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'The Nest' author has new novel scheduled for 2021

NEW YORK - The author of the million-selling debut novel "The Nest" has another story of family drama coming out next year. Ecco announced Wednesday that Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's "Good Company" will ...

Sep 16, 2020

Madonna to direct, co-write biopic about herself

NEW YORK - A biopic about Madonna has found a uniquely qualified director: Madonna, herself. Universal Pictures announced Tuesday that the studio is developing an untitled film about the pop star that...

Sep 16, 2020

Retail sales rise for 4th straight month as growth slows

NEW YORK - Americans kept spending in August, but the pace of that growth is slowing as millions of people who lost jobs have now lost a $600 a week boost in their unemployment checks. Retail sales ro...

Sep 16, 2020

Feds outline sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism ripplin...

Sep 16, 2020

Defending champion Egan Bernal withdraws from Tour de France

GRENOBLE, France - Defending Tour de France champion Egan Bernal has pulled out of the race ahead of a mammoth stage in the Alps, his Ineos Grenadiers team said Wednesday. Bernal had been struggling s...

Sep 15, 2020

India surpasses 5 million coronavirus cases, 82,066 deaths

NEW DELHI - India' coronavirus confirmed cases crossed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the country's feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages...

Sep 15, 2020

Zimbabwean writer, Americans on diverse Booker Prize list

LONDON - A Zimbabwean writer who was arrested during anti-government protests is among six finalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Tsitsi Dangarembga was nominated fo...

Sep 15, 2020

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe resigns, clearing way for successor

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Cabinet resigned, clearing the way for his successor to take over after parliamentary confirmation later Wednesday. Abe, Japan's longest-serving prim...

Sep 15, 2020

Shooting outside US court in Phoenix wounds federal officer

PHOENIX - A drive-by shooting wounded a federal security officer outside the U.S. courthouse in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday, and a person has been taken into custody, authorities said. The officer was...

Sep 15, 2020

Famed jewel thief, surf champ 'Murf the Surf' dies at 83

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Jack "Murf the Surf" Murphy, who was behind one of the biggest jewel heists in U.S. history, gained membership in a surfing hall of fame and served time for murder, has died in ...

Sep 15, 2020