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California to outlaw pesticide harmful to kids

LOS ANGELES - The nation's most productive agricultural state will ban a widely used toxic pesticide blamed for harming brain development in babies, California officials said Wednesday. The move would...

May 08, 2019

Markets Right Now: US stocks turn mixed in midday trading

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks brushed off early losses and were mixed in midday trading as gains in industrial companies were offset b...

May 08, 2019

Michael Cohen goes to prison, slamming Trump along the way

NEW YORK - Michael Cohen took a last swipe at President Donald Trump while reporting to federal prison Monday to start a three-year sentence for crimes including tax evasion and campaign finance viola...

May 08, 2019

Google's privacy promises don't sway many experts

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google announced new privacy tools Tuesday intended to give people more control over how they're being tracked on the go or in their own home, part of a broader effort by big t...

May 08, 2019

Trump puts deal-making credentials to test with China talks

WASHINGTON - As he cranks up the pressure on China in pursuit of a new trade accord, President Donald Trump is putting his deal-making persona on the line and injecting new risk into his bid for anoth...

May 08, 2019

Maximum Security out of Preakness; Derby DQ appeal denied

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Taken down as the Kentucky Derby winner, Maximum Security is now out of the Preakness. Maximum Security's co-owner said Monday he will not run the horse in the middle jewel of the Tr...

May 08, 2019

Tokyo Olympics cut spending; sports federations unhappy

TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics are caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. Tokyo organizers are trying to cut spending, under pressure from the International Olympic Committee, which has been w...

May 08, 2019

Asia stocks mostly higher after Trump trade threat

BEIJING - Asian stock markets rebounded Tuesday after Beijing said trade negotiators were preparing to go to Washington despite President Donald Trump's threat to escalate their tariff war. Benchmarks...

May 08, 2019

George Clooney hopes media 'kinder' to Meghan Markle

LOS ANGELES - George Clooney says the media should "be a little kinder" to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, after she gave birth to a baby boy. Clooney told The Associated Press Tuesday at the Hollywood...

May 08, 2019

Orchestra searching for child who charmed crowd with 'wow!'

BOSTON - America's oldest performing arts group is looking for a child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert. The Handel & Haydn Society had just finished its rendition of Mo...

May 08, 2019