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Gray parrots separated at zoo after swearing a blue streak

LONDON - A British zoo has had to separate five foul-mouthed parrots who keepers say were encouraging each other to swear. Billy, Eric, Tyson, Jade and Elsie joined Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre's colo...

Sep 30, 2020

Germany's Merkel defends government record during pandemic

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended her government's record during the coronavirus pandemic, telling lawmakers that the country had fared well compared to many of its peers....

Sep 30, 2020

As Brazil's wetlands burned, government did little to help

PORTO JOFRE, Brazil - After hours navigating Brazil's Pantanal wetlands in search of jaguars earlier this month, Daniel Moura beached his boat to survey the fire damage. In every direction, he saw onl...

Sep 30, 2020

Virus outbreak pushes Steelers-Titans to Monday or Tuesday

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans have at least one more day to see if the team's coronavirus outbreak is under control before their game with the Steelers is rescheduled for Monday or Tuesday. Only on...

Sep 30, 2020

Judge approves $800M payout plan for Vegas shooting victims

LAS VEGAS - A court on Wednesday approved a total of $800 million in payouts from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas St...

Sep 30, 2020

New Steinem biopic shines light on a sisterhood of activists

Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn't interested in getting married: "I can't mate in captivity." She did eventually marry, to her own surpr...

Sep 30, 2020

Actors in drag march to highlight virus threat to UK theatre

LONDON - As much of Britain's economy emerged from the coronavirus lockdown, its theatres stayed dark, with performers and staff unwillingly idled. So they made a song and dance about it. Scores of ac...

Sep 30, 2020

Man arrested in ambush of 2 Los Angeles County deputies

LOS ANGELES - California investigators have arrested and charged a man in connection with the shooting of two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies earlier this month as they sat in their squad car, a...

Sep 30, 2020

Shell plan to cut up to 9,000 jobs could result in 100s of fewer jobs in Canada

CALGARY - Hundreds of Canadian employees of Royal Dutch Shell could be affected by its plan revealed Wednesday to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022. The company h...

Sep 30, 2020

Secretive, never profitable Palantir makes its market debut

BOSTON - Seventeen years after it was born with the help of CIA seed money, the data-mining outfit Palantir Technologies is finally going public in the biggest Wall Street tech offering since last yea...

Sep 30, 2020