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Crown prince becomes oil-rich Kuwait's new ruling emir

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah became the oil-rich nation's new ruling emir Tuesday night, reaching the highest post in the country after decades in...

Sep 29, 2020

Billboard Awards: Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Malone to perform

NEW YORK - Alicia Keys, Bad Bunny, Luke Combs and leading nominee Post Malone will perform at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards. NBC and dick clark productions on Tuesday announced the performers for th...

Sep 29, 2020

Judge says new royal book can be used in Meghan privacy case

LONDON - The publisher of Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper can use the contents of a recent behind-the scenes book about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in its legal defence for an invasion of privac...

Sep 29, 2020

Reggaeton redemption: Balvin, Bunny top Latin Grammy nods

NEW YORK - At last year's Latin Grammy Awards, popular reggaeton and Latin trap musicians such as J Balvin, Bad Bunny and Ozuna were dismissed in the show's top categories. This year, they dominate. B...

Sep 29, 2020

Titans have NFL's first COVID-19 outbreak, with 8 positives

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans suspended in-person activities through Friday after the NFL says three Titans players and five other personnel tested positive for the coronavirus. The NFL issued a st...

Sep 29, 2020

UK, Canada impose sanctions on Belarus president, officials

LONDON - Britain and Canada imposed sanctions Tuesday on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other senior government officials following the disputed presidential election and a cra...

Sep 29, 2020

Kuwait ruler, longtime diplomat Sheikh Sabah, dies at age 91

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation's top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf War ...

Sep 29, 2020

Consumer confidence posts solid gain to 101.8 in September

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence rebounded more quickly in September than most economists had expected, but it remains well below levels that preceded the pandemic. The Conference Board reported ...

Sep 29, 2020

S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller: US home prices rise 3.9% in July

WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose at a faster pace in July as the housing market continued to show strength in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home p...

Sep 29, 2020

Worldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million

NEW DELHI - Joginder Chaudhary was his parents' greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village. For the coro...

Sep 28, 2020