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Photo courtesy of candyindustry.com   CHICAGO (AP) — Melvin Gordon, who helped turn the enduring popularity of the humble Tootsie Roll into a candy empire, has …

By ERICA WERNER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — Loretta Lynch is promising a fresh relationship with law enforcement — and with Congress — as she appears before a …

By MICHELLE R. SMITH FALL RIVER, Mass. — A full jury was seated Monday for the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, …

By DANICA KIRKA LONDON — The male monopoly in the leadership of the Church of England ended Monday, as the 500-year-old institution consecrated its first female …

By ZEINA KARAM BEIRUT — Kurdish fighters backed by intense U.S.-led airstrikes pushed the Islamic State group almost entirely out of the Syrian town of Kobani …

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer The Oscar nominations added intrigue if not diversity to an Academy Awards race by favoring one late-season release (American …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N.’s Ebola chief says there are still at least 50 hotspots in the hardest-hit West African countries but new cases …

By DAVID McFADDEN PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti has a new prime minister as it enters a phase of political uncertainty, with its parliament dissolved, opposition …

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Pro Football Writer The NFL is investigating whether the New England Patriots deflated footballs that were used in their AFC championship …

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN HAVANA (AP) — The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in decades begins two days of negotiations with grand promises by President Barack …