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NEW YORK (AP) — Running out of time to get its products on store shelves ahead of the holidays, the Basic Fun toy company made an unprecedented decision: It's leaving one-third of its iconic Tonka Mighty Dump Trucks destined for the U.S. in China.

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates, already one of the world's most prominent philanthropists, will now take on the job of publisher. Gates has formed a nonfiction imprint with Flatiron Books, a division of Macmillan.

LONDON (AP) — The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, hacked the phones of his ex-wife Princess Haya and her attorneys during the legal battle over custody of their two children, Britain’s High Court found Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donna Weiner looks at Medicare’s prescription drug program from two different points of view. As a participant, she wants to pay less for her medicines, which cost her about $6,000 a year.

Nonfiction 1. The High 5 Habit by Mel Robbins, narrated by the author (Mel Robbins Productions, Inc.) 2. Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, narrated by Robert Petkoff (Simon & Schuster Audio) 3.

BENICIA, Calif. (AP) — The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.

“The Darkness Dressed in Colored Lights" by Sean Rowe (Fluff & Gravy Records) Singer-songwriter Sean Rowe's big voice is part of the reason his new album has heft, but it's not the only one.

The outcome is right there in the title.

TORONTO — Cineworld Group PLC's chief executive was planning to sell off Cineplex Inc.'s RecRoom and signage business in a secret initiative he called "Project Jumanji." The U.K.