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US stocks rise in afternoon trading as 2020 winds down

U.S. stocks are broadly higher in afternoon trading Wednesday as the effort to develop and distribute vaccines to fight the virus pandemic ramps up. The gains put the market back on positive footing f...

Dec 30, 2020

A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on musical legacy

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie Floyd, sit in a room inside the Lorr...

Dec 30, 2020

Study of virus screening at concert reports zero infections

BARCELONA, Spain - The organizers of an indoor music festival in Barcelona to test the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus screening said Wednesday that preliminary results indicate there was zero t...

Dec 30, 2020

Being Judy Garland won Zellweger an Oscar. Is a Grammy next?

NEW YORK - Rene Zellweger is known for acting but you could easily write a thesis about her love for music. The entertainer won her second Academy Award for portraying Judy Garland in last year's "Jud...

Dec 30, 2020

A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on a musical legacy

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie Floyd, sit in a room inside the Lorr...

Dec 30, 2020

US home contract signings at record levels in November

SILVER SPRING, Md. - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined last month, but was still a record high for November when a seasonal slowdown traditionally seeps into the real ...

Dec 30, 2020

'Craziest party ever': Superstar DJ Guetta upbeat for 2021

PARIS - Superstar DJ David Guetta has been brought back to Earth by the coronavirus pandemic and says his music has benefitted as a result. Back in his native Paris to record a New Year's Eve show, th...

Dec 30, 2020

Principal Joe Clark who inspired film 'Lean on Me' has died

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film "Lean o...

Dec 30, 2020

Yemeni official: Blast at Aden airport kills 16, wounds 60

SANAA, Yemen - A large explosion struck the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed Cabinet landed there, security officials said. At ...

Dec 30, 2020

Amid virus fears, China urges workers to skip holiday travel

BEIJING - China is encouraging tens of millions of migrant workers not to travel home during next February's Lunar New Year holiday to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, disrupting its most im...

Dec 30, 2020