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AP source: Players' board rejects 60-game season by 33-5

NEW YORK - The executive board of the Major League Baseball Players Association rejected a proposed 60-game schedule by a 33-5 vote, daring Commissioner Rob Manfred to give a unilateral order for the ...

Jun 22, 2020

US moves to restrict Chinese media outlets as 'propaganda'

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration added four Chinese media outlets Monday to a list of organizations that should be considered "foreign missions" because of their ties to the government and the Co...

Jun 22, 2020

Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' hajj due to virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that because of the coronavirus only "very limited numbers" of people will be allowed to perform the annual hajj pilgrimage that traditionally d...

Jun 22, 2020

Joel Schumacher, director of 'St. Elmo's Fire,' dies at 80

NEW YORK - Joel Schumacher, the flamboyant journeyman director who dressed New York department store windows before shepherding the Brat Pack to the big screen in "St. Elmo's Fire" and steering the Ba...

Jun 22, 2020

Golden Globes set Feb. 28 for pandemic--delayed ceremony

LOS ANGELES - The Golden Globes is refusing to let the pandemic get in the way of its party. The ceremony will be held Feb. 28, 2021, in Beverly Hills with previously announced hosts Tina Fey and Amy ...

Jun 22, 2020

Viggo Mortensen's career to be honoured by Spanish festival

MADRID - The career of Viggo Mortensen, Aragorn in the popular trilogy "Lord of the Rings" and a protagonist in the Academy Award-winning "Green Book," will be honoured at this year's San Sebastian Fi...

Jun 22, 2020

FBI investigating noose left in NASCAR stall of Black driver

Federal authorities on Monday confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCAR's only Black full-time driver who suc...

Jun 22, 2020

'Jaws,' 'Black Panther' and more coming back to the drive-in

"Jaws," "Black Panther" and "Back to the Future" are just a few of the modern popcorn classics coming to the drive-in this summer. Tribeca Enterprises, IMAX and AT&T on Monday announced the initia...

Jun 22, 2020

Existing home sale plunge 9.7% in 3rd straight monthly drop

WASHINGTON - Existing home sales in the U.S. plunged 9.7% in May. It was the third straight monthly decline and further evidence of the harm the virus pandemic has done to the housing market. The Nati...

Jun 22, 2020

Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump's comeback rally?

OAKLAND, Calif. - Did teens, TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music troll the president of the United States? For more than a week before Donald Trump's first campaign rally in three months on Satu...

Jun 22, 2020