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Fox Sports, Stars Group to offer sports betting in deal

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A major U.S. sports network is getting into the sports betting game. Fox Sports says it is buying just under 5% of The Stars Group, the parent company of PokerStars, for about $2...

May 10, 2019

The Latest: Auto association: Tariffs will hurt US exports

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the tariffs standoff between the United States and China (all times local): 4:45 p.m. The Association of Global Automakers warns that the Trump administration's decision to ...

May 10, 2019

Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home

NEW YORK - His trade war already raging worldwide, President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive actions as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American work...

May 10, 2019

Utah event celebrates Transcontinental Railroad anniversary

PROMONTORY, Utah - Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a natio...

May 10, 2019

Police arrests end sit-in against policing at Johns Hopkins

Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...

May 10, 2019

Deborah Dugan, CEO of (RED), picked to lead the Grammys

NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...

May 10, 2019

Pentagon: US moving Patriot missile battery to Mideast

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon says the U.S. will move a Patriot missile battery into the Middle East region to counter threats from Iran. The department provided no details, but a defence official says th...

May 10, 2019

House Democrat issues subpoenas for Trump tax returns

WASHINGTON - A top House Democrat has issued subpoenas for six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns, giving Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig a deadline of...

May 10, 2019

Pence slams district court rulings against Trump policies

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to challenge the right of federal district courts to issue rulings blocking nationwide policies, arguing tha...

May 10, 2019

Judge transferring decision on Smollett special prosecutor

CHICAGO - A judge in Chicago says another judge will decide if a special prosecutor is needed to investigate why the state prosecutor's office dropped charges accusing Jussie Smollett of staging a rac...

May 10, 2019