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Democrats' divisions test Biden's front-runner strength

DETROIT - The ideological divisions gripping the Democratic Party intensified on Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race that tested the...

Aug 01, 2019

Host A.J. Calloway exiting 'Extra' after allegations

PASADENA, Calif. - A.J. Calloway is leaving the syndicated entertainment news show "Extra" in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. Warner Brothers issued a statement on Wednesday saying the comp...

Aug 01, 2019

Edward Snowden book coming out Sept. 17

NEW YORK - Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has written a memoir. The book by the man whose leaks of classified documents transformed the debate about government surveillance ...

Aug 01, 2019

Cambodia fines waste importer, sets deadline for its return

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A top customs official in Cambodia said Tuesday that a local company that illegally imported almost seven dozen shipping containers of plastic waste from the United States and C...

Aug 01, 2019

Mozambique's last rebel fighters finally lay down their arms

GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, Mozambique - Mozambique's president and the leader of the Renamo opposition signed a peace accord on Thursday to end years of hostilities that followed a 15-year civil war. Th...

Aug 01, 2019

O'Rourke debate guests are black men who kneeled for anthem

When Democrat Beto O'Rourke takes the stage in the second round of presidential primary debates on Tuesday, three young black men from Michigan who were inspired by ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick to k...

Aug 01, 2019

Jury told Katy Perry hit 'Dark Horse' earned $41M

LOS ANGELES - The penalty phase of a copyright infringement trial over Katy Perry's hit "Dark Horse" opened Tuesday with attorneys for the creators of a Christian rap song telling jurors that the pop ...

Aug 01, 2019

Advocates: 'Horrible deja vu' in continued family separation

NEW YORK - In the first couple of months after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration last year to stop separating most parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, the number of children...

Jul 31, 2019

TV ancestry series is a salve for divided America, host says

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The celebrity ancestry show "Finding Your Roots" has a message to counter divisive political rhetoric, said its host, educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. The PBS series demonstrates...

Jul 31, 2019

CNN coverage of Democratic debate seen by 8.7 million

NEW YORK - The Nielsen company says that just under 8.7 million people watched opening night of the second Democratic presidential debate on CNN, a sharp drop from the first debate last month. Nielsen...

Jul 31, 2019