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WASHINGTON — Retail sales dropped in September by the largest amount in seven months, possibly signalling that rising trade tensions and turbulent markets are having an impact on consumer spending. Retail sales fell 0.3% last month following a 0.

NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole is making his pitch to own this October.

WASHINGTON — The impeachment inquiry is revealing vivid new details about the high-level unease over President Donald Trump's actions toward Ukraine, and those of his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, as the swift-moving probe by House Democrats showed

PHOENIX — Former major league pitcher Curt Schilling says he's decided not to run for Congress.

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SAN FRANCISCO — "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman — aka prisoner No.

NEW YORK — Cuba Gooding Jr.

DETROIT — General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined negotiators at the bargaining table, an indication that a deal may be near to end a monthlong strike by the United Auto Workers union that has paralyzed the company's factories.

BREMERTON, Wash. — A Washington state man was charged with a felony assault after police say he attacked his roommate believing he acknowledged being a vampire.

LONDON — Winning the Booker Prize is one big step for Bernardine Evaristo — and, she hopes, a giant leap for British women writers of colour .