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Trump campaign to report $30 million haul

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is set to report that it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, edging out his top two Democratic rivals combined, accordi...

Apr 14, 2019

Ace Swedish coder held by Ecuador was defender of Assange

CARACAS, Venezuela - An ace Swedish programmer who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks has been arrested in Ecuador in an alleged plot to blackmail the country's president over his abandonment...

Apr 14, 2019

Amazon: Woody Allen's #MeToo comments wrecked movie deal

NEW YORK - Woody Allen breached his four-movie deal with the online giant by making statements about the #MeToo movement that damaged prospects for promoting his films, an Amazon lawyer said Friday. A...

Apr 14, 2019

Assange arrest leads to interest in book of Vidal interviews

NEW YORK - The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made a book of interviews with Gore Vidal an unexpected bestseller. Assange was carrying a copy of "Gore Vidal: History of the National Se...

Apr 14, 2019

Venezuela's ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant

MADRID - Venezuela's longtime spy chief was arrested Friday in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a U.S. drug warrant a few weeks after he threw his support behind opponents of President Nicolas Madur...

Apr 14, 2019

Tiger Woods makes Masters 15th and most improbable major

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Fallen hero, crippled star, and now a Masters champion again. Tiger Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time Sunday, a comeback that goes well beyond the two-shot deficit he ...

Apr 14, 2019

Trivago hotel website actor arrested in Texas on DWI charge

HOUSTON - The actor who has become something of a sex symbol as the scruffy-faced, somewhat rumpled star of ads for the travel booking site Trivago has been arrested in Texas on a misdemeanour driving...

Apr 14, 2019

Chevron vaults into new league on $33B Anadarko acquisition

Chevron is buying Anadarko Petroleum for $33 billion, energizing its oil and gas drilling capabilities in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico while vaulting itself into a new league. The combined company wil...

Apr 14, 2019

Amid scandal, audit into Baltimore non-profit's work ordered

Baltimore's acting leader has ordered an audit of a non-profit's management of a city youth fund with $12 million set aside from property tax revenue after the organization was tied to embattled Mayor...

Apr 14, 2019

Exasperated Ecuador ends asylum for world's worst houseguest

QUITO, Ecuador - Did Western media and government hypocrisy bring about Julian Assange's arrest, or was it his bad manners? The dramatic end to Julian Assange's asylum has sparked curiosity about his ...

Apr 14, 2019