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Speller balances bee with reality TV, social media stardom

OXON HILL, Md. - Akash Vukoti no longer stands out at the Scripps National Spelling Bee for his age, not with a record 23 spellers competing this year who are 9 or younger. But he's the only member of...

May 30, 2019

Louisiana's Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana's Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy Thursday, a move that puts him squarely in line with the leaders of other conservative So...

May 30, 2019

Feeling Aretha's spirit, J Hud honours icon at Pulitzers

NEW YORK - With bad weather in Chicago on Monday and her flight cancelled, Jennifer Hudson fretted at the thought of missing her performance at Tuesday's Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony to pay tribute ...

May 30, 2019

Restaurant must provide surveillance footage in Spacey case

NANTUCKET, Mass. - A judge is ordering a Nantucket restaurant to hand over any surveillance footage taken the night prosecutors say actor Kevin Spacey groped a young man in 2016. Nantucket District Co...

May 30, 2019

R. Kelly charged with 11 new sex-related crimes in Chicago

CHICAGO - Prosecutors charged R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday with 11 new sex-related counts, including some that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious again...

May 30, 2019

Planned Parenthood: Missouri's last abortion clinic may shut

ST. LOUIS - Missouri's only abortion clinic could be closed by the end of the week because the state is threatening to not renew its license, Planned Parenthood officials said Tuesday. Planned Parenth...

May 30, 2019

TV's 'The Profit' to visit store with enormous American flag

STATESVILLE, N.C. - The reality television star responsible for an oversized American flag at a recreational vehicle store he owns in North Carolina says he's visiting the location to support the empl...

May 30, 2019

Phillies OF Herrera arrested in domestic case, put on leave

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odbel Herrera was placed on administrative leave Tuesday by Major League Baseball following his arrest in a domestic violence case at an Atlantic...

May 30, 2019

Avenatti pleads not guilty to defrauding Stormy Daniels

NEW YORK - The pugilistic and embattled attorney Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty Tuesday to defrauding his most famous client, porn star Stormy Daniels, and seized the spotlight to toss a barb at ...

May 30, 2019

Belgium's ex-monarch agrees to DNA test in paternity case

BRUSSELS - A decades-old royal paternity scandal is setting Belgium abuzz again. Lawyers said Tuesday that Belgium's former King Albert II, 84, has finally agreed to a DNA test demanded by a woman who...

May 30, 2019