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Firefighter dies battling wildfire sparked by gender reveal

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A firefighter died battling a wildfire in California that officials said was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby's gender. The death occurred Thursday in the San Bernard...

Sep 18, 2020

US bans WeChat, TikTok citing national security

WASHINGTON - The U.S. will ban the use of the Chinese app WeChat on Sunday citing national security concerns. Downloads of the he app TikTok, owned by the same company, will be banned at the same time...

Sep 18, 2020

Book 'em: Police find 'irreplaceable' tomes stolen in 2017

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Police in Romania have uncovered a trove of "irreplaceable" books including first editions of works by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton that were stolen in a sophisticated 201...

Sep 18, 2020

Van Morrison targets virus restrictions in 3 new songs

LONDON - Van Morrison has never been one to hold back over the years. Why start now? The 75-year-old singer-songwriter is certainly not holding back on what he thinks of the lockdown restrictions put ...

Sep 18, 2020

Danish prince "fine" for Paris post after blood clot surgery

COPENHAGEN - Prince Joachim, the younger son of Queen Margrethe of Denmark who underwent an emergency surgery in France in July for a blood clot in his brain, said Friday he was "eager to get started"...

Sep 18, 2020

Polish ruling party forming minority govt, rejects partners

An official with Poland's conservative governing party says the country's right-wing coalition government has collapsed. Marek Suski said Friday that the Law and Justice party will continue to run Pol...

Sep 18, 2020

House condemns racism against Asian Americans amid pandemic

WASHINGTON - The House voted Thursday to condemn racism against Asian Americans tied to the coronavirus outbreak, approving a Democratic resolution on a mostly party-line vote. Republicans called the ...

Sep 17, 2020

FBI director says antifa is an ideology, not an organization

WASHINGTON - FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers Thursday that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony that puts him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said he wo...

Sep 17, 2020

'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77

FAIRHOPE, Ala. - Winston Groom, whose novel "Forrest Gump" was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhop...

Sep 17, 2020

With picnic baskets, Christian Siriano puts on backyard show

WESTPORT, Conn. - Christian Siriano, who turned his atelier into a mask-making machine, took to his Connecticut backyard Thursday for a cozy fashion show complete with picnic baskets for his small in-...

Sep 17, 2020