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OKC-Houston game postponed, Harden out after COVID violation

HOUSTON - The James Harden soap opera in Houston now comes with a cancelled season opener - and a $50,000 fine for the league's leading scorer. Houston's opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on We...

Dec 23, 2020

Trump plan to curb drug costs dealt setback in court

WASHINGTON - A late-term manoeuvr by President Donald Trump to use lower drug prices paid overseas to limit some of Medicare's own costs suffered a legal setback Wednesday that appears likely to keep ...

Dec 23, 2020

With a video filmed in secret, Trump keeps sowing chaos

WASHINGTON - The video message that plunged Washington into chaos was filmed in secret. President Donald Trump stood in the White House's Diplomatic Reception Room, holiday garland and gleaming orname...

Dec 23, 2020

Trump vetoes defence bill, setting up possible override vote

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the annual defence policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially set...

Dec 23, 2020

Rage, reckoning come to forefront in ‘Promising Young Woman’

Emerald Fennell wanted to write about female rage. Before #MeToo became ubiquitous, she had been thinking about complacency and the teen movies of her youth where consent was often little more than a ...

Dec 23, 2020

British model and fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at age 50

LONDON - Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, has died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. Tennant, t...

Dec 23, 2020

S&P 500 ticks higher, on track to break 3-day losing streak

NEW YORK - Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Wednesday following a mixed set of reports on the economy. The S&P 500 was up by 0.6% and on pace for its first gain after three days of losses ...

Dec 23, 2020

Virus-linked isolation of UK eases but backlog persists

DOVER, England - Gridlock at an English port kept thousands of truckers and travellers stranded Wednesday despite a deal with France to lift a two-day blockade imposed because of a new variant of the ...

Dec 23, 2020

Q&A: Clooney on 'Midnight Sky' and his twilight as an actor

NEW YORK - How has George Clooney been handling isolation? Aside from spending time with his wife, Amal Clooney, and their 3-year-old twins, and editing his new film "The Midnight Sky," he's relied on...

Dec 23, 2020

'Cheer' star pleads not guilty to child porn, sex charges

NAPERVILLE, Ill. - "Cheer" star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and convinced te...

Dec 23, 2020