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Family of slain Utah college student confronts her killer

SALT LAKE CITY - Family members of a Utah college student who was found strangled and burned last year following a search for her that captured the nation's attention called the man who pleaded guilty...

Oct 23, 2020

France surpasses 1 million confirmed virus cases amid spike

PARIS - French health authorities say France has recorded over 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, becoming the second country in Western Europe after Spain to reach...

Oct 23, 2020

Fiasco over pope's cut civil union quote intensifies impact

ROME - The world premiere of a documentary on Pope Francis was supposed to have been a bright spot for a papacy locked down by a pandemic and besieged by a corruption scandal, recalling Francis' glory...

Oct 23, 2020

Veggie burgers are still burgers, EU lawmakers rule

BRUSSELS - Plant-based products that do not contain meat can continue to be labeled "sausages" or "burgers," European lawmakers said Friday, when they rejected a proposal back by the meat industry to ...

Oct 23, 2020

Trial of Russian in alleged bitcoin fraud to wrap in Paris

PARIS - French prosecutors requested on Friday a 10-year jail term and a fine of 750,000 euros ($888,634) against Alexander Vinnik, who is accused of being behind a 135 million-euro ($160 million) fra...

Oct 23, 2020

Dispute over Ohio drop box limit ends as advocates drop suit

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The fight over Ohio's limit on ballot drop boxes ended Friday after a coalition of voting rights groups opted to drop their lawsuit, leaving in place an election chief's order that wa...

Oct 23, 2020

Dancing through quarantine and Harlem - in a bubble

NEW YORK - Living and breathing dance is par for the course at the Dance Theater of Harlem. It's just never looked like this. A group including 15 dancers, a choreographer, the artistic director and a...

Oct 23, 2020

NBC's Welker sharp in first turn as debate moderator

NEW YORK - Moderator Kristen Welker - with the help of an offstage mute button - helped give Americans the substantive, crackling debate over leadership that had been missing so far during the 2020 pr...

Oct 23, 2020

Animals, people rescue each other in heartfelt docuseries

LOS ANGELES - In a new docuseries, a child who uses a walker meets a dog with its own version of wheels. Inmates find solace in training canines for adoption, and pigs strut their stuff in a "body pos...

Oct 23, 2020

Analysis: Debate is brief interlude of normalcy in 2020 race

WASHINGTON - The second and final presidential debate, it turns out, was actually a debate - a brief interlude of normalcy in an otherwise highly abnormal year, and a reprieve for voters turned off by...

Oct 23, 2020