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British model and fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at age 50

LONDON - Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. Tennant, t...

Dec 23, 2020

S&P 500 ticks higher, on track to break 3-day losing streak

NEW YORK - Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Wednesday following a mixed set of reports on the economy. The S&P 500 was up by 0.6% and on pace for its first gain after three days of losses ...

Dec 23, 2020

Virus-linked isolation of UK eases but backlog persists

DOVER, England - Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travellers stranded Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the ...

Dec 23, 2020

Q&A: Clooney on 'Midnight Sky' and his twilight as an actor

NEW YORK - How has George Clooney been handling isolation? Aside from spending time with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their 3-year-old twins, and editing his new film "The Midnight Sky," he's relied on...

Dec 23, 2020

'Cheer' star pleads not guilty to child porn, sex charges

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - "Cheer" star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced te...

Dec 23, 2020

Christmas unites community after fire guts historic church

NEW YORK - At Christmases past, parishioners at Middle Collegiate in New York City rejoiced over gospel hymns, carols and soul tunes played on a Steinway piano that is now only metal and ashes after t...

Dec 23, 2020

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods up 0.9% in November

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticketed manufactured goods rose a moderate 0.9% in November with a key category that tracks business investment plans showing a gain. The November gain i...

Dec 23, 2020

Consumer spending drops 0.4%, first decline since April

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer spending fell 0.4% in November, the first decline since April, as Americans confronted a newly resurgent virus. The November decline followed a 0.3% gain in October and even...

Dec 23, 2020

Novelist Yu Miri: Olympics not helping Fukushima rebuilding

TOKYO - Yu Miri, who won this year's National Book Award for translated literature, says Tokyo's Ueno Park, where a homeless man kills himself in her award-winning story, looks very clean ahead of nex...

Dec 23, 2020

US layoffs remain elevated as 803,000 seek jobless aid

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 89,000 last week to a still-elevated 803,000, evidence that the job market remains under stress nine months after the coronav...

Dec 23, 2020