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Trade panel: Boeing got unfair US tax break, hurting Airbus

GENEVA - Delivering final word in a nearly 14-year standoff, a World Trade Organization body has ruled that Boeing received an illegal U.S. tax break from Washington state that damaged sales by Europe...

Mar 30, 2019

Life sentence issued for murder of Muslim teen in Virginia

FAIRFAX, Va. - A man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for raping and killing a Muslim teenager in Virginia as she walked back to a mosque with friends for pre-dawn religious services. The life...

Mar 30, 2019

Federal legalization of hemp creates quandary for US police

PORTLAND, Ore. - Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in hemp that many s...

Mar 30, 2019

Cities around the world turn off lights to mark Earth Hour

HONG KONG - Cities around the world were marking Earth Hour on Saturday night by turning off the lights in a call for global action on climate change. In Hong Kong, major buildings along Victoria Harb...

Mar 30, 2019

AP sources: Mueller report is more than 300 pages long

WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation report is more than 300 pages long, a Justice Department official and another person familiar with the document said Thursday. Attorn...

Mar 30, 2019

Smollett case tests relationship between police, prosecutors

CHICAGO - When prosecutors dropped the charges that accused Jussie Smollett of orchestrating a fake attack, the outrage was swift and overwhelming. Smollett saw his record wiped clean without offering...

Mar 30, 2019

Stones postpone tour as Jagger receives medical treatment

NEW YORK - The Rolling Stones are postponing their latest tour so Mick Jagger can receive medical treatment. The band announced Saturday that Jagger was told by doctors "he cannot go on tour at this t...

Mar 30, 2019

Travellers stranded after Icelandic airline collapses

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Icelandic budget airline WOW Air collapsed under its financial problems on Thursday, leading it to ground planes and leave passengers stranded across two continents. The airline, ...

Mar 30, 2019

$768M Powerball winner bought ticket in Milwaukee suburb

NEW BERLIN, Wis. - A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot - the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history - was sold in a Milwaukee subu...

Mar 30, 2019

16 dead after blast outside restaurant in Somalia's capital

NAIROBI, Kenya - An explosives-laden vehicle detonated outside a busy restaurant in Somalia's capital, killing at least 16 people, police said Thursday. Capt. Mohamed Hussein told The Associated Press...

Mar 30, 2019