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Celebrities back California bill to cut single-use plastics

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A push to pass first-in-the-nation California proposals to limit single-use plastic containers and other items drew support from actor Jeff Goldblum on Wednesday. Environmental gr...

Jan 22, 2020

Court takes another look at Native American adoption law

NEW ORLEANS - Federal appellate judges closely questioned attorneys for the government and Native American tribes Wednesday over whether a law meant to preserve Native American families and culture un...

Jan 22, 2020

Vegas casino says O.J. Simpson too tarnished to defame

LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson couldn't have been defamed by accounts that he was drunk and disruptive before being banned from a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino, because his reputation was already tarnished, ...

Jan 22, 2020

Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes

WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump's historic impeachment trial is called to order in the Senate this week, he won't be watching from inside the chamber or on television from the White House. He...

Jan 22, 2020

Detroit orchestra names Jader Bignamini next music director

DETROIT - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday announced the selection of Italian conductor Jader Bignamini as its next music director. The century-old orchestra said it signed a six-year contr...

Jan 22, 2020

Discredited conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah

SALT LAKE CITY - The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it. Supporters navigated...

Jan 22, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Faith, politics mix on holiday

ATLANTA - Against the backdrop of a presidential election year, Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday found leaders still wrestling over how to best embody the slain civil rights leader. In Atlanta,...

Jan 22, 2020

April trial set for Cuba Gooding Jr. in bar groping case

NEW YORK - Two women who have accused Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct will be allowed to testify at his trial on charges that he groped three other women at Manhattan bars in 2018 and 2019, a ju...

Jan 22, 2020

US home sales soared 3.6% in December

WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales climbed 3.6% in December, but a record-low inventory of houses on the market has caused prices to surge as affordability is worsening. The National Association of Realtors...

Jan 22, 2020

Grammys CEO says she was ousted after reporting harassment

LOS ANGELES - The ousted Grammys CEO fired back at the Recording Academy on Tuesday, alleging that she was removed after complaining about sexual harassment and pay disparities and for calling out con...

Jan 22, 2020