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Shots, tear gas as police in Myanmar intensify use of force

YANGON, Myanmar - Security forces in Myanmar made mass arrests and appeared to use lethal force on Sunday as they intensified their efforts to break up protests a month after the military staged a cou...

Feb 27, 2021

At bicoastal Globes on Sunday, 'Borat' could triumph

NEW YORK - When drained of glamour, what's left of the Golden Globes? That's one of the biggest questions heading into the 78th annual awards on Sunday night. The show, postponed two months from its u...

Feb 27, 2021

Doctor appears in court video call while performing surgery

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Medical Board of California said it would investigate a plastic surgeon who appeared in a videoconference for his traffic violation trial while operating. The Sacramento Bee r...

Feb 27, 2021

Students abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed

LAGOS, Nigeria - Students, teachers and relatives abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed. The students, teachers and family members were abducted Feb. 17 by gunmen fr...

Feb 27, 2021

Borsalino looks ahead with cool bucket hats, baseball caps

MILAN - The fedora Humphrey Bogart wore in "Casablanca" may have secured Borsalino's place in fashion and cinematic history, but it will be something like the cow-print bucket hat that will help ensur...

Feb 27, 2021

Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill, now to Senate

WASHINGTON - The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now mo...

Feb 27, 2021

WWII plane flypast marks Capt. Tom Moore's funeral

LONDON - A World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore, in honour of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by wa...

Feb 27, 2021

Myanmar police deploy early to crank up pressure on protests

YANGON, Myanmar - Police in Myanmar on Saturday escalated their crackdown on demonstrators against this month's military takeover, deploying early and in force as protesters sought to assemble in the ...

Feb 26, 2021

House passes $1.9T pandemic bill on near party-line vote

WASHINGTON - The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Joe Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they'd revive thei...

Feb 26, 2021

Judge approves $650M Facebook privacy lawsuit settlement

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo face-tagging and other biometric data without the permissio...

Feb 26, 2021