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Officials: 3 wounded in blast at non-Muslim Saudi cemetery
PARIS - Three people were wounded Wednesday when an improvised explosive device targeted a ceremony of French, American, British, Italian and Greek officials commemorating the end of World War I at a ...
Nov 11, 2020
A festival hit waylaid by the virus, ‘The Climb’ peddles on
NEW YORK - "The Climb" is a portrait of a male friendship told in single-shot chapters with cataclysmic happenings - marriage, death, children - in between. With each lurch forward, we have to get our...
Nov 11, 2020
Eta regains hurricane strength as Florida prepares for hit
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Eta regained hurricane strength Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm. The storm's maximum sustained winds increased to around 75 mph (120 kph) of...
Nov 11, 2020
Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner
ALBANY, N.Y. - A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence he was a slave trader and owner himself. "Not only did...
Nov 11, 2020
Lawyer: Britney Spears fears father, wants him out of career
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears fears her father and will not resume her career so long as he has power over it, her attorney said in court Tuesday. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny declined...
Nov 11, 2020
Bahrain's long-serving prime minister dies at age 84
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain's Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world's longest-serving prime ministers who led his island nation's government for decades and survived the 201...
Nov 11, 2020
Hong Kong disqualifies 4 pro-democracy legislators
Hong Kong has moved to disqualify four pro-democracy legislators, after Beijing passed a resolution that would allow the local government to remove lawmakers from their positions if they're deemed to ...
Nov 10, 2020
April trial scheduled for Avenatti over Stormy Daniels book
NEW YORK - An April trial date was set Tuesday for Michael Avenatti to face charges that he cheated ex-client Stormy Daniels out of proceeds from her book. U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman in Manha...
Nov 10, 2020
Asia Today: Hong Kong, Singapore OK travel, virus in Vanuatu
Hong Kong and Singapore will start an air travel bubble at the end of November, allowing travellers from each city to visit the other without entering quarantine in a first step to stimulate tourism a...
Nov 10, 2020
Dems clinch House control, but majority likely to shrink
WASHINGTON - Democrats clinched two more years of controlling the House on Tuesday but with a potentially razor-thin majority, a bittersweet finale to last week's elections that has left them divided ...
Nov 10, 2020