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Virus may have US sports leagues cutting locker-room access

MIAMI - The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are all weighing plans to restrict access to locker rooms as a precaution to protect players from exposure to the coronavirus, as co...

Mar 07, 2020

Argentina announces first coronavirus death in Latin America

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A 64-year-old man died in Argentina as a result of the new coronavirus, the first such death in Latin America, health authorities announced Saturday. The Ministry of Health s...

Mar 07, 2020

Saudis' arrest of 2 princes called a warning to royal family

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Two senior princes in Saudi Arabia are under arrest for not supporting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has consolidated control of all major levers of power with th...

Mar 07, 2020

McCoy Tyner, iconic and influential jazz pianist, dies

NEW YORK - McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. He was 81. Tyner's family confirmed the death in a stateme...

Mar 07, 2020

Winfrey reversed upcoming book selection after controversy

NEW YORK - Oprah Winfrey reversed her book club selection of Kate Elizabeth Russell's upcoming "My Dark Vanessa" after the novel was briefly the subject of online controversy, a spokeswoman confirmed ...

Mar 07, 2020

Review: 'First Cow,' a western fable of unpasteurized poetry

The American West is about as well-trod territory as there is in movies, but Kelly Reichardt keeps unearthing new treasures. Her latest excavation, "First Cow," is her most sublime yet. Like many of R...

Mar 07, 2020

With hand sanitizer nearby, Dubai Comic Con laughs at virus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As papier-mch hand grenades and plastic assault rifles barely caught the attention of security guards, a health official in Dubai wordlessly watched over an infrared came...

Mar 07, 2020

American Film Institute postponing gala with Julie Andrews

NEW YORK - The American Film Institute says it is postponing its 48th annual AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute honouring Julie Andrews in an apparent response to the new coronavirus outbreak. Th...

Mar 07, 2020

R. Kelly pleads not guilty; feds say new charges planned

CHICAGO - R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors sai...

Mar 07, 2020

Warren ends presidential campaign, centring race on 2 men

WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Warren ended her once-promising presidential campaign on Thursday after failing to finish higher than third place in any of the 18 states that have voted so far. While the Massa...

Mar 07, 2020