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Avengers help unveil $5M donation for seriously ill children

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Some of Marvel's top Avengers have assembled to support a $5 million donation to benefit seriously ill children in hospitals around the globe. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Sca...

Apr 05, 2019

Rep: Jagger doing well after receiving medical treatment

NEW YORK - A representative for Mick Jagger says he has successfully undergone treatment, though no details were provided. In a statement released Friday, Jagger's rep says he "is doing very well and ...

Apr 05, 2019

Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3 1/2 years in prison

NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a ticket reselling scam that ended his decade-long show with ex-NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason. Carton ...

Apr 05, 2019

Filings: Bill Cosby agrees to settle 7 defamation lawsuits

Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who say he defamed them when he accused them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations. Filings Friday in federal court in Springfield,...

Apr 05, 2019

Mexican American group MEChA eyes name change amid furor

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - MEChA, a Mexican American student group founded 50 years ago at the end of the turbulent 1960s, is considering a name change, highlighting the divisions between older civil rights ...

Apr 05, 2019

Police to charge W.Va. mom after abduction tale

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A woman will be criminally charged for falsely reporting that an Egyptian man tried to kidnap her daughter from a West Virginia shopping mall, a police detective told The Associate...

Apr 05, 2019

With Brexit, Britain is in crisis and not for the first time

LONDON - Few would argue that Britain is in what is often referred to as a bit of a pickle. A crisis in fact, undoubtedly of historic proportions. With the country mired in confusion and recrimination...

Apr 05, 2019

Trump drops border shutdown threat and proposes auto tariffs

WASHINGTON - Abandoning his threat to immediately seal the southern border, President Donald Trump warned instead that he'd slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless the Mexicans do m...

Apr 05, 2019

Biden to make 1st appearance since complaints about behaviour

WASHINGTON - In countless conversations over the past year, former Vice-President Joe Biden, his advisers and his broad network of friends and family have openly discussed the vulnerabilities he would...

Apr 05, 2019

Man's claim gives false hope in yearslong missing boy case

CINCINNATI - A day of false hope has given way to questions about why a man would claim to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago. The FBI declared the man's story a hoax Thursday one day ...

Apr 05, 2019