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Southern California hires Mike Bohn as athletic director

LOS ANGELES — Southern California hired Mike Bohn as its new athletic director on Thursday, breaking from recent tradition to turn over the program to...
19:06 7 November 2021

Stone cited Nixon as he urged witness to stonewall Congress

WASHINGTON — An ex-FBI agent is telling jurors that Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone quoted hero Richard Nixon as Stone urged an associate not to co...
18:16 7 November 2021

Long festering charges of anti-Semitism hit Labour’s Corbyn

LONDON — The long-festering issue of anti-Semitism in Labour Party ranks is coming back to haunt Jeremy Corbyn in the first days of his election campa...
18:12 7 November 2021

Charges: Chinese surveillance goods illegally sold to US

NEW YORK — Authorities have charged a U.S. company with illegally selling Chinese-made security and surveillance equipment to the American military an...
18:07 7 November 2021

Streep, Miranda and Stone are named as Met Gala co-chairs

NEW YORK — Next year's Met Gala may be the closest we'll ever come to getting a Miranda Priestly moment at the starry event.
17:56 7 November 2021

T-Mobile promises consumer benefits if Sprint deal OK’d

NEW YORK — T-Mobile promises a new $15 wireless plan if its $26.5 billion Sprint deal goes through.
17:54 7 November 2021

Albanian boy freed from IS camp on way home to Italy

BEIRUT — An Albanian boy who was taken to Syria by his mother when she joined the Islamic State group has been freed from a crowded detention camp in ...
17:36 7 November 2021

Pence files Trump’s paperwork for the New Hampshire primary

CONCORD, N.H. — Vice President Mike Pence has added President Donald Trump's name to New Hampshire's Republican primary ballot.
17:35 7 November 2021

Trump adviser warns China exporting tech authoritarianism

LONDON — U.S. President Donald Trump's technology adviser warned Thursday about China exporting authoritarianism globally in parallel with its rise as...
17:30 7 November 2021

Lincoln Center in New York City to honor Spike Lee in April

NEW YORK — Spike Lee will receive Film at Lincoln Center's 46th Chaplin Award.
17:22 7 November 2021

As Buffett seeks big acquisition, Berkshire trails S&P

OMAHA, Neb. — Three-quarters of the way through 2019, Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway is trailing the renowned investor's favorite be...
16:56 7 November 2021

Hungary expects gas from TurkStream pipeline by late 2021

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's prime minister says his country plans to be able to get natural gas from the TurkStream pipeline by the end of 2021.
16:30 7 November 2021

No. 11 Virginia’s stellar defense beats Syracuse 48-34

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Virginia picked up right where it left off in April — showcasing its Pack-Line defense in impressive fashion.
16:00 7 November 2021

Court sentences Congo warlord to 30 years for atrocities

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court passed its highest ever sentence Thursday, sending a Congolese warlord known as "The Termina...
15:57 7 November 2021

Bank of England warns over global economic hit to UK

LONDON — The growth outlook for the British economy has deteriorated largely as a result of a gloomier global backdrop, the Bank of England said Thurs...
14:53 7 November 2021

French leader laments NATO’s ‘brain death’ due to US absence

BRUSSELS — French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the "brain death" of the NATO military alliance, insisti...
14:02 7 November 2021

Winfrey picks ‘Olive, Again’ for her next book club read

NEW YORK — Author Elizabeth Strout, whose "Olive, Again" is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick, has a pretty good idea about how the plainspoken Ol...
13:59 7 November 2021

More celebs join Michelle Obama’s voter outreach drive

NEW YORK — Election Day is over, but Michelle Obama is still trying to get out the vote.
13:52 7 November 2021

Ivanka Trump meets with female landowners on Morocco trip

SIDI KACEM, Morocco — Ivanka Trump says families, communities and countries flourish when women are invested in and included in the economy.
13:10 7 November 2021

Global stocks turn higher as China says tariff war may ease

BANGKOK — Global stocks are mostly higher after a Chinese Commerce Ministry official said Beijing and Washington had agreed to gradually ease tariffs ...
9:38 7 November 2021

‘The problem is I’m Italian’: Balotelli spurs racism debate

ROME — The ball that Mario Balotelli angrily kicked high into the stands out of frustration because of racist chants is still traveling.
9:23 7 November 2021

Toyota 2Q profit up 1% on healthy global sales

TOKYO — Japan's top automaker Toyota said Thursday its net profit edged 1% higher in July-September as vehicle sales grew around the world.
8:54 7 November 2021

Carr, Garoppolo excel in prove-it years while some struggle

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Derek Carr has silenced the questions of his long-term viability as the starting quarterback for the Raiders by looking once again l...
6:14 7 November 2021

Ginsburg, in book, questions confidential #MeToo agreements

PHILADELPHIA — A new book on Ruth Bader Ginsburg explores the Supreme Court justice's thoughts on the #MeToo movement and her hope that non-disclosure...
6:07 7 November 2021

Biggest tropical wetlands ravaged by fires in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO — Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have ripped through the biodiverse region, consuming an area the size of London in just the past ...
5:10 7 November 2021

3rd-party bid? Gabbard’s denials don’t ease Democrats’ fears

Tulsi Gabbard keeps making her fellow Democrats nervous.
5:09 7 November 2021

Asian stocks mostly lower after US indexes hit pause

BANGKOK — Asian stocks were mostly lower Thursday after a meandering day of trading in the U.S. left stock indexes close to their record highs.
4:30 7 November 2021

Trump works up a sweat at Louisiana campaign rally

MONROE, La. — President Donald Trump worked up a sweat in a steamy Louisiana arena Wednesday night as he attempted to boost Republican businessman Edd...
3:31 7 November 2021

James Harden scores 36 points, Rockets rout Warriors 129-112

HOUSTON — James Harden had 36 points and 13 assists and the Houston Rockets routed Golden State 129-112 on Wednesday night, sending the short-handed W...
3:15 7 November 2021

NBA: Leonard not healthy so Clippers allowed to rest him

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard isn't healthy three weeks into the season, according to the NBA, which says that as a result the Los Angeles Clippers can ...
2:34 7 November 2021