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Stars to honour students at GLSEN's reimagined 30th awards

LOS ANGELES - The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network will honour six students through celebrity-directed stories at its 30th annual reimagined ceremony. GLSEN announced Thursday that the cere...

Oct 22, 2020

Putin: Russia-China military alliance can't be ruled out

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is no need for a Russia-China military alliance now, but noted it could be forged in the future. Putin's statement signalled deepening ties between...

Oct 22, 2020

Goldman Sachs subsidiary pleads to US charges in 1MDB probe

WASHINGTON - A subsidiary of Goldman Sachs pleaded guilty on Thursday and agreed to pay more than $2.9 billion in a foreign corruption probe tied to the Malaysian 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, which was...

Oct 22, 2020

Jewish museum to honour magicians Houdini, David Copperfield

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia-based National Museum of American Jewish History will honour two men who entertained the world with their magic. The museum announced on Thursday it will induct illusio...

Oct 22, 2020

Santa Claus won't be coming to Macy's this year

NEW YORK - Macy's said Santa Claus won't be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago. More than a qu...

Oct 22, 2020

Judge dismisses 1 charge against former cop in Floyd’s death

MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd's neck, but the more serious se...

Oct 22, 2020

Theater world to unite for get-out-the-vote event on Oct. 29

NEW YORK - Playwright and "The Walking Dead" star Danai Gurira, Tony Award-winning director Stephen Daldry and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner playwright Lynn Nottage are spearheading a night of music ...

Oct 22, 2020

Poland's top court rules out abortions for birth defects

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's top court has ruled that a law allowing abortion of fetuses with congenital defects is unconstitutional. The decision by the country's constitutional Court on Thursday effect...

Oct 22, 2020

Plot thickens over origins of pope's civil union endorsement

VATICAN CITY - Questions swirled Thursday about the origins of Pope Francis' bombshell comments endorsing same-sex civil unions, with all evidence suggesting he made them in a 2019 interview that was ...

Oct 22, 2020

James Randi, dazzling magician and skeptic, dies at 92

James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country's foremost skeptic, has died, his foundation announ...

Oct 22, 2020