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Fire chief: There was a lack of smoke detectors at day care

ERIE, Pa. - A fire chief says there weren't enough working smoke detectors at a Pennsylvania home day care centre where a fire killed five children. Fire Chief Guy Santone told a Tuesday news conferen...

Aug 13, 2019

Liam Hemsworth wishes Miley Cyrus 'nothing but health'

LOS ANGELES - Liam Hemsworth is wishing his wife Miley Cyrus "nothing but health and happiness" days after Cyrus' representative announced the couple's separation. Hemsworth posted on Instagram on Mon...

Aug 13, 2019

Stocks soar after US delays plans for some China tariffs

And back up goes the stock market. Investors flipped back into buying mode Tuesday after the U.S. said it would hold off on tariffs of Chinese imports of mobile phones, toys and several other items ty...

Aug 13, 2019

Russia: Evacuation advised for village near rocket explosion

MOSCOW - Regional authorities in northwestern Russia say the Russian military has advised residents of a village near a navy testing range to move out following a rocket explosion that killed five nuc...

Aug 13, 2019

J.D. Salinger's books are finally going digital

NEW YORK - You'll finally be able to catch the late J.D. Salinger's books in digital format. Longtime Salinger publisher Little, Brown and Company said all four of his works, including "The Catcher in...

Aug 13, 2019

US delays tariffs on some Chinese goods, drops others

WASHINGTON - The United States is delaying tariffs on Chinese-made cellphones, laptop computers and other items and removing other Chinese imports from its target list altogether in a move that trigge...

Aug 13, 2019

US consumer prices rose 0.3% amid widespread cost increases

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices rose 0.3% in July, pushed higher by more expensive gas, medical care and housing. The consumer price index increased 1.8% compared with a year earlier, up from 1.6% i...

Aug 13, 2019

Octavia Spencer to be honoured by gay-rights education group

LOS ANGELES - Octavia Spencer will be honoured by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network with its Inspiration Award at a gala later this year. The group known as GLSEN announced Tuesday that ...

Aug 13, 2019

Comedian Andy Dick reports attack in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS - Comedian Andy Dick says he was assaulted outside a New Orleans nightclub after performing in the French Quarter. Dick tells The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate he was unconscious...

Aug 13, 2019

Will populist politics undo a renaissance at Italy's Uffizi?

FLORENCE, Italy - To protect the masterpieces at the Uffizi Galleries, the Florence museum's director climbed a ladder and hurled an employee's bicycle down at a sheet of glass specially made to keep ...

Aug 13, 2019