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Wool wrap for royal baby suggests tradition will win out

LONDON - Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor slept through his first press conference, but royal experts say the merino wool wrap in which he snuggled said a lot about how his parents, Prince Harry an...

May 10, 2019

Guns N' Roses sues brewery over its 'Guns 'N' Rosé' beer

LOS ANGELES - The rock band Guns N' Roses is accusing a Colorado brewery of piggybacking off their fame to sell beer and merchandise. The band filed a trademark infringement lawsuit Thursday against C...

May 10, 2019

Mel Gibson to play Santa Claus in 'Fatman' comedy

NEW YORK - Mel Gibson is to play Santa Claus in "Fatman," a comedy that will be shopped at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Gibson is attached as Kris Kringle in the film to be directed by Ian and E...

May 10, 2019

Witness says she was forced into sex act with self-help guru

NEW YORK - A woman testified on Wednesday that she became a "slave" under the control of a self-help guru who counted her calories, preached that women too often play victim and, ultimately, used her ...

May 10, 2019

Kidnap claim unravels: Baby thrown down hill, mom charged

A mother's claim that her 7-week-old baby was kidnapped quickly unraveled after her infant was found at the bottom of a 75-foot ravine in the North Carolina mountains, law enforcement officials said F...

May 10, 2019

R. Kelly judgment withdrawn after lawyers say he can't read

CHICAGO - R. Kelly spent much of Wednesday in court, with his lawyer explaining to one judge that the singer didn't respond to a lawsuit brought by one of his sexual abuse accusers because he is illit...

May 10, 2019

House passes $19B disaster aid bill over Trump opposition

WASHINGTON - The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief to farmers, victims of hurricanes and floods, and rebuild southern military bases, as Demo...

May 10, 2019

California to ban pesticide it says hurts babies' brains

LOS ANGELES - The nation's most productive agricultural state moved Wednesday to ban a controversial pesticide widely used to control a range of insects but blamed for harming brain development in bab...

May 10, 2019

Space-tourism dream edges toward reality in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. - British billionaire Richard Branson and his space-tourism company Virgin Galactic announced new steps Friday toward offering thrill rides into the low reaches of space for paying pass...

May 10, 2019

Markets Right Now: Late selling leaves stocks slightly lower

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Stocks ended mostly lower on Wall Street after a late wave of selling wiped out what was left of a modest midday ra...

May 10, 2019