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UN: 74 migrants drown after boat breaks down off Libya coast

CAIRO - At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the U.N. migration agency said, in the latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks i...

Nov 12, 2020

The Weeknd to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show

LOS ANGELES - The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the three-time Grammy Award winner will be...

Nov 12, 2020

Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies at 73

ACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings, who staged two coups and later led the West African country's transition to a stable democracy, has died, according to the state's Radio Ghana a...

Nov 12, 2020

Memoir by Sen. Tammy Duckworth coming out March 30

NEW YORK - Sen. Tammy Duckworth has written a memoir, "Every Day Is a Gift," which comes out March 30. Twelve, a Hachette Book Group imprint, announced the deal with Sen. Duckworth on Thursday, the 16...

Nov 12, 2020

Jane Fonda celebrates 25 years of Georgia-based non-profit

ATLANTA - Jane Fonda is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Georgia-based non-profit organization she founded to prevent teenage pregnancies. Fonda, 82, founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent...

Nov 12, 2020

Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions

BOSTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants. Two judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos...

Nov 12, 2020

US consumer prices unchanged in October, lowest in 5 months

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in October, the lowest reading in five months and an indication that a price spike over the summer is beginning to fade as coronavirus cases begin to s...

Nov 12, 2020

709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates

WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly heal...

Nov 12, 2020

AP source: Biden chooses Ron Klain as chief of staff

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience across Democratic presidential administrations...

Nov 11, 2020

North Carolina Sen. Tillis reelected, keeps seat for GOP

RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis has won reelection to his U.S. Senate seat, confirming that Democrats must now win both runoff races in Georgia in January if they are to seize Se...

Nov 11, 2020