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Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime

And now, for our annual look at the year in pop culture.... Oh, wait. This was 2020. The year everything stopped cold. Well, not really. Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 - highb...

Dec 10, 2020

Time magazine names BTS its Entertainer of the Year

NEW YORK - BTS has had more than just a "Dynamite" year - they've become such a global phenomenon that Time magazine named the South Korean group its 2020 Entertainer of the Year. The magazine announc...

Dec 10, 2020

Biden picks former Obama chief of staff McDonough for VA

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden is nominating Denis McDonough, who was President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a sprawling agenc...

Dec 10, 2020

US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus

WASHINGTON - The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral higher. T...

Dec 10, 2020

Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall expecting her 3rd child

LONDON - Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter Zara Tindall is pregnant with her third child, her husband announced Wednesday. Former rugby star Mike Tindall, who has two daughters with Zara - 6-year-old Mi...

Dec 10, 2020

AP's song of the year: Keedron Bryant's 'I Just Wanna Live'

NEW YORK - The top 10 songs of the year by Associated Press Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu (a playlist of the songs can be found here ): 1. Keedron Bryant, "I Just Wanna Live": During times of turmoil and...

Dec 10, 2020

November consumer prices up 0.2% as energy costs rise

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices edged up 0.2% in November as a rise in energy costs and variety of other items offset a drop in food costs. The Labor Department reported that the gain in the consume...

Dec 10, 2020

Lebanese judge charges caretaker PM in port blast

BEIRUT - The Lebanese prosecutor probing last summer's port explosion in Beirut filed charges on Thursday against the caretaker prime minister and three former ministers, accusing them of negligence l...

Dec 10, 2020

China says 2 Canadians have been indicted, tried

BEIJING - China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that two Canadians held for two years in a case linked to a Huawei executive have been indicted and put on trial, but gave no details. Former diplomat ...

Dec 10, 2020

China restricts US official travel to Hong Kong

BEIJING - China is imposing restrictions on travel to Hong Kong by some U.S. officials and others in retaliation for similar measures imposed on Chinese individuals by Washington, the Foreign Ministry...

Dec 10, 2020