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Some Chinese cities reopen cinemas as virus threat recedes

BEIJING - China is going back to the movies. Following months of closure, limited numbers of movie goers were allowed back into cinemas Monday in cities such as Shanghai, Hanzhou and Guilin where the ...

Jul 20, 2020

Saudi Arabia's King Salman admitted to hospital for tests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia's King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdom's Royal Court sai...

Jul 19, 2020

United Arab Emirates: Amal functioning after launch to Mars

TOKYO - A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world's first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars orbiter named Amal, ...

Jul 19, 2020

How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis

Of all the ways that John Lewis influenced American life and politics, his indelible impact on young people may be among the most enduring. From student activist to elder statesman, Lewis continually ...

Jul 19, 2020

Chipmunks, fattened up on acorns, are driving people nuts

There were plenty of acorns this spring, and now the chipmunks are driving people nuts. Their frenetic activities can be entertaining. But this summer in New England the varmints are making a nuisance...

Jul 19, 2020

How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis

Of all the ways that John Lewis influenced American life and politics, his indelible impact on young people may be among the most enduring. From student activist to elder statesman, Lewis continually ...

Jul 19, 2020

John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

ATLANTA - John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebr...

Jul 17, 2020

Rabbi: Cannon 'genuinely concerned' after apology, meeting

A prominent rabbi who met with Nick Cannon says the television host and producer is "genuinely concerned about the hurt" he caused by making anti-Semitic remarks, and they intend to work together to r...

Jul 17, 2020

NYC cleared to reopen zoos, play ball; museums stay shut

New York City was cleared Friday to take the next step in its reopening next week, allowing movie and TV crews to film, zoos to welcome reduced crowds, professional sports teams to play to empty seats...

Jul 17, 2020

Reality shows shortfalls of Trump's claim to 'best testing'

WASHINGTON - Here are some snapshots from what President Donald Trump describes as the nation with the "best testing in the world" for the coronavirus: In Sun Belt states where the virus is surging, l...

Jul 17, 2020