun-gun struggle

BAYTOWN, Texas - A police officer shot and killed a woman at a Houston-area apartment complex after she hit him with his Taser during a struggle, shocking him, police said. In a video recorded by a wi...

May 16, 2019

Haechan meets Haechan: K-pop star honoured with zoo namesake

LOS ANGELES - Fans of the K-pop group NCT 127 donated money in January to name a baby pudu at the Los Angeles Zoo after one of its members, Haechan (HECH'-ehn). This week, the human Haechan got to mee...

May 16, 2019

DeSantis: Russians accessed 2 Florida voting databases

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Russian hackers gained access to voter databases in two Florida counties ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a news conference Tuesday. De...

May 16, 2019

Comedian Tim Conway of 'The Carol Burnett Show' dies at 85

LOS ANGELES - Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred aboard "McHale's Navy" and later voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for "Spong...

May 16, 2019

Facebook busts Israel-based campaign to disrupt elections

JERUSALEM - Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has cancelled dozens of accounts engaged in spread...

May 16, 2019

NTSB: Autopilot was in use before Tesla hit semitrailer

DETROIT - A Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash with a semitrailer in Florida March 1 was operating on the company's semi-autonomous Autopilot system, federal investigators have determined. The ca...

May 16, 2019

Carnival worker accused of killing 2 missing women, teen

Two missing women and a missing teenage girl were shot to death by a carnival worker who met them through the travelling show, authorities in Virginia say. James Michael Wright, 23, is accused of kill...

May 16, 2019