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Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeT...

Mar 13, 2020

News agency: Iran VP, 2 Cabinet members have new virus

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's senior vice-president and two other Cabinet members have contracted the new coronavirus, a semiofficial news agency reported Wednesday as the death toll in the Islamic Republic f...

Mar 13, 2020

St. Paul teachers, school district reach deal ending strike

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The St. Paul teachers union and Minnesota's second-largest school district reached a tentative contract agreement early Friday, ending a strike that began Tuesday and cancelled class...

Mar 13, 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli lawyer is prosecutors' 'worst nightmare'

BOSTON - After winning guilty verdicts against top Enron executives in one of the most high-profile cases of corporate fraud, the lead prosecutor declared: "No matter how rich and powerful you are, yo...

Mar 13, 2020

What's Happening: Life feels surreal; celebrities infected

The coronavirus pandemic has lent a surreal quality to the lives of millions of people around the globe. It has disrupted daily routines, overwhelmed hospitals, shuttered schools and offices and halte...

Mar 13, 2020

Russian lawmakers move to keep Putin in power past 2024

MOSCOW - Russian lawmakers on Wednesday rapidly rubber-stamped sweeping constitutional changes that could keep President Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. If Putin won and completed two more terms a...

Mar 13, 2020

Saudi Aramco to boost capacity; Abu Dhabi to increase supply

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia steamed ahead on Wednesday with its new energy play by directing the kingdom's oil company Aramco on Wednesday to increase its maximum production capacity, w...

Mar 13, 2020

UK interest rates cut, funds freed up to ease virus impact

LONDON - Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government announced a 30 billion-pound ($39 billion) stimulus package and the Bank of E...

Mar 13, 2020

Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US

NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...

Mar 13, 2020

Pentagon: US strikes Iran-backed group that hit Iraq base

WASHINGTON - The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shiite militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British ...

Mar 13, 2020