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Rihanna on new album: 'I just want to have fun with music'

NEW YORK - It's been four years since Rihanna released an album but the singer is working hard on recording new music. The pop star, 32, told The Associated Press for her new album she's already held ...

Oct 01, 2020

Last solo recording of jazz icon Dave Brubeck to be released

Nearly eight years after his death, the final solo recording of late American jazz legend Dave Brubeck is set for release next month. Verve Records announced last week that "Lullabies" - a collection ...

Oct 01, 2020

Added Force: Baby Yoda a boost on Western wildfire lines

LOS ANGELES - Beleaguered firefighters in the western United States have a new force on their side: Baby Yoda. A 5-year-old Oregon boy and his grandmother delivered a toy version of the pointy-eared F...

Oct 01, 2020

Unemployment marches higher in Europe amid pandemic

FRANKFURT - Unemployment rose for a fifth straight month in Europe in August amid concern that extensive government support programs won't be able keep many businesses hit by coronavirus restrictions ...

Oct 01, 2020

EU takes legal action against UK over planned Brexit bill

BRUSSELS - The European Union took legal action against Britain on Thursday over it plans to pass legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding divorce agreement the two sides reached lat...

Oct 01, 2020

Russia's Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning

BERLIN - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in ...

Oct 01, 2020

Senate approves bill to avoid shutdown, sending it to Trump

WASHINGTON - By a sweeping bipartisan vote Wednesday, the Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill to fund the government through Dec. 11, averting the possibility of a government shutdown when the n...

Sep 30, 2020

Seagram's heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case

NEW YORK - An heir to the Seagram's liquor fortune was sentenced Wednesday to an 81-month prison term and immediately thrown behind bars for her role as an unwavering benefactor of Keith Raniere, the ...

Sep 30, 2020

UN meeting that began with unity concludes with divisions

TANZANIA, Tanzania - This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting began with calls for multilateralism and co-operation - a declaration that the urgency for countries to unite "has rarely been greater." ...

Sep 30, 2020

European report finds waning of democracy in Poland, Hungary

BRUSSELS - Democratic standards are facing "important challenges" in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU's executive ...

Sep 30, 2020