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Officials: PG&E equipment sparked deadly California wildfire

SAN FRANCISCO - California fire officials said Wednesday that Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. power lines sparked a Northern California blaze that killed 85 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildf...

May 15, 2019

Defence say Navy SEAL prosecutors spied on them

LOS ANGELES - Military prosecutors in the case of a Navy SEAL charged with killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 installed tracking software in emails sent to defence lawyers and a reporte...

May 15, 2019

NYC mayor announces Iowa trip ahead of expected 2020 entry

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) is announcing travel plans to a pair of early voting states ahead of an expected entry into the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential race. De Blas...

May 15, 2019

Trump issues order that appears to target China's Huawei

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday to help protect the United States against foreign adversaries that are taking advantage of technological vulnerabilities to thre...

May 15, 2019

Former US President Jimmy Carter has surgery for broken hip

ATLANTA - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter broke his hip Monday at his south Georgia home when he fell while leaving to go turkey hunting, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said. The 94-year-old f...

May 15, 2019

Will Smith calls 'Aladdin' remake highlight of his career

AMMAN, Jordan - Hollywood star Will Smith says that Disney's live-action remake of "Aladdin" was "one of, if not the best experience" of his accomplished 30-year career. Speaking to reporters in Amman...

May 15, 2019

Power play: Papal aide's manhole act angers Italy's Salvini

ROME - Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken aim at a Vatican cardinal who climbed into a utility manhole to restore electricity to squatters in a state-owned building, pitting far-right ...

May 15, 2019

'Fire and Fury' author has new Trump book out in June

NEW YORK - The author of "Fire and Fury" has more inside stories on the Trump administration. Michael Wolff's "Siege: Trump Under Fire" comes out June 4, Henry Holt and Company announced Wednesday. Li...

May 15, 2019

Julianne Moore on gender parity: 'I believe in quotas'

CANNES, France - Julianne Moore says that for the movie industry to reach gender parity, it's necessary to implement quotas. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, Moore said measures are ...

May 15, 2019

Correction: Houston-Missing Girl story

HOUSTON - In a story May 9 about a missing Houston girl, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the police, misspelled the name of the man who told investigators that the girl had be...

May 15, 2019