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Actor Jussie Smollett pleads not guilty to restored charges
CHICAGO - Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to restored charges that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself last year in Chicago and falsely re...
Feb 26, 2020
Virus outbreak keeps global markets in check
LONDON - Share prices around the world, particularly in Japan, took a hit Tuesday amid mounting fears about the economic impact of the new coronavirus outbreak. An anticipated solid opening on Wall St...
Feb 26, 2020
Brazil confirms first coronavirus case in Latin America
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who travelled to Italy this month has Latin America's first confirmed case of the contagious new coronaviru...
Feb 26, 2020
Emergency goaltender's mom makes emotional US TV appearance with son
The mother of Carolina Hurricanes emergency goalie David Ayres brought her son to tears during a television appearance with him Monday. On NBC's "Today," Ayres's mother, Mary, came on a video lin...
Feb 26, 2020
The latest on protests across Canada in support of anti-pipeline demonstrators
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 7:40 p.m. The West Coast Express commuter rail service in Metro Vancouver...
Feb 26, 2020
Auschwitz Museum upset at scene in Amazon series 'Hunters'
WARSAW, Poland - The museum of the Nazi German Auschwitz death camp is objecting to a scene in a new Amazon TV series that shows a murderous game of human chess being played there, insisting that no s...
Feb 26, 2020
Michael Douglas, Zeta-Jones to co-host Jerusalem ceremony
JERUSALEM - Hollywood power couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are set to return to Israel as co-hosts of this year's Genesis Prize ceremony. The Genesis Prize Foundation announced on Wed...
Feb 26, 2020
Original 'Flash Gordon' comic strip art headed to auction
LOS ANGELES - The original artwork for the "Flash Gordon" comic strip is headed for a new realm - the auction block. The auction house Profiles in History said Wednesday that it will sell the drawing ...
Feb 26, 2020
Johnny Depp in UK court for hearing on tabloid libel lawsuit
LONDON - A lawyer for Johnny Depp told a British judge on Wednesday that the star's ex-wife Amber Heard lied when she accused him of domestic abuse. Depp denies the abuse allegations, and attended the...
Feb 26, 2020
Trump to hold news conference on coronavirus US threat
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he'll discuss the coronavirus threat at a White House news conference Wednesday, a day after he sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading widely across t...
Feb 26, 2020