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Djokovic out of US Open after hitting line judge with ball

NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic was kicked out of the U.S. Open for accidentally hitting a line judge in the throat with a tennis ball after dropping a game in his fourth-round match Sunday, a stunning end ...

Sep 6, 2020

City won't waste John Oliver's donation, on 1 condition

DANBURY, Conn. - A Connecticut city won't waste an opportunity to get a sizeable donation from comedian John Oliver about a weeks-long joke pertaining to the name of a sewage plant in the area. Danbur...

Sep 6, 2020

Census Bureau must temporarily halt winding down operations.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The U.S. Census Bureau for now must stop following a plan that would have it winding down operations in order to finish the 2020 census at the end of September, according to a federal ...

Sep 6, 2020

Cohen memoir casts him as 'star witness' against Trump

NEW YORK - Michael Cohen's tell-all memoir makes the case that President Donald Trump is "guilty of the same crimes" that landed his former fixer in federal prison, offering a blow-by-blow account of ...

Sep 5, 2020

Deposed president evacuated from Mali for medical treatment

BAMAKO, Mali - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the Malian president ousted by a military coup in August, was evacuated late Saturday to the United Arab Emirates for medical treatment, a diplomat said. The 75-...

Sep 5, 2020

Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ piece

HALBERSTADT, Germany - Hundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening Saturday at a church in Germany: a chord change in an organ piece that is supposed to last for an entirety of 639 y...

Sep 5, 2020

Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kamala Harris told a friendly crowd of Hollywood donors on Thursday they'd be surprised by how many states she's visiting daily, if only virtually. Earlier in the week, she'd camp...

Sep 5, 2020

Quarantine a small price to pay for Australian in Venice

VENICE, Italy - Roderick MacKay had to get government approval to leave Australia, spent two weeks in preventive coronavirus quarantine in Rome and will be locked up in a hotel back in Australia for a...

Sep 5, 2020

Gas pipeline blast kills 11 praying at Bangladesh mosque

DHAKA, Bangladesh - An underground gas pipeline near a mosque exploded during evening prayers outside the capital of Bangladesh, leaving at least 11 Muslim worshipers dead and dozens injured with crit...

Sep 4, 2020

India's coronavirus caseload crosses 4 million

NEW DELHI - India's coronavirus cases crossed 4 million on Saturday, leading the world in new infections and closing in on Brazil's total as the second-highest in the world. The 86,432 cases added in ...

Sep 4, 2020