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Queen Latifah: Let ‘Gone with the Wind’ be gone forever

NEW YORK — While some have criticized HBO Max's removal of “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming service — including those who wonder if it hurts th...
23:33 15 June 2020

Marj Carpenter, reporter who became Presbyterian head, dies

DALLAS — Marj Carpenter, who pushed international missionary work while briefly leading the nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination in the mid-1990...
23:13 15 June 2020

PGA Championship staying at Harding Park, but without fans

FORT WORTH, Texas — The silence that greeted the return of the PGA Tour at Colonial will be a familiar sound for the first major of the year.
23:06 15 June 2020

AP Exclusive: DOJ sets new dates to begin federal executions

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has set new dates to begin executing federal death-row inmates following a months-long legal battle over the plan ...
22:34 15 June 2020

Trump announces major US troop cut in ‘delinquent’ Germany

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he is ordering a major reduction in U.S. troop strength in Germany, a move widely criticized by member...
21:45 15 June 2020

Oregon, Arizona St athletes challenge NCAA in federal court

Attorneys filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in federal court Monday that seeks to prevent the association from limiting the amount of money athletes ca...
21:22 15 June 2020

Rappler case highlights decline of press freedoms globally

NEW YORK — The conviction of two Philippine journalists for libel is a blow to press freedom and comes as media watchdogs track declines in press free...
20:52 15 June 2020

Feds: eBay staff sent spiders, roaches to harass couple

Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online n...
20:40 15 June 2020

Report: Bezos may testify on Big Tech, but with other CEOs

WASHINGTON — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is willing to testify to the congressional panel investigating the market dominance of Big Tech, but along with oth...
20:26 15 June 2020

Coronavirus death rate is higher for those with chronic ills

Death rates are 12 times higher for coronavirus patients with chronic illnesses than for others who become infected, a new U.S. government report says...
20:07 15 June 2020

Senate hopeful Hickenlooper apologizes for slave comment

DENVER — Former Colorado governor and current Senate hopeful John Hickenlooper apologized Monday for comments he made six years ago comparing politici...
19:49 15 June 2020

WNBA plans to play 2020 season in Florida starting late July

NEW YORK — The WNBA on Monday announced plans to play a reduced season, with a 22-game schedule that would begin in late July without fans in attendan...
19:31 15 June 2020

Streaming revolution: Protesters make point with viral clips

NEW YORK — Hundreds of protesters marched up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue last week, their signs and chants demanding police reform captured from within t...
19:05 15 June 2020

New this week: Neil Young, ‘Miss Juneteenth,’ Padma Lakshmi

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this w...
17:34 15 June 2020

Diack at corruption trial: I should have been more vigilant

PARIS — Former IAAF president Lamine Diack said at his corruption trial on Monday that he should have kept a tighter rein on the athletics governing b...
17:15 15 June 2020

EU urges US to join new Mideast peace effort

BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers on Monday urged the United States to join a new effort to breathe life into long-stalled peace talks betwe...
16:59 15 June 2020

Sheriff apologizes to black pastor in Virginia after arrest

WOODSTOCK, Va. — A sheriff has apologized to a black pastor who described being arrested when he called 911 on a group of white people who threatened ...
15:48 15 June 2020

Supreme Court for now stays out of police immunity debate

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is for now declining to get involved in an ongoing debate by citizens and in Congress over policing, rejecting cases Mo...
15:36 15 June 2020

Justices reject Trump bid to void California sanctuary law

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to throw out a California immigrant-sanctuary law that limits local p...
15:32 15 June 2020

Belarusian authorities raid Russia-owned bank

MINSK, Belarus — Belarusian authorities on Monday took control of a Russia-owned commercial bank that was led by a man who is now running to challenge...
15:23 15 June 2020

PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc

NEW YORK — Before there was Cher or Madonna, Beyonce or Rihanna, there was another savvy media star who unapologetically embraced her sex appeal and f...
14:51 15 June 2020

Thai restaurants on thin ice despite return of alcohol sales

BANGKOK — Thailand's battered restaurant sector had two reasons to celebrate Monday as the country further eased its coronavirus restrictions. Bangkok...
14:12 15 June 2020

Hong Kong delegate hoping for stability with security law

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s sole delegate to China’s top legislative body said Monday that many Hong Kong residents support a new national security law be...
13:51 15 June 2020

UK’s leader creates anti-racism panel; critics want more

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he will establish a commission to look at racial equality in the U.K., a move that comes after two ...
13:42 15 June 2020

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 21-27:
12:20 15 June 2020

What virus? Parisians pack cafes as city gets its magic back

PARIS — Paris is rediscovering its joie de vivre, as cafes and restaurants reopen for the first time since the fast-spreading coronavirus forced them ...
12:12 15 June 2020

Alleged Darfur militia leader appears before ICC judge

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An alleged Sudanese militia leader charged with more than 50 crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Darfur conflict ap...
11:21 15 June 2020

Russia expels 2 Czech diplomats in quid pro quo move

MOSCOW — Russia's Foreign Ministry on Monday ordered two Czech diplomats to leave the country in a quid pro quo response to Prague's expulsion of Russ...
9:35 15 June 2020

2020 Watch: Will Trump’s return to campaign trail backfire?

MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
9:23 15 June 2020