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Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers

NEW ORLEANS - Emily Bauman is a believer in the power of music. So when she got her stimulus check, she put that power to work -- for New Orleans's hospital workers and the city's out-of-work musician...

May 19, 2020

AT&T quits Venezuela as US sanctions force it to defy Maduro

MIAMI - AT&T said Tuesday it will immediately abandon Venezuela's pay TV market as U.S. sanctions prohibit its DirecTV platform from broadcasting channels that it is required to carry by the socia...

May 19, 2020

Appeals court OKs June 23 NY Democratic presidential primary

New York's Democratic Party leadership gave up its attempt to cancel the state's June 23 presidential primary Tuesday after an appeals court rejected arguments that holding it during the coronavirus p...

May 19, 2020

Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart

WARSAW, Poland - A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of a public radio station. Then it disappeared. The p...

May 19, 2020

Sony to buy full control of financial unit to weather crisis

TOKYO - Sony Corp. plans to make its financial services unit a wholly owned subsidiary to ensure stability as it rides out the hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. "We will be able to car...

May 19, 2020

Wendy Williams pauses talk show because of health condition

LOS ANGELES - Wendy Williams is taking a break from her daytime talk show to receive treatment for a previously announced health condition. Williams has has been experiencing fatigue because of sympto...

May 19, 2020

Marc Maron mourns partner Lynn Shelton in emotional podcast

LOS ANGELES - Marc Maron's voice quivered from the first words he uttered. Just days after the sudden death of his partner Lynn Shelton, Maron spoke candidly Monday to his vast podcast audience about ...

May 19, 2020

Film shows nightmare of an emergency room in Italy

NEW YORK - Filmmaker Sasha Joelle Achilli has made documentaries on the Ebola virus and now the coronavirus. Ask which virus scares her more, and the answer is easy. "The frightening thing about COVID...

May 19, 2020

California relaxes some county criteria for reopening

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom relaxed county reopening criteria on Monday, a move he said will allow most of the state's 58 counties to begin allowing dining in restaurants and oth...

May 18, 2020

Trump says he's taking malaria drug in case he gets virus

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to lessen symptoms should he get the new coronavirus, even though the drug is unproven for fighting COVID-19. Trump tol...

May 18, 2020