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Delayed Kennedy Center Honors to be rescheduled for mid-May

WASHINGTON - Five months after they were postponed because of the coronavirus, the annual Kennedy Center Honors are coming back in May, possibly in a series of small events, organizers announced Wedne...

Jan 13, 2021

Amazon seeks to keep right-wing app Parler offline

Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc. has asked a federal judge to deny a request to reinstate the cloud-service account for conservative social media network Parler, claiming Parler shrugged off police viol...

Jan 13, 2021

US budget deficit up 60.7% in first 3 months of budget year

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government's deficit in the first three months of the budget year was a record-breaking $572.9 billion, 60.7% higher than the same period a year ago, as spending to deal with the...

Jan 13, 2021

Tom Hanks heads TV special celebrating Biden's inauguration

NEW YORK - Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime TV special celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States, with performances by Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi ...

Jan 13, 2021

Illinois Democrats pick Welch for House speaker; Madigan out

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois House Democrats threw their support Wednesday behind a Black legislator to take over as speaker, backing Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch to lead the chamber as Michael Madigan ...

Jan 13, 2021

US Space Command site to be located in Huntsville, Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The U.S. Air Force is expected to announce Huntsville, Alabama as the location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters, according to Alabama's governor. Gov. Kay Ivey said that Hunt...

Jan 13, 2021

US to block cotton from China region targeted in crackdown

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it will halt imports of cotton and tomatoes from the Uighur region of China in its most sweeping action yet to pressure the Communist Party to...

Jan 13, 2021

Internet 'blackout' in Uganda on eve of tense election

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan authorities appeared to cut off mobile internet access in the country Wednesday night on the eve of a tense presidential election, while a lawyer for leading opposition candi...

Jan 13, 2021

Turkey approves China-based Sinovac vaccine's emergency use

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish authorities gave the go-ahead for the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinovac Biotch Ltd. on Wednesday, paving the way for the rollout for Turkey's v...

Jan 13, 2021

Trump's Republican wall eroding ahead of impeachment vote

Republicans offered only modest reproach when President Donald Trump said there were "very fine people" on both sides of a white supremacist rally. They stayed in line when Trump was caught pressuring...

Jan 13, 2021