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UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites

BERLIN - The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says Tehran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where Iran is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material. The International Ato...

Aug 26, 2020

Biden campaign 'flooding the zone' with celebrity backers

WILMINGTON, Del. - Poised over the piano, Carole King was set to play "I Feel the Earth Move" during a recent virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden when the Democratic presidential nominee himself beat her...

Aug 26, 2020

Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods jumped 11.2%

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped 11.2% in July, the third consecutive monthly gain. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the July advance follo...

Aug 26, 2020

Pompeo has closed-door meetings with Bahrain, UAE leaders

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held closed-door meetings Wednesday with Bahrain's royal family and top officials in the United Arab Emirates amid the Trump administr...

Aug 26, 2020

'Fighting for you': First lady makes her case for Trump vote

WASHINGTON - First lady Melania Trump portrayed her husband as an authentic, uncompromising leader in a Rose Garden address as President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the...

Aug 26, 2020

2nd arrest in slaying of Kentucky girl playing in dollhouse

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A second arrest has been made in the fatal shootings of a 3-year-old Kentucky girl and her father. Kevon Lawless, 23, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Louisville Metro Pol...

Aug 26, 2020

The Loyalist: VP Pence preserves own presidential prospects

WASHINGTON - Vice-President Mike Pence shuttled through the Capitol's empty, drafty hallways one blustery winter day in search of a breakthrough. It was January 2019, and the government had been partl...

Aug 25, 2020

Polanski's request to restore film academy membership denied

LOS ANGELES - A judge on Tuesday denied Roman Polanski's request to restore his membership in the organization that bestows the Academy Awards two years after he was expelled from it for raping a mino...

Aug 25, 2020

Alaska attorney general quits after texts with woman surface

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Attorney General Kevin Clarkson resigned Tuesday, shortly after details of text messages that the state's married and socially conservative top law enforcement officer sent ...

Aug 25, 2020

US officials: 1st Israel-UAE commercial flight next week

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is scheduled for next week, carrying American and Israeli delegations to Abu ...

Aug 25, 2020