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Woman abused by school band teacher gets $2M settlement

SEATTLE - A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse by a band teacher 30 years ago - a trauma so profound she said it caused her ...

Dec 09, 2020

Pennsylvania governor says he's tested positive for COVID-19

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home. The second-term Democrat said a routine test on Tuesday detected the coronavirus. "I have no sym...

Dec 09, 2020

Ang Lee on 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' 20 years later

NEW YORK - It's physically impossible to get to the forest scene atop the slender bamboo trees in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and not say out loud "Whoa." Twenty years later, the exhilarating gra...

Dec 09, 2020

Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes

RIO DE JANEIRO - Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Brazil's ...

Dec 09, 2020

AP's top albums of 2020: Toni Braxton, Teyana Taylor, JoJo

NEW YORK - The top 10 albums of the year by Associated Press Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu (a playlist of the albums can be found here ): 1. Toni Braxton, "Spell My Name": I can breathe again, thanks in ...

Dec 09, 2020

Oliva Jade Giannulli learning from family college 'mess-up'

LOS ANGELES - Maybe Olivia Jade Giannulli had hoped for kid-glove treatment in choosing the family vibe of "Red Table Talk" for her first public comments about the college admissions scandal involving...

Dec 09, 2020

UK investigates possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 shot

LONDON - U.K. regulators said Wednesday that people who have a "significant history'' of allergic reactions shouldn't receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactio...

Dec 09, 2020

Iran says US sanctions hinder access to COVID-19 vaccines

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that U.S. sanctions are making it difficult for Iran to purchase medicine and health supplies from abroad, including COVID-19 vaccines nee...

Dec 09, 2020

Explosion damages Polish store near Amsterdam, 3rd in 2 days

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An explosion damaged a Polish supermarket in a Dutch town near Amsterdam early Wednesday morning, the third such blast in two days. Police said the explosion happened at a sto...

Dec 09, 2020

Kim's sister slams Seoul over questioning zero-virus claim

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lambasted South Korea's foreign minister for questioning the North's claim to be coronavirus free, warning Wednesd...

Dec 08, 2020