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Gloomy summer looms as pandemic cancels US festivals, trips

HARTFORD, Conn. - Thelma Uranga is sprucing up her back deck in Chicago, hoping to host some small gatherings to take the place of the summer's usual neighbourhood festivals built on music, food and t...

Apr 28, 2020

Storybooks, radio connect kids isolated in far-flung Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect kids over the crackle of an AM radio station. It's not 1950s entertainment, but a nostalgic way children in even the most re...

Apr 28, 2020

Reality TV star Ashley 'Minnie' Ross dies in Georgia wreck

ATLANTA - Ashley Ross of the reality TV show "Little Women: Atlanta" has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday. Ross, 34, who was known as "Ms. Min...

Apr 28, 2020

Pete Davidson's 'King of Staten Island' to open on-demand

NEW YORK - Judd Apatow's "The King of Staten Island," starring Pete Davidson, will release straight to home on-demand video after having its theatrical release cancelled. Universal Pictures said Monda...

Apr 28, 2020

Oprah to headline Facebook, Instagram graduation event

NEW YORK - Oprah will be the commencement speaker and Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X and Simone Biles will offer words of wisdom to the Class of 2020 in a multi-hour graduation streaming event ...

Apr 28, 2020

Consumer confidence plunges in April as millions lose jobs

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer confidence plunged in April as millions lost their jobs, with an index that monitors attitudes about current business and work conditions dropping by the largest amount on r...

Apr 28, 2020

US home prices rose before viral outbreak shut economy

WASHINGTON - U.S home prices were rising at a steady pace in February, before the viral outbreak shuttered much of the economy and caused a sharp decline in home sales. March sales of new and existing...

Apr 28, 2020

Prince Harry records message for Thomas the Tank Engine

LONDON - Prince Harry has recorded a special message to celebrate the 75th anniversary of children's favourite Thomas the Tank Engine. The Duke of Sussex introduces a new program called "Thomas and Fr...

Apr 28, 2020

Asian celebs work to combat racist attacks amid pandemic

NEW YORK - Actress Olivia Cheng was recently volunteering in Vancouver when she says she witnessed a man drive up to an elderly Chinese woman, roll down his window and yell, "This is your fault!" befo...

Apr 28, 2020

Winfrey, Roberts to appear in global virus relief livestream

LOS ANGELES - Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts and former President George W. Bush will be among 200 star-studded participants in a 24-hour global livestream event. The Call to Unite event will kick off F...

Apr 28, 2020