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Aniston is award-worthy first responder in Emmy fire skit

LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Aniston missed out on an Emmy but proved herself as an award-worthy first responder when a ceremony stunt got overheated. In a bit during Sunday night's Emmys, host Jimmy Kimmel...

Sep 22, 2020

Young Afghan women, men practice whiling Sufi dance together

KABUL - A group of young Afghans - both women and men - is coming together in the country's war-torn capital to practice a mystical Sufi Islamic dance. The group's founder says she sees their whirling...

Sep 22, 2020

Critic of Chinese leader sentenced to 18 years in graft case

BEIJING - The former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticized President Xi Jinping's handling of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday on...

Sep 21, 2020

Police release footage after officers shoot 13-year-old boy

SALT LAKE CITY - A 13-year-old Utah boy with autism was shot by police after his mother asked for help getting him hospital mental-health treatment and officers agreed to talk with him, police footage...

Sep 21, 2020

Judge extends Wisconsin absentee cutoff 6 days post election

MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge ruled Monday that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election as long as they are postmarked by Elec...

Sep 21, 2020

Police cancel vacations; prepare for Breonna Taylor decision

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville, Kentucky, police said Monday that they had cancelled vacations and were setting up barricades in preparation for the state attorney general's announcement about whether h...

Sep 21, 2020

Kal Penn hopes for dialogue with new show for young voters

Politics has been more than a little shouty of late. Actor and activist Kal Penn would quietly like to change that. "Today we have the blessing - or a curse - of being able to yell at somebody on your...

Sep 21, 2020

Famed French actor Michael Lonsdale dies at 89

PARIS - Michael Lonsdale, a giant of the silver screen and theatre in France who worked with some of the world's top directors in an acting career that spanned 60 years, died on Monday, his agent said...

Sep 21, 2020

US household wealth hits record even as economy struggles

WASHINGTON - Americans' household wealth rebounded last quarter to a record high as the stock market quickly recovered from a pandemic-induced plunge in March. Yet the gains flowed mainly to the most ...

Sep 21, 2020

Founder of GM electric truck partner quits amid allegations

FRANKFURT - Shares in electric and hydrogen-powered truck startup Nikola plunged on Monday after the company's founder resigned amid allegations of fraud - just two weeks after signing a $2 billion pa...

Sep 21, 2020