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Outbreak casts pall over China new year as deaths surpass 40

BEIJING - China's most festive holiday began in the shadow of a worrying new virus Saturday as the death toll surpassed 40, an unprecedented lockdown kept 36 million people from travelling and authori...

Jan 24, 2020

Michigan court reverses murder conviction, cites rap videos

DETROIT - The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously threw out a murder conviction Friday, saying YouTube rap videos spoiled the verdict by portraying the defendant as a "ruthless and menacing threat to t...

Jan 24, 2020

Rapper YG arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery

LOS ANGELES - Rapper YG was arrested Friday at his Los Angeles home on suspicion of robbery just two days before he is scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards, officials said. Los Angeles County she...

Jan 24, 2020

At 84, Cajun musician Doug Kershaw still going strong

NEW ORLEANS - As 84-year-old Cajun music legend Doug Kershaw looks back, he's still looking ahead too - fiddling, singing, writing and performing as the quintessential "Louisiana Man." Kershaw taught ...

Jan 24, 2020

NFL's Saints seek to shield PR help to church in sex crisis

NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman...

Jan 24, 2020

At least 4 dead as magnitude 6.8 quake rocks eastern Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 rocked eastern Turkey on Friday, causing some buildings to collapse and killing at least four people, Turkish officials said. The qua...

Jan 24, 2020

Pentagon: 34 US troops had brain injuries from Iran's strike

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Friday that 34 U.S. troops were diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries suffered in this month's Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi air base, and that half of the troops...

Jan 24, 2020

Why didn’t accusers abandon Weinstein? Expert to weigh in

NEW YORK - It's the defence's go-to question at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial: If the once-revered Hollywood mogul is a revolting sexual predator, as prosecutors and scores of women allege, why did so...

Jan 24, 2020

April trial set for Cuba Gooding Jr. in bar groping case

NEW YORK - Two women who have accused Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct will be allowed to testify at his trial on charges that he groped three other women at Manhattan bars in 2018 and 2019, a ju...

Jan 24, 2020

DC claims inaugural committee spending enriched Trump family

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's inaugural committee spent more than $1 million to book a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital as part of a scheme to "grossly overpay" for part...

Jan 24, 2020