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Judge hands major win to Katy Perry in 'Dark Horse' dispute

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in Los Angeles handed a major victory to Katy Perry on Tuesday, overturning a jury's verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied her 2013 hit "Dark ...

Mar 17, 2020

Progressive Newman ousts Rep. Lipinski in Illinois primary

CHICAGO - Progressive Marie Newman won a rematch Tuesday with Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, unseating one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress in a victory for abortion-rights and women's grou...

Mar 17, 2020

Jazz Festival postponed as virus reaches Louisiana capital

NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people for eight days of music, food and culture, has been postponed over coronavirus concerns, offi...

Mar 17, 2020

Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico

SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the pres...

Mar 17, 2020

Russian author, political activist Limonov dies at 77

MOSCOW - Eduard Limonov, a Russian author and political activist known for his poignant and controversial writings, died on Tuesday. He was 77. Limonov's death was announced by the Other Russia politi...

Mar 17, 2020

Esper: Pentagon to give respirator masks, ventilators to HHS

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday that the Pentagon will provide 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to federal heath authorities to help in the response ...

Mar 17, 2020

Manchester bomber's brother convicted of 22 counts of murder

LONDON - The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, was convicted Tuesday of murder for helping to plan the attack. A jury at Lo...

Mar 17, 2020

Auto workers union presses companies to close US factories

DETROIT - The United Auto Workers union wants Detroit's three automakers to shut down their factories for two weeks to keep its members safe from the spreading coronavirus. But union President Rory Ga...

Mar 17, 2020

China to expel American reporters after US curbs its media

BEIJING - China announced that it will revoke the media credentials of all American journalists at three major U.S. news organizations, in effect expelling them from the country, in response to new U....

Mar 17, 2020

Cinemas close nationwide, studios push new movies into homes

NEW YORK - U.S. movie theatres have closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, turning dark nearly all of the country's 40,000-plus screens in an unprecedented shutdown. The largest chains had...

Mar 17, 2020