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Trump says he's leaving hospital for White House, feels good

BETHESDA, Md. - President Donald Trump said Monday he's leaving the military hospital where he has been treated for COVID-19 and will continue his recovery at the White House. He said he's feeling goo...

Oct 05, 2020

One month out, battered Trump campaign faces big challenges

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's long-hidden tax returns leaked out. His first debate performance ignited a firestorm over white supremacy. He was hospitalized for COVID-19 after months of playin...

Oct 05, 2020

2 justices slam court's 2015 decision in gay marriage case

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Monday with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court's em...

Oct 05, 2020

Royal Opera to sell Hockney painting to help it stay afloat

LONDON - Britain's Royal Opera House is selling a David Hockney painting of its former chief to help it stay afloat as coronavirus-related restrictions keep many U.K. performing arts venues shuttered....

Oct 05, 2020

Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld movie theatres to close

LONDON - Shares in the company that owns the Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theatres fell as much as 58% after it said it will temporarily close the venues because delays to the latest James ...

Oct 05, 2020

Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for Spike Lee films, killed

ATLANTA - Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, known for his roles in Spike Lee films, has been shot and killed in Atlanta, police said Sunday. Police responded to a call around 1:45 a.m. Saturday and found t...

Oct 05, 2020

U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery

STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...

Oct 05, 2020

Microsoft plans $1 billion data centre venture in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Microsoft has announced plans to build three data centres in greater Athens, providing a badly needed investment of up to $1 billion to the Greek economy which has been hammered by th...

Oct 05, 2020

EU top official self-isolating after contact with virus case

BRUSSELS - European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says she has placed herself in isolation after being in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. In a message posted on Twitte...

Oct 05, 2020

Week of Nobel Prize announcement begins with medicine award

STOCKHOLM - The 2020 Nobel Prizes kick off Monday with the naming of the winner, or winners, in the field of physiology and medicine. A panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm will announce the...

Oct 04, 2020