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Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100

LIMA, Peru - Javier Prez de Cullar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help ...

Mar 04, 2020

Kim Kardashian West, former prisoners visit White House

WASHINGTON - Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on Wednesday along with three women who had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump last month, allowing them early release from fed...

Mar 04, 2020

Brian Urlacher's brother pleads not guilty in gambling case

CHICAGO - Casey Urlacher, the brother of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he was part of an offshore sports gambling busin...

Mar 04, 2020

Italian sport to take place without fans until April 3

MILAN - All sporting events in Italy will take place without fans present for at least the next month due to the virus outbreak in the country, the Italian government announced on Wednesday. That will...

Mar 04, 2020

James Bond film release pushed back 7 months due to virus

LOS ANGELES - The release of the James Bond film "No Time To Die" has been pushed back several months because of global concerns about coronavirus. MGM, Universal and producers Michael G. Wilson and B...

Mar 04, 2020

Melania Trump to make rare foray onto 2020 fundraising trail

WASHINGTON - Melania Trump is set to make a rare foray onto the 2020 campaign fundraising trail. President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is asking supporters to make a donation for a chance to me...

Mar 04, 2020

Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc's assaults

DETROIT - A man who was a University of Michigan wrestler in the 1980s sued the school Wednesday, alleging that a late physician molested him dozens of times. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Det...

Mar 04, 2020

Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness

Scientists say they have used the gene editing tool CRISPR inside someone's body for the first time, a new frontier for efforts to operate on DNA, the chemical code of life, to treat diseases. A patie...

Mar 04, 2020

Despite deaths, so far no shutdown orders in Seattle area

SEATTLE - As the coronavirus spread through Asia officials closed the schools in China, Japan and Hong Kong but at the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States, officials in Washington have so f...

Mar 04, 2020

Supreme Court divided in 1st big abortion case of Trump era

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court appeared divided in its first major abortion case of the Trump era, leaving Chief Justice John Roberts as the likely deciding vote. Roberts did not say enough to tip his...

Mar 04, 2020