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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Reversing his Republican predecessor, Kentucky's Democratic governor announced plans to bring back a health insurance program his father started that was credited with signing up hund...

LOS ANGELES - ABC's fall schedule released Wednesday optimistically details its plans, including a new thriller from the creator of "Big Little Lies." But there's a key element missing - the debut dat...

BERLIN - The Group of Seven leading economies is calling on China to reconsider plans to impose a national security law in Hong Kong, according to a joint statement issued Wednesday. The national secu...

LONDON - The governing body of Oxford University's Oriel College on Wednesday recommended the removal of a statue of Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes that has long been the target of protests - thou...

LONDON - Some of London's biggest West End shows, including "Hamilton" and "The Phantom of the Opera," won't reopen until next year, producers announced Wednesday, as arts bodies warned that Britain f...

NEW YORK - Quaker Oats is retiring the 131-year-old Aunt Jemima brand, saying the company recognizes the character's origins are "based on a racial stereotype." Just hours later, the owner of the Uncl...

ATLANTA - A white pastor for an Atlanta megachurch has tearfully apologized for referring to the "blessing of slavery" and for suggesting that the phrase "white privilege" could be better understood a...

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's governor signed an executive order Wednesday recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancipation of slaves in the U.S. Gov. Andrew Cu...

ATLANTA - Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, saying that Brooks was not a deadly threat and that the officer ki...

MANCHESTER, England - Players kneeled in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and victims of the coronavirus were remembered as the Premier League made a sombre return on Wednesday from a 100-da...