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Ginsburg's impact on women spanned age groups, backgrounds

NEW YORK - Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos. The "I dissent" T-shirts, the refrigerator magnets, the onesies for babies or costumes for ...

Sep 20, 2020

Judge agrees to delay US gov't restrictions on WeChat

NEW YORK - A judge has approved a request from a group of U.S. WeChat users to delay looming federal government restrictions that could effectively make the popular app nearly impossible to use. In a ...

Sep 20, 2020

Media celebrates Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life, legacy

NEW YORK - Across television and streaming services, the life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was already front and centre Saturday, a day after her death at 87. A look at cove...

Sep 19, 2020

Pogacar crushes Roglic to take grip on Tour de France title

LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France - In an incredible climax to the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar crushed his fellow Slovenian, Primoz Roglic, in the last stage Saturday before the finish in Paris. ...

Sep 19, 2020

Japan's ex-PM Abe visits controversial Tokyo shrine

TOKYO - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he has visited a shrine viewed by China and both Koreas as a symbol of wartime aggression. Abe's visit Saturday, which he announced in a tweet, c...

Sep 18, 2020

Ginsburg, a feminist icon memorialized as the Notorious RBG

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg moved slowly. When court was in session, she often had her head down, sometimes leading visitors to think she was asleep. She once acknowledged t...

Sep 18, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington. She was 8...

Sep 18, 2020

Alabama reports 2nd death from Hurricane Sally

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. - A second death from Hurricane Sally was reported Friday in Alabama, where the storm sloshed ashore Wednesday, brining wind and flooding rain. Baldwin County coroner Dr. Brian Pier...

Sep 18, 2020

Egyptian, Mexican, Moldovan exit in race for top post at WTO

GENEVA - World Trade Organization member countries on Friday trimmed a list of candidates vying to become the next director-general from eight to five. They ejected applicants from Egypt, Mexico and M...

Sep 18, 2020

End of the runway? Fashion world mulls post-COVID future

LONDON - It's the September fashion week season, and in any other year London would be abuzz with fashionistas zipping across town in Mercedes Benzes, hobnobbing with celebrities at glittering catwalk...

Sep 18, 2020