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Hollywood catches up to director Gina Prince-Bythewood

Gina Prince-Bythewood knows what good fighting looks like. The "Love & Basketball" director has been an athlete her entire life, but she also just loves action movies. So when she started dreaming...

Jul 7, 2020

Dutch police arrest 6 men, uncover makeshift torture chamber

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch police arrested six men after discovering sea containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison and sound-proofed "torture chamber" complete with a dentist's ch...

Jul 7, 2020

Maryland GOP governor releasing book on his tenure, politics

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who considered a primary challenge to President Donald Trump last year, said Tuesday he is releasing a book about national politics and his experiences as g...

Jul 7, 2020

Hiring soared in May as mass layoffs eased

WASHINGTON - The job market took a big step toward healing in May, though plenty of damage remains, as a record level of hiring followed record layoffs in March and April. The Labor Department reporte...

Jul 7, 2020

Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the virus' severity. Bolsonaro confirmed the test results while wearing a mask a...

Jul 7, 2020

At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard's 'sick' abuse claim

LONDON - Johnny Depp said Tuesday that his ex-wife Amber Heard had made "sick" claims of abuse and falsely branded him a monster, as the actor testified in a U.K. libel case that hinges on who was the...

Jul 7, 2020

Death toll from flooding in Japan rises to 50, dozen missing

TOKYO - Japan's disaster management agency says the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50 and at least a dozen others are still missing. Pounding rain since late Friday in Japan's southern r...

Jul 6, 2020

California Assembly delays session after virus outbreak

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coronavirus outbreak in the California Legislature has indefinitely delayed the state Assembly's return to work from a scheduled summer recess, highlighting the rapid spread of ...

Jul 6, 2020

Native American groups ask NFL to force Redskins name change

WASHINGTON - More than a dozen Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday calling for the league to force Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder ...

Jul 6, 2020

Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms contracts COVID-19

Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. "COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive," Bottoms, a potential ...

Jul 6, 2020