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Kenyan ballet student struggles in slum with no remote class

NAIROBI, Kenya - The coronavirus pandemic is forcing children to stay home and learn remotely. But in the depths of Kenya's slums, 12-year-old ballet student Eugene Ochieng faces huge obstacles to rem...

May 13, 2020

Trump-backed Tiffany wins Wisconsin congressional race

MADISON, Wis. - Republican Tom Tiffany, a state senator endorsed by President Donald Trump, easily won a special congressional election Tuesday in a heavily conservative, rural Wisconsin district. Tif...

May 12, 2020

Musk becomes champion for businesses defying shutdown orders

At the Fit4All Gym in Lebanon, Illinois, owner David Tate considers Elon Musk a huge ally in the fight against government coronavirus orders that Tate says are driving him into the poorhouse. Tate reo...

May 12, 2020

Cannes is empty, the day the film festival should have begun

CANNES, France - The stars stayed home, their beach backdrop is closed and the prestigious grounds of the Cannes Film Festival have been repurposed as a homeless shelter. Cannes should have been buzzi...

May 12, 2020

'Bombshell' concert stream will reunite cast of 'Smash'

NEW YORK - The cast of "Bombshell," the fictional Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, is coming together again to aid those confronting the coronavirus. Actors including Katharine McPhee, Debra Mes...

May 12, 2020

Kobe Bryant's sports academy retires "Mamba" nickname

LOS ANGELES - The Southern California sports academy previously co-owned by the late Kobe Bryant has retired his "Mamba" nickname and rebranded itself nearly four months after the basketball icon's de...

May 12, 2020

Detroit-area residents lift spirits with costumed parades

FERNDALE, Mich. - Sarah Ignash spends her days looking after dogs in normal times. With her business temporarily shuttered because of the coronavirus, though, she's taken to walks on the wild side thr...

May 12, 2020

Poland's president joins hip-hop challenge to help medics

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's president has recorded a hip-hop video as part of an effort to raise money for the country's health service as it fights the coronavirus pandemic. President Andrzej Duda's re...

May 12, 2020

Canada gives $790M to help vaccinate in more vulnerable countries

OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will put $790 million toward vaccinating the world's more vulnerable populations through the Global Alliance for Vaccine Innov...

May 12, 2020

'Be Like Mike' jingle almost didn't happen, says creator

NEW YORK - "The Last Dance," ESPN's docuseries detailing the 1998 and final season of the Chicago Bulls championship dynasty, has served as a reminder to basketball fans of the greatness of Michael Jo...

May 12, 2020