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James McBride among those honoured by Center for Fiction

NEW YORK - Author James McBride and editor Chris Jackson were among those honoured Thursday night by the Center for Fiction. McBride and Showtime received an On Screen Award for the acclaimed adaptati...

Dec 04, 2020

US trade deficit rises 1.7% to $63.1 billion in October

WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit widened 1.7% in October to $63.1 billion. The politically sensitive gap in the trade of goods with China and Mexico grew. The gap between the goods and services the...

Dec 04, 2020

Daddy Yankee achieves new balance, readies for his comeback

NEW YORK - A year after a series of concerts in Puerto Rico that ended up being his last because of the pandemic, Daddy Yankee is bringing those performances to YouTube as a Christmas gift to his fans...

Dec 04, 2020

Six vice-presidents talk about job once considered invisible

NEW YORK - After interviewing Dan Quayle in Arizona for his documentary on the vice presidency, filmmaker Jeffrey Roth was rushing to the airport to catch a flight to Wyoming, where he had an appointm...

Dec 04, 2020

UK defends vaccine decision amid criticism it moved too fast

LONDON - U.K. regulators went on the offensive Friday to beat back criticism that they rushed their authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine, saying they rigorously analyzed data on safety and effectivenes...

Dec 04, 2020

2 marshals wounded in shootout with trooper-shooting suspect

NEW YORK - A suspect in the shooting of a state trooper in Massachusetts was killed during a shootout with U.S. marshals in the Bronx early Friday that left two of the officers wounded. The two marsha...

Dec 04, 2020

India's winter of discontent: Farmers rise up against Modi

NEW DELHI - A chilly breeze whirls through New Delhi in the mornings and the sun is partly obscured by toxic haze, a marker of another winter in the Indian capital. But along the city's borders, this ...

Dec 04, 2020

California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Gov. Ga...

Dec 03, 2020

California imposes new virus rules based on ICU capacity

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%. Newsom announced the new plans...

Dec 03, 2020

Hillary, Chelsea Clinton to tell unheralded heroes' stories

LOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are forming a film production company that they say will tell the stories of people whose voices are often overlooked. Their first proje...

Dec 03, 2020