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Amid pandemic, charities and nonprofits face huge challenges

NEW YORK - While celebrities and billionaires have announced huge gifts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, many charities and nonprofits are still struggling. Donations to some churches have plummeted, ...

Apr 22, 2020

Trump tweets he's ordered Navy to destroy Iranian gunboats

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has ordered the Navy to "shoot down and destroy" any Iranian gunboats that harass U.S. ships, a directive that comes a week after the Navy re...

Apr 22, 2020

People makes history with Hawn, Hudson on anniversary cover

LOS ANGELES - Three generations will grace the cover of People magazine's 30th anniversary "Beauty Issue." Goldie Hawn, her daughter Kate Hudson and granddaughter Rani Rose Fujikawa will appear on the...

Apr 22, 2020

Warner Bros. sends 'Scoob!' straight to on-demand

NEW YORK - The animated Scooby-Doo film "Scoob!" will bypass theatres and premiere directly on digital platforms, Warner Bros. said Tuesday, making it the latest studio to experiment with an on-demand...

Apr 22, 2020

Climate activist: leaders must act in unison during crises

STOCKHOLM - Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday urged world leaders to act together, based on scientists' advice, in addressing major crises from the COVID-19 pandemic to global warmi...

Apr 22, 2020

NKorea silence on Kim's health raises succession speculation

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - With North Korea saying nothing so far about outside media reports that leader Kim Jong Un may be unwell, there's renewed worry about who's next in line to run a nuclear-ar...

Apr 22, 2020

Nations ease some virus restrictions yet public still wary

BERLIN - One of the grimmest symbols of the coronavirus outbreak - a morgue set up in a Madrid skating rink - closed on Wednesday as stores and other businesses reopened in places across Europe, while...

Apr 22, 2020

Iran's Guard says it launched satellite amid US tensions

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Wednesday it launched a military satellite into orbit amid wider tensions with the U.S., a successful launch after months of failures. There...

Apr 21, 2020

HBO Max set for May 27 launch, initial lineup announced

NEW YORK - The streaming service HBO Max will launch May 27, AT&T's WarnerMedia announced Tuesday, signalling that the so-called streaming wars won't subside because of the coronavirus pandemic. W...

Apr 21, 2020

Mantel, Evaristo among finalists for fiction's Women's Prize

LONDON - Hilary Mantel's Tudor blockbuster "The Mirror and the Light" and Bernardine Evaristo's tapestry of black women's stories, "Girl, Woman, Other," are among six finalists for the international W...

Apr 21, 2020