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Uber, Lyft drivers protest across the US, overseas

NEW YORK - Some drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft turned off their apps Wednesday to protest what they say are declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dolla...

May 08, 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 08, 2019

Bring on the camp: Met Gala exhibit explores camp in fashion

NEW YORK - Louis XIV and Oscar Wilde, meet Bjork and Lady Gaga. What quality do they share, across the centuries? An innate sense of camp - the esthetic that's being celebrated in the new fashion mega...

May 08, 2019

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

NEW YORK - A woman has told a jury she was forced to perform a sex act with the leader of a secretive upstate New York self-help group. The witness gave the graphic testimony Wednesday at the federal ...

May 08, 2019

R. Kelly judgment withdrawn after lawyers say he can't read

CHICAGO - A judge who ordered a default judgment against R. Kelly after the singer failed to respond to a lawsuit filed by one of his alleged victims now says the suit can proceed. The Chicago Sun-Tim...

May 08, 2019

California to outlaw pesticide harmful to kids

LOS ANGELES - The nation's most productive agricultural state will ban a widely used toxic pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies, California officials said Wednesday. The move would...

May 08, 2019

Markets Right Now: US stocks turn mixed in midday trading

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks brushed off early losses and were mixed in midday trading as gains in industrial companies were offset b...

May 08, 2019

Michael Cohen goes to prison, slamming Trump along the way

NEW YORK - Michael Cohen took a last swipe at President Donald Trump while reporting to federal prison Monday to start a three-year sentence for crimes including tax evasion and campaign finance viola...

May 08, 2019

Google's privacy promises don't sway many experts

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google announced new privacy tools Tuesday intended to give people more control over how they're being tracked on the go or in their own home, part of a broader effort by big t...

May 08, 2019

Trump puts deal-making credentials to test with China talks

WASHINGTON - As he cranks up the pressure on China in pursuit of a new trade accord, President Donald Trump is putting his deal-making persona on the line and injecting new risk into his bid for anoth...

May 08, 2019