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Owners of OxyContin maker paid more after company’s big fine

The wealthy owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma started taking far more money out of the company after it was fined for misleading marketing of th...
1:51 17 December 2021

Documents sought in case of Saudi student facing gun charge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Saudi Arabian student arrested on a federal firearms charge the day before he was scheduled to graduate from the University of N...
0:33 17 December 2021

Democrats lay out case for Wednesday Trump impeachment vote

WASHINGTON — House Democrats laid out their impeachment case against President Donald Trump on Monday, a sweeping report accusing him of betraying the...
20:45 16 December 2021

Democratic leaders push to end labor dispute and save debate

Democratic officials are pushing for an end to a labor dispute that threatens the party's sixth presidential primary debate, scheduled for Thursday on...
20:43 16 December 2021

California killer Lawrence Bittaker dies in prison at 79

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. — Lawrence Sigmond Bittaker, one of the “Tool Box Killers" who preyed on teenage girls in Southern California 40 years ago, has di...
20:05 16 December 2021

Paid parental leave for fed workers could spur wider changes

WASHINGTON — The federal government’s 2.1 million employees will get paid parental leave for the first time, a galvanizing moment in the growing movem...
16:48 16 December 2021

Stocks rise on Wall Street as rally stretches to fourth day

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied in morning trading on Monday, rising with European and several Asian markets after China reported surprisingly strong s...
16:06 16 December 2021

How long is the sermon? Study ranks Christian churches

NEW YORK — How long should a sermon be?
15:51 16 December 2021

Review: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ is a new classic

LOS ANGELES — There is a wild urgency to Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” that hardly seems possible for a film based on a 150-year-old book. But such is...
15:20 16 December 2021

WWII allies, Germany mark 75 yrs since Battle of the Bulge

BASTOGNE, Belgium — Side by side, the Allies and former enemy Germany together marked the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles in Wor...
14:12 16 December 2021

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 tha...
4:31 16 December 2021

Five aides to party-switching House lawmaker resign

WASHINGTON — Five aides to a House Democrat who plans to become a Republican are resigning, saying his party switch “does not align with the values we...
3:08 16 December 2021

Sackler-owned opioid maker pushes overdose treatment abroad

The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepar...
3:06 16 December 2021

75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people

THIMISTER-CLERMONT, Belgium — As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshif...
16:12 15 December 2021

White gold: Cyprus’ halloumi cheese entangled in politics

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Dairy farmers on Cyprus refer to halloumi as “white gold.” The salty, rubbery cheese made from goats' and sheep's milk and prized fo...
8:15 15 December 2021

Starbucks apologizes to deputies who weren’t served at store

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Starbucks apologized to two sheriff's deputies in California and said it would carry out an internal investigation after complaint...
2:26 15 December 2021

Perry tops 300 yards, Navy trickery tops Army 31-7

PHILADELPHIA — Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo wrapped Malcolm Perry tighter than an Army defense could muster for an embrace that served as a bit of an ap...
2:24 15 December 2021

Cyberattack on New Orleans city computers called ‘minimal’

NEW ORLEANS — Officials announced Saturday that no data was held for ransom and that a recovery operation is getting underway after a cyberattack a da...
1:37 15 December 2021

Mexico objects over US bill on ratifying trade pact

MEXICO CITY — Just days after a landmark agreement on a trade pact to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mexico objected Saturday to leg...
0:44 15 December 2021

At Army-Navy game, Trump touts new pro sports option

PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump used his appearance at the annual Army-Navy football game to pitch to the players an administration policy chang...
23:25 14 December 2021

Fighting rages near Libya’s capital amid push by rebel army

CAIRO — Just two days after rebel Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter declared a “final" and decisive battle for the capital Tripoli, heavy fighting raged...
20:20 14 December 2021

Trump impeachment vote underscores a harshly partisan era

WASHINGTON — This coming week’s virtually certain House impeachment of President Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and Republicans have morph...
14:27 14 December 2021

Shooting shows New Jersey’s gun laws aren’t stopping imports

TRENTON, N.J. — Officials from states with strong gun restrictions have called for stricter firearm control in places with weaker laws to thwart traff...
14:12 14 December 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s impeachment rage, Bloomberg on coal

WASHINGTON — As near-certain impeachment closes in on him, President Donald Trump raged at his accusers, the Democrats. In the process, he offered a h...
13:46 14 December 2021

US finally giving boot to official foot measurement

WASHINGTON — Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America.
13:37 14 December 2021

Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan

TOKYO — During Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan, Harumi Suzuki stood where his motorcade passed by holding a sign that read: “I am a survivor.”
7:55 14 December 2021

Santa Monica hotel built without permits can remain open

LOS ANGELES — A Santa Monica beachfront hotel built without proper permits and fined nearly $15.6 million will be allowed to remain open.
6:21 14 December 2021

Iowa Democrats worry ‘Medicare for All’ hurts key industry

DES MOINES, Iowa — Kim Motl doesn’t work in the health insurance industry. But her friends and neighbors do. So when she saw Sen. Elizabeth Warren rec...
5:56 14 December 2021

‘Wild week’ as Washington works amid impeachment

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi don’t see eye-to-eye on much these days, but in the throes of impeachment, they’re ...
5:50 14 December 2021

Icy silence, frayed connections: Impeachment takes a toll

WASHINGTON — The most raucous committee in Congress sat stone-faced, barely speaking.
5:39 14 December 2021