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Hate sign or silly game? Military academies probe hand signs

When is OK not okay? Some West Point cadets and U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen flashed what looked like a sideways OK finger gesture during a live television broadcast over the weekend at the Army-Navy...

Dec 16, 2019

Former Gary, Indiana, Mayor Richard Hatcher dead at 86

Former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher, who became one of the first black mayors of a big U.S. city when he was elected in 1967, has died. He was 86. Hatcher died Friday night at a Chicago hospital, said h...

Dec 16, 2019

Central African Republic ex-leader Bozize returns from exile

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Former Central African President Francois Bozize, who was ousted nearly seven years ago by a coalition of rebel groups, has returned from exile, his political party ...

Dec 16, 2019

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019

A sharecropper's son who rose through the seats of power to become one of the nation's most influential voices. A Republican who went on to lead the U.S. Supreme Court's liberal wing. A lauded writer ...

Dec 16, 2019

Standing ovation in Milan for Domingo's 50th anniversary

MILAN - Opera star Placido Domingo received a standing ovation for his 50th anniversary gala concert at La Scala on Sunday and returned the appreciation with a rare a cappella performance. Standing al...

Dec 16, 2019

Loughlin's lawyers say prosecutors are hiding key evidence

BOSTON - Lawyers for actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband say federal prosecutors are holding back crucial evidence that could prove the couple's innocence in a college admissions sc...

Dec 16, 2019

Authors scuttle planned TV show about deadly warehouse fire

SAN FRANCISCO - Anger over plans for a television series about a deadly warehouse fire in the San Francisco Bay Area has led a husband-and-wife writing team to scuttle the project for now. The Berkele...

Dec 16, 2019

In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads

NEW YORK - The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a "wrong decision," said Sunday it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a conse...

Dec 16, 2019

Harvey Weinstein says he's advanced women's film careers

NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein says he is a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry, saying his work has been forgotten in the wake of allegations of sexual assault. "I feel like t...

Dec 16, 2019

Ex-Sudan strongman al-Bashir gets 2 years for corruption

KHARTOUM, Sudan - A court in Sudan convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption on Saturday, sentencing him to two years in a minimum security lockup. That's the first ...

Dec 16, 2019