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Oberlin alumnus William Goldman, who penned 'The Princess Bride' and won an Oscar for 'Butch Cassidy,' has died

Published on Nov. 16, 2018

NEW YORK — William Goldman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and Hollywood wise man who won Academy Awards for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the President's Men" and summed up the mystery of making a box office hit by declaring →

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Lorain County native in Texas prison confesses to 90 deaths; investigators corroborate 30

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 1:25 p. m.

DALLAS — A man convicted of three California murders and long suspected in numerous other deaths now claims he was involved in about 90 killings nationwide spanning nearly four decades, and investigators already have corroborated about a third →

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Judge: White House must return CNN's Jim Acosta's credential

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 11:47 a. m.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, →

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10 things to know, Friday, Nov. 16

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 8:43 a. m.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. →

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Only on AP: Stacey Abrams prepares push for new Georgia governor's vote

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 8:31 a. m.

ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams’ campaign and legal team is preparing an unprecedented legal challenge in the unresolved Georgia governor's race that could leave the state's Supreme Court deciding whether to force another round of voting. The →

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Migrants streaming into Tijuana, but now face long stay

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 8:15 a. m.

TIJUANA, Mexico — Exhausted migrants in a caravan of Central American asylum-seekers napped on mattresses in a converted municipal gymnasium, while men played soccer and exchanged banter on a crowded, adjoining courtyard. A woman dabbed her →

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North Korea deports American even as it boasts of new weapon

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 8:03 a. m.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Friday said it will deport an American citizen it detained for illegal entrance, an apparent concession to the United States that came even as it announced the test of a newly developed but unspecified →

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Fire death toll hits 63; sheriff says hundreds still missing

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 8:00 a. m.

CHICO, Calif. — At least 63 people are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the victims of the nation's deadliest wildfire in a →

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Remembering the sweet life of a California town wiped out by wildfire

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 7:58 a. m.

PARADISE, Calif. — There's a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall evergreens. The air was cool, the pine needles fragrant. “Boys, →

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Florida: bitter US Senate race headed to a hand recount

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 7:56 a. m.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's acrimonious U.S. Senate contest is headed to a legally required hand recount after an initial review by ballot-counting machines showed Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson separated by fewer →

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UK prime minister Theresa May appeals to public on Brexit, braces for more blows

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 7:44 a. m.

LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed directly to voters to back her Brexit plan Friday as she braced for a potential leadership challenge from rivals within her party. May answered questions from callers on a radio phone-in, →

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Last Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, get life terms

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 7:40 a. m.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The last surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled Cambodia in the 1970s, when their reign of terror was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people, were convicted Friday by an →

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WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange could see charges, US court filing suggests

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 7:37 a. m.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inadvertently named Julian Assange in a court filing in an unrelated case that suggests prosecutors have prepared charges against the WikiLeaks founder under seal. Assange's name appears twice in an August →

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Beloved toy store FAO Schwarz makes its comeback

Published on Nov. 16, 2018 | Updated 7:34 a. m.

NEW YORK — Three years after it closed its beloved toy store on Fifth Avenue, FAO Schwarz is making a return to New York. A new FAO opens Friday in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, about 10 blocks from its former home near Central Park. For →

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Oberlin alumnus William Goldman, who penned 'The Princess Bride' and won an Oscar for 'Butch Cassidy,' has died

Lorain County native in Texas prison confesses to 90 deaths; investigators corroborate 30

Judge: White House must return CNN's Jim Acosta's credential

10 things to know, Friday, Nov. 16

Only on AP: Stacey Abrams prepares push for new Georgia governor's vote

Migrants streaming into Tijuana, but now face long stay

North Korea deports American even as it boasts of new weapon

Fire death toll hits 63; sheriff says hundreds still missing

Remembering the sweet life of a California town wiped out by wildfire

Florida: bitter US Senate race headed to a hand recount

UK prime minister Theresa May appeals to public on Brexit, braces for more blows

Last Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, get life terms

WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange could see charges, US court filing suggests

Beloved toy store FAO Schwarz makes its comeback

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