World

Slow music: Chord change in Germany of 639-year organ piece

HALBERSTADT, Germany - Hundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening Saturday at a church in Germany: a chord change in an organ piece that is supposed to last for an entirety of 639 y...

Sep 05, 2020

Harris' mostly virtual campaign to get Wisconsin road test

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Kamala Harris told a friendly crowd of Hollywood donors on Thursday they'd be surprised by how many states she's visiting daily, if only virtually. Earlier in the week, she'd camp...

Sep 05, 2020

Quarantine a small price to pay for Australian in Venice

VENICE, Italy - Roderick MacKay had to get government approval to leave Australia, spent two weeks in preventive coronavirus quarantine in Rome and will be locked up in a hotel back in Australia for a...

Sep 05, 2020

Gas pipeline blast kills 11 praying at Bangladesh mosque

DHAKA, Bangladesh - An underground gas pipeline near a mosque exploded during evening prayers outside the capital of Bangladesh, leaving at least 11 Muslim worshipers dead and dozens injured with crit...

Sep 04, 2020

India's coronavirus caseload crosses 4 million

NEW DELHI - India's coronavirus cases crossed 4 million on Saturday, leading the world in new infections and closing in on Brazil's total as the second-highest in the world. The 86,432 cases added in ...

Sep 04, 2020

No 7th trial for Mississippi man freed from prison in 2019

JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi man freed last year after 22 years in prison will not be tried a seventh time in a quadruple murder case, a judge ruled Friday after prosecutors told him they no longer ...

Sep 04, 2020

Kelly's lawyers want to question gang member in cell attack

CHICAGO - Attorneys for R. Kelly want to question a convicted member of the Latin Kings gang who says he beat up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago cell. Kelly's lawyers filed a motion Friday in f...

Sep 04, 2020

Tech sector extends slump, dragging stock market lower again

Stocks are falling again on Wall Street Friday, adding to the market's losses a day after its biggest sell-off since June. The S&P 500 was down 1.2% in afternoon trading after initially climbing 0...

Sep 04, 2020

Judge OKs extradition for men accused of aiding Ghosn escape

BOSTON - Two American men accused of smuggling Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan while he was awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges can be extradited, a federal judge ruled ...

Sep 04, 2020

Virgin Atlantic completes rescue plan; 1,150 jobs lost

LONDON - Virgin Atlantic completed its 1.2 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) restructuring plan and cut 1,150 jobs Friday as the airline sought to rebuild following the devastation caused by the COVID-19 p...

Sep 04, 2020