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The best and worst of Super Bowl ads

NEW YORK - Boston accents got poked. "Groundhog Day" got - surprise - resurrected, complete with Bill Murray. Google pulled out tears, and Cheetos and Doritos danced. All to the tune of $5.6 million f...

Feb 04, 2020

Takeaways from State of the Union: Economy, not impeachment

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump leaned hard on the strong U.S. economy as he made the case for his reelection in the State of the Union address - and he threw in a few theatrical flourishes. MUST ...

Feb 04, 2020

Super Rally: Mahomes, Chiefs win Super Bowl with late surge

MIAMI - Patrick Mahomes needed just the waning minutes of Super Bowl 54 to end a whole lot of frustration. A championship 50 years in the making for the Kansas City Chiefs. A two-decade wait for an NF...

Feb 04, 2020

China deaths rise to 490, Japan confirms 10 cases on ship

BEIJING - Deaths from a new virus rose to 490 in mainland China on Wednesday while new cases on a Japanese cruise ship, in Hong Kong and in Thailand showed the increasing spread of the outbreak and re...

Feb 04, 2020

On eve of impeachment verdict, Trump tees up State of Union

WASHINGTON - Stepping to the dais in extraordinary times, President Donald Trump on Tuesday will deliver his State of the Union address on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the afterm...

Feb 04, 2020

Hyundai halts Korea output as China outbreak fallout spreads

WASHINGTON - Hyundai Motors is suspending production in South Korea, a sign that the economic fallout from China's viral outbreak is spreading. For other companies bracing for losses from coronavirus,...

Feb 04, 2020

Disney Plus hits nearly 29M subscribers in 3 months

NEW YORK - Disney said its Disney Plus streaming service reached nearly 29 million paid subscribers in less than three months, an impressive start for what the company has positioned as its future as ...

Feb 04, 2020

Macy's to close 125 stores, shed 2,000 corporate jobs

NEW YORK - Macy's said Tuesday it is closing 125 of its least productive stores and cutting 2,000 corporate jobs as the struggling department store tries to reinvent itself in the age of online shoppi...

Feb 04, 2020

Prosecutors seek to drop rape case against California doctor

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Prosecutors on Tuesday said they will seek to drop a high-profile rape case against a California surgeon who appeared in a reality TV dating show. "There's insufficient evidence to...

Feb 04, 2020

Utah lawmaker proposes warning label for pornography

SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah lawmaker has unveiled a proposal to require pornography to carry warning labels or be subject to a possible $2,500 penalty, though an adult-entertainment industry group warned ...

Feb 04, 2020