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Dairy safety net program expected in June

MONTPELIER, Vt. - An insurance program to help hard-pressed dairy farmers is expected to be ready for enrolment in June, the U.S. Farm Service Agency says, but farmers say it won't tackle the underlyi...

Apr 09, 2019

Maryland House Speaker Busch dies, a Chesapeake Bay defender

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Michael Busch, a champion of the Chesapeake Bay and progressive causes during his record-tenure as Maryland's Democratic House speaker, battled for the environment up until the end of...

Apr 09, 2019

Border chaos forces truckers to wait hours, sometimes days

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - To deal with a surge of migrating Central American families, the Trump administration has reassigned so many inspectors from U.S.-Mexico border crossings that truckers are wait...

Apr 09, 2019

NYC orders mandatory vaccines for some amid measles outbreak

New York City declared a public health emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak centred in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and ordered mandatory vaccinations in the neighbourhood. Mayor Bill de Bl...

Apr 09, 2019

Hungary: 'Porgy and Bess' cast asked to be African American

BUDAPEST, Hungary - The Hungarian State Opera has asked the Hungarian cast members in its production of "Porgy and Bess" to self-identify as African American. The opera's decision to put on George and...

Apr 09, 2019

R. Kelly makes brief paid appearance at Illinois club

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - R&B singer R. Kelly made a paid appearance early Sunday at a club in Illinois' capital city, but the fans who each shelled out $50 to $100 for tickets got only a 28-second perf...

Apr 09, 2019

Loughlin, husband and 14 parents face new charge in scam

BOSTON - "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were hit Tuesday with a new charge in the sweeping college admissions bribery scheme. The move comes a day...

Apr 09, 2019

Police: Man buys $8 million island then steals from Kmart

KEY WEST, Fla. - A man who had just bought an $8 million island off of Key West was arrested Saturday for participating in what police described as a scheme to steal $300 in household items from Kmart...

Apr 09, 2019

Backers of Ukraine's rival presidential candidates brawl

KIEV, Ukraine - Police have moved in to stop a scuffle between supporters of rival candidates in Ukraine's presidential election. Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who stars in a widely popular TV sitcom ...

Apr 09, 2019

IMF forecast: Global growth will weaken this year to 3.3%

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded its outlook for growth in the United States, Europe, Japan and the overall global economy and pointed to heightened trade tensions as...

Apr 09, 2019