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Chloe sparkles as giant Paris fashion exhibit space opens
PARIS - Chloe teemed with sparkling detailing at Paris Fashion Week Thursday. The lofty Grand Palais, decorated with giant gold Grecian columns, had starry guests to match - including actresses Katie ...
Feb 28, 2020

A rebel yell: Billy Idol stars in New York anti-idling ads
NEW YORK - Rocker Billy Idol is the face of an anti-idling campaign launched Thursday in New York City. "Billy never idles, so why should you?" the '80s MTV star growls in a public service announcemen...
Feb 28, 2020

In scramble to stop virus, testing raises tough questions
NEW YORK - Health officials confronted tough questions and doubts Thursday about testing to intercept the fast-spreading virus, with scrutiny focused on a four-day delay in screening an infected Calif...
Feb 28, 2020

Neighbours: Brewery gunman a 'gentleman'; no motive yet known
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee electrician who police identified Thursday as the man who fatally shot five co-workers at one of the nation's largest breweries enjoyed building guns, according to neighbours. ...
Feb 28, 2020

Trump meets with black supporters, vows equal opportunity
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday cited low unemployment rates for African Americans and passage of a criminal justice bill providing earlier release for thousands of federal drug offend...
Feb 28, 2020

Virus fears lead K-pop superstars BTS to cancel Seoul shows
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - K-pop superstars BTS cancelled an upcoming concert series in South Korea's capital as the country that exports entertainment worldwide tries to contain a soaring virus outb...
Feb 28, 2020

Japan's Hokkaido declares state of emergency over virus
TOKYO - Japan's northern island of Hokkaido declared a state of emergency on Friday over the rapid spread of the new virus there. Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki said the emergency will continue until m...
Feb 28, 2020

US consumer spending slowed in January while incomes jumped
WASHINGTON - Americans pulled back on their spending in January, even as their incomes surged, a sign the economy was growing modestly before the threat of coronavirus arose. The Commerce Department s...
Feb 28, 2020

The prince and the pop star work on charity single in London
LONDON - Prince Harry joined Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road Studios in London on Friday as the singer recorded a charity single to support the foundation that oversees the Invictus Games - a multinational...
Feb 28, 2020

'Boy Next Door' Killer expected to get death for 2 murders
LOS ANGELES - A judge is expected to give a death sentence Friday to a man prosecutors call "The Boy Next Door Killer," who was found guilty of the home-invasion murders of two women. A Los Angeles ju...
Feb 28, 2020