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Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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'No easy answer': Many ask what next in Breonna Taylor case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In the wake of the decision not to prosecute Kentucky police officers for killing Breonna Taylor, authorities and activists alike wrestled Thursday with the question of what comes ne...
Sep 23, 2020
Poet Nikky Finney wins $100,000 lifetime achievement prize
NEW YORK - Nikky Finney has won the Wallace Stevens Award, a $100,000 lifetime achievement honour presented by the Academy of American Poets. Judges praised Finney, known for such collections as "Head...
Sep 23, 2020
Lebanese teen from Beirut joins global pop band
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A teenage singer from Lebanon this week became the latest to join a global pop band formed by Simon Fuller, the man behind the Spice Girls and "American Idol," which aims...
Sep 23, 2020
Fendi kicks off hybrid Milan Fashion Week with optimism
MILAN - The Italian fashion industry is moving to inject optimism into luxury's dismal year, staging 23 live runway shows and 37 presentations during a hybrid live-digital Milan Fashion Week that aims...
Sep 23, 2020
Belarus president sworn in at unannounced inaugural ceremony
KYIV, Ukraine - President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in Wednesday to his sixth term in office at an inaugural ceremony that was not announced in advance amid weeks of huge protests of t...
Sep 23, 2020
First direct commercial flight from Israel lands in Bahrain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The first known direct commercial flight between Israel and Bahrain landed Wednesday in the island kingdom, just a week after it signed a deal alongside the United Arab E...
Sep 23, 2020
Alexei Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days
BERLIN - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from a Berlin hospital after more than a month's treatment for poisoning, with doctors now believing that a "complete recovery" from...
Sep 23, 2020
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar plans new government
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said Wednesday he has secured a majority in Parliament to form a new government, but parties in the ruling coalition called it a "che...
Sep 22, 2020
Vanessa Bryant sues LA sheriff over helicopter crash photos
LOS ANGELES - Vanessa Bryant, the widow of basketball star Kobe Bryant, has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County sheriff claiming deputies shared unauthorized photos of the crash that killed...
Sep 22, 2020
Lennon's killer says he sought glory, deserved death penalty
ALBANY, N.Y. - The man who killed John Lennon in 1980 says he was seeking glory and deserved the death penalty for a "despicable" act. Mark David Chapman made the comments in response to questions las...
Sep 22, 2020
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