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Loughlin, Giannulli to plead guilty to college bribes scheme

For more than a year, "Full House" actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, insisted they were innocent of charges in the college admissions bribery case. They accuse...

May 22, 2020

Egyptian acclaimed sculptor Adam Henein dies at 91

CAIRO - Acclaimed Egyptian artist Adam Henein, who joined ancient pharaonic themes with sleek modernism in sculptures that often portrayed birds and other animals, died Friday, his family said. He was...

May 22, 2020

ABC renews 19 shows, adds David E. Kelley drama 'Big Sky'

LOS ANGELES - ABC is bringing back the lion's share of its series for next season, including "black-ish," "A Million Little Things" and "The Rookie." They are among the 19 shows that will return in th...

May 22, 2020

Mayor: Pakistan plane crashes near Karachi, all 107 killed

KARACHI, Pakistan - A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines crashed near the southern port city of Karachi on Friday, killing all 107 passengers and crew, the city's m...

May 22, 2020

Recording Academy records John Prine song for charity

NASHVILLE - The Recording Academy has released a new recording of John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" with proceeds going to support the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. Prine died in April at age 73 ...

May 22, 2020

China to boost defence spending by lowest rate in years

BEIJING - China will boost defence spending by just 6.6% in 2020, the lowest rate in years as it battles an economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus outbreak. The figure announced Friday is down ...

May 21, 2020

China promises stimulus spending, sets no growth target

BEIJING - China's top economic official on Friday promised higher spending to revive its coronavirus-battered economy and curb surging job losses and said Beijing would set no growth target in order t...

May 21, 2020

Michigan governor wins legal fight with lawmakers over virus

DETROIT - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prevailed Thursday in a high-stakes challenge from Republican lawmakers who sued over her authority to declare emergencies and order sweeping restrictions during the co...

May 21, 2020

Boy, 6, cracks open robbery case by reeling in sunken safe

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. - A 6-year-old boy helped crack open a nearly decade-old robbery case when he reeled in a locked safe from the bottom of a South Carolina lake. Knox Brewer of Johns Island took up "...

May 21, 2020

Film: 'Roe' plaintiff says her anti-abortion switch was act

WASHINGTON - Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as "Jane Roe," her story was at the centre of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was...

May 21, 2020